New York, NY, August 28, 2017: The Guardian today announces the public launch of theguardian.org, a new nonprofit to support quality independent journalism around some of the most pressing issues of our time. In addition to providing grants to support powerful story-telling and independent journalism, the new organization will work to advance freedom of expression and freedom of the press, and explore opportunities for partnerships across academia, think tanks, non-profits, and other organizations. The Guardian currently maintains 12 partnerships supporting journalism and in the last 12 months have added $6m in multi-year funding commitments. Across the past six years, philanthropy has played an increasingly significant role in supporting Guardian journalism on issues that critically inform the public--climate change, inequality, women’s rights, and more. Its core business is Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of theguardian.com, one of the largest English-speaking quality newspaper websites in the world.

Source: The Guardian August 28, 2017 10:30 UTC