Press Forward, a national organization dedicated to strengthening communities through local journalism, has awarded $175,000 to IECF’s IE Journalism Innovation Hub+Fund and $100,000 each to two Inland Empire news outlets: Black Voice News and The Riverside...
Kate Franco, Executive editor of The Desert Sun, shared the following update on the Desert Scene and Giving section, saying, “Because of the generosity of organizations like the Inland Empire Community Foundation, and that of other nonprofits, businesses and...
Walter Cronkite once said, “Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.” Before his death in July 2009, 15 years ago this summer, the revered broadcaster also took the country to task, noting, “We are not educated well enough to perform...
Local journalism is the heartbeat of a healthy community, holding powerful institutions accountable, fostering a public understanding of the issues that matter most, and giving a voice to hometown heroes. The echo chamber of national headlines drowns out many stories...
Local journalism is the heartbeat of a healthy community, holding powerful institutions accountable, fostering a shared understanding of the issues that matter most, and giving a voice to hometown heroes. In these diverse communities that make up our region, there are...