Rather than predict what journalism funders will do in 2023 (because who can ever predict that — or, more important, what they’ll keep doing for more than a cycle?), I’ve chosen instead to manifest: to offer five aspirational thoughts for journalism philanthropy in 2023, for the purpose of making them actually happen.
Barbara Raab is senior program advisor at the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation.
Rather than predict what journalism funders will do in 2023 (because who can ever predict that — or, more important, what they’ll keep doing for more than a cycle?), I’ve chosen instead to manifest: to offer five aspirational thoughts for journalism philanthropy in 2023, for the purpose of making them actually happen.
Barbara Raab is senior program advisor at the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation.
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