ALT Writing Democracy: The Voices Behind the REJ Fund's Thriving BIPOC Journalism Report

ALT “What strikes me is that in my work doing business analysis and modeling in the tech world, these numbers would not be seen as large investments. When you talk about the value proposition, we are talking about news and civic information. We’re talking about saving multiracial democracy.”- Dr. Wilneida Negrón, principal investigator

ALT “This put a battery on my back. If I didn’t have an urgency before, I’m extra motivated to figure out revenue diversity and sustainability, digging into possible models of what works specifically for BIPOC communities. It’s also about narrative shift. It’s about education. It’s about proximity to other fields, including philanthropy and others who might support or invest. It’s about relationships that we have to build.” - Alicia Bell, Program Director of the REJ Fund

ALT Newspaper founder Robert S. Abbott (right) checking copy fresh from the printing press at the African American newspaper the Chicago Defender. Photo by Gordon Coster/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images

ALT A collection of possible headlines with graphics created during a 2023 Black Media Futures workshop