A goal of the organization will be to increase the amount of unbiased, original reporting in Indiana.
Hoosiers will soon have another source for news after a coalition of organizations and philanthropists raised more than $10 million to create nonprofit media outlets across Indiana.
A yet-to-be-named Central Indiana newsroom to start later this year will produce"non-partisan journalism on a daily basis that is free to access, centers community voices and lets residents help set newsgathering priorities," according to a news release from the“The initiative puts Indiana at the forefront of a national movement of communities stepping up," Michael Ouimette, who oversees startups and strategy for the American Journalism Project, said in the release.
“With these initial investments, we are adding some 30 local news jobs and hope to add many more,” Karen Ferguson Fuson, former publisher of IndyStar who will serve as board chair of the new organization, said in the release.
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