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August is Black Philanthropy Month

By TRACIE POWELL

2 min readAug 10, 2022

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August is Black Philanthropy Month

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The Pivot Fund’s first grantees are Georgia news organizations serving diverse communities

By Tracie Powell

4 min readJul 12, 2022

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Led by CEO Monica Pirela, a former journalist in Venezuela, Warner Robins-based Notivision Georgia primarily publishes on Facebook and Instagram, then syndicates on Spanish-language radio, sharing news information with radio stations in Atlanta, Augusta, and South of Georgia.

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How to turn newsletters into a media empire

S. Mitra Kalita, the publisher of Epicenter-NYC, discusses how her company monetizes its popular newsletters in a conversation hosted by…

1 min readMar 21, 2022

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When is an organization ready to hire development staff?

Julia Howell Barros, a nonprofit consultant, and Lolly Bowean, the creativity and free expression program officer at The Ford Foundation…

1 min readMar 15, 2022

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How to turn newsletters into a media empire: An exclusive virtual event with S. Mitra Kalita

Epicenter-NYC Publisher, S. Mitra Kalita, dishes about leaving behind a high-profile job at CNN and a guaranteed paycheck to launch her own…

1 min readOct 18, 2021

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How to turn newsletters into a media empire: An exclusive virtual event with S. Mitra Kalita

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One Great Idea: Sponsored Q&As

Like many, I learned about the deaths of actor Michael K. Williams and comedian Fuquan Johnson due to fentanyl-laced drug overdoses on…

3 min readSep 15, 2021

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One Great Idea: Sponsored Q&As

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Building Audience Beyond the Pulpit

Localization is the key to success for BIPOC legacy news media

3 min readSep 13, 2021

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Building Audience Beyond the Pulpit

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Does BIPOC Media Benefit from the Local Journalism Sustainability Act?

For the first time since 1967, U.S. lawmakers are poised to inject federal dollars into a lagging media ecosystem under the guise of saving…

5 min readAug 17, 2021

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, authorizing federal operating aid to stations through a new agency, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Board Talk: Recruiting, cultivating, and retaining a strong board of directors

Board development might be one of the dryest topics of conversation when it comes to entrepreneurship. It’s also one of the hardest things…

3 min readJul 27, 2021

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Board Talk: Recruiting, cultivating, and retaining a strong board of directors

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So you think you need to hire a development director

With the influx of more than $2.7 billion invested by philanthropists into the journalism ecosystem, “I need a development director,” has…

4 min readJul 12, 2021

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So you think you need to hire a development director

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The Pivot Fund

The Pivot Fund is a new venture philanthropy organization dedicated to supporting independent BIPOCTM-led community news

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