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Led by a total of $55,000 in funding from the ESL Charitable Foundation and the William & Sheila Konar Foundation, the Rochester Beacon will receive a substantial increase in institutional support this year.
For the second straight year, individual contributors donated nearly $25,000 to the Beacon during NewsMatch, the nation’s largest grassroots fundraising effort in support of nonprofit news organizations.
The annual matching-gift campaign—part of the nation’s largest annual fundraising effort in support of nonprofit news organizations—runs through Dec. 31.
The goal of the Beacon Community News Fund campaign, which runs June 1-16, is to raise funds to hire a full-time reporter—the first step in building a small core staff of professional journalists.
With the arrival of GPT-4 in March, some artificial intelligence experts have called for a pause in development because of advanced AI’s “profound risks.” Others point to enormous potential benefits. The Beacon’s May 23 event will explore this topic.
Individual donors contributed nearly $25,000 to the Beacon during NewsMatch, the nation’s largest grassroots fundraising effort in support of nonprofit news organizations.
For Bill Wynne, the year since publication of his book on this antiracism journey has been one of new discoveries.
Crescent Map supporters voiced approval of a map announced late last week by County Executive Adam Bello, but a new salvo from their attorney has cast doubt on the compromise.
While still going through a post-pandemic “soft reset,” the Focus Theater already has momentum in the Rochester comedy scene.
Jonathan Binstock, who has led the Memorial Art Gallery for the last eight years, will become director and CEO of the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.