The Rochester Beacon raised more than $21,000 from individual contributors and has received another $19,500 in matching funds to support nonprofit news.
Beacon Notes
Six years since the Beacon’s start
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Launched on Oct. 18, 2018, the Rochester Beacon beat the odds and continues to grow. By the end of the month, total website pageviews will top 2 million.
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The importance of understanding and supporting ethical journalism
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For the sake our community and democracy, we need to be media literate and to understand the difference between factual information and misinformation—and to foster the next generation of journalists skilled in ethical reporting.
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Help foster the next generation of journalists
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The Beacon’s internship program has been formalized as the Oasis Project—countering news deserts with student journalists. The program is the focus of this year’s Beacon Community News Fund campaign, which starts Monday.
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Foundation grants boost Beacon funding
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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.
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Rochester Beacon again exceeds NewsMatch goal
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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.
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The best of the Beacon in 2023
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Over the last 12 months, Beacon readers and writers once again were drawn to a wide array of articles, reflecting their diverse interests.
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Beacon’s NewsMatch campaign starts Nov. 1
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The annual matching-gift campaign—part of the nation’s largest annual fundraising effort in support of nonprofit news organizations—runs through Dec. 31.
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Reflections on the Beacon’s fifth anniversary
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At the five-year mark, the Rochester Beacon continues to grow by staying sharply focused on its nonprofit mission. We’d like to thank all who have made it possible.
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Beacon to launch endowment drive
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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.
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Introducing Letters to the Beacon
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Beginning next week, the Beacon will be adding a new page that gives readers another forum where they can share their ideas and opinions.