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With its top editor abruptly gone, The Washington Post grapples with a hastily announced restructure
Read full article: With its top editor abruptly gone, The Washington Post grapples with a hastily announced restructureOne of the nation's top news organizations was in some turmoil following a hastily-announced restructuring plan that led to the exodus of the newspaper's executive editor.
Bob Woodruff Foundation: Where billionaires, celebrities, and the NFL go to support vets
Read full article: Bob Woodruff Foundation: Where billionaires, celebrities, and the NFL go to support vetsWhen billionaire philanthropists, celebrities, global embassies, and the National Football League want to lend a helping hand to American veterans, they increasingly turn to one source: the Bob Woodruff Foundation.
Q&A: Craig Newmark focuses gifts on journalism, cyberdefense
Read full article: Q&A: Craig Newmark focuses gifts on journalism, cyberdefenseCraig Newmark talks about getting focused, even as he is momentarily distracted by his beloved birds flying away from the numerous feeders in his courtyard to go visit some of his Manhattan neighbors.
Foundations, new donors build $51M fund to support workers
Read full article: Foundations, new donors build $51M fund to support workersA fund created by a group of social-justice-minded foundations including Ford and Rockefeller and donors like Jack Dorsey and MacKenzie Scott shortly after COVID hit has more than quadrupled in size to $51 million and is now pouring money into activities and advocacy to strengthen the social safety net and increase worker pay.
Philanthropies eagerly back journalist Hannah-Jones
Read full article: Philanthropies eagerly back journalist Hannah-JonesJournalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is using major philanthropic donors to build her future as a tenured professor at Howard University, just as other major donors sought to stymie the Pulitzer Prize-winning Black investigative reporter at the University of North Carolina.
Newsmax hires Trump adviser Jason Miller, Giuliani's son
Read full article: Newsmax hires Trump adviser Jason Miller, Giuliani's sonFILE - Jason Miller, Senior Adviser to the Trump 2020 re-election campaign, appears for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, on Feb. 9, 2021. Newsmax said Thursday it is hiring Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump as a contributor who will provide commentary on a variety of issues. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)NEW YORK – The conservative network Newsmax said Thursday it is hiring Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump as a contributor who will provide commentary on a variety of issues. With Biden inaugurated and Trump receding from the news, Newsmax has seen its ratings slip from heady post-election days. Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said Miller and Giuliani “have been Washington insiders without becoming part of the problem.