OpenNews to develop Emergency Mode for News with support from Press Forward

(Photo by John Hernandez)

OpenNews is one of 22 organizations sharing $22.7 million to meet the urgent challenges local newsrooms face.

OpenNews, NC Local, and Newspack will equip local newsrooms with a plan, infrastructure and support to keep their communities informed when disasters happen with funding from Press Forward, a national initiative to reimagine local news.

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