About UsNewsTrust helps people find and share good journalism online. Our nonprofit news network promotes quality journalism, to help people make more informed decisions as citizens. We offer an integrated online service, including an information credibility filter, news literacy tools and a civic engagement network. The NewsTrust.net website features quality news and opinions, which are carefully rated by our members, based on quality, not just popularity. NewsTrust reviewers evaluate each story against core principles of journalism, such as fairness, accuracy, context and sourcing -- using our unique review tools. Our research studies confirm the effectiveness of our review process -- and we've received great press coverage from around the world. CommunityOur community is growing rapidly and includes news consumers, experienced journalists, educators and students -- with over 7,400 registered members to date. Our page views doubled in both the first and second quarters of 2008, and we expect this trend to continue as we sign up more partners. NewsTrust's Executive Director is Fabrice Florin, a former journalist and a digital media pioneer at Apple and Macromedia. Our team includes experienced journalists, technologists and community organizers, such as Technology Director David Fox and a talented staff . Our advisors include Dan Gillmor, Craig Newmark, Howard Rheingold and other digital media innovators from organizations like the Associated Press, Google, the Poynter Institute and Stanford University. PartnersOur partners include leading media organizations like PBS, Scientific American, Huffington Post, Global Voices, Link TV, the Council on Foreign Relations -- as well as journalism teachers and students at Stanford University, Northeastern, Stony Brook, University of Nevada and Arizona State University. NewsTrust has received a substantial multi-year grant from the MacArthur Foundation, to expand our social news network and bring it to a broader community. We have also received support from a wide range of donors, including the Sunlight Foundation, the Mitch Kapor Foundation, the Ayrshire Foundation and the Tides Foundation, as well as Craig Newmark (Craigslist), Doug Carlston (Public Radio International), Hap Perry, Fabrice Florin and other private donors. HistoryFounded in 2005 and based in Mill Valley, California, NewsTrust is a nonprofit public benefit corporation with an educational purpose. We started NewsTrust to address growing problems of information overload, misinformation and mistrust on the Internet, caused by the rise of opinion news and amateur journalism, as well as media consolidation and newsroom cutbacks. We launched our first public beta website for NewsTrust in November 2006 and are now expanding our current service to reach a broader community. Though we are non-profit and initially funded through donations, we aim to run this venture as a sustainable business, and to generate revenue in the online market to support this project. Revenue streams will include online sponsorships, memberships, licensing and custom services. More InfoTo find out more, check our FAQ. For a visual presentation, take a look at our NewsTrust Slides (PDF) (or download our PowerPoint). Join NewsTrust on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. If you're a news provider or educator and would like to add NewsTrust buttons or widgets on your site, visit our partners page (or check our Partner Services PDF). If you're a journalist and would like to write about NewsTrust, check our online press kit. For more info, . |
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