Five Black innovators — filmmaker Garrett Bradley, archaeologist Kristina Douglass, social justice artist Tonika Lewis Johnson, musician Craig Taborn, and chemical engineer William Tarpeh — have been named 2025 MacArthur Fellows. Each recipient of the prestigious “genius grant” is using creativity, science, and storytelling to redefine what’s possible in their fields and to shape a more equitable, sustainable, and inspired future.
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Press Forward philanthropy initiative launched to drive local news sustainability
Journalism Funded by Philanthropy Major philanthropy organizations, led by the MacArthur Foundation and the Knight Foundation, will invest at least $500 million in local news over the next five years through the new Press Forward initiative. The details of Press Forward were formally announced on Sept. 7 in news releases from Knight Foundation and from Press Forward. Leaders at the journalism […]