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Paul Steiger's ProPublica Opens For (Non-Profit) Business
Original Source By Staci D. Kramer While his former colleagues at the Wall Street Journal deal with the reverb from News Corp’s (NYSE: NWS) acquisition of Dow Jones, long-time WSJ managing editor Paul Steiger has been crafting a new journalism venture that went live today:…
Author: paidContent.org
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Atlantic Mourns the Death of Jack Rosenthal, New York Times Editor and Former Atlantic Senior Fellow
Atlantic mourns the death of Jack Rosenthal, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with The New York Times, and who later served as a Senior Fellow for Atlantic. In addition to his formal roles at Atlantic, Rosenthal is remembered as a mentor and friend. Over the course of his…
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A Laughing Matter: SF Comedian Looks to Tell the Stories of Dementia Patients, Caregivers
Josh Kornbluth is Among the Global Brain Health Institute’s 32 Inaugural Atlantic Fellows Artist Josh Kornbluth (left), a comedic autobiographical monologist, participates in a clinicopathological section with Lea T. Grinberg, MD, PhD, as part of his fellowship at the Global Brain Health Institute. Photo by…
Author: University of California San Francisco
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Congratulations to Winners of the Inaugural Gerald Kraak Award
Gerald Kraak was a Program Executive for Atlantic’s Reconciliation & Human Rights Program in South Africa, and an award-winning author and lifelong activist for human rights. We are pleased this award has been set up in his name. The Other Foundation and the Jacana Literary Foundation, are…
Author: The Other Foundation
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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives €138m Grant to Tackle Dementia
By Carl O’Brien Atlantic Philanthropies is to give €138 million – its largest grant to date – to Trinity College Dublin and University of California San Francisco to help tackle the looming dementia epidemic. Almost 50,000 people are living with dementia in Ireland, a number which is projected…
Author: The Irish Times
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Philanthropic CEO Explains Notion of 'Giving While Living'
USC Center on Philanthropy hosts Chris Oechsli, who covers his foundation’s plans to give away its money By Matthew Kredell Chris Oechsli, president and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies (Photo/Tom Queally) A recent trend in philanthropy has people with wealth wanting to see their money…
Author: USC
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Not To Be Trusted: Dangerous Levels of Inaccuracy in TV Crime Reporting in NYC
ColorOfChange partnered with Media Matters for America to study the representation of Black people in local news reporting on crime. The result is an outrageous level of distortion: while 2 out of every 4 people the NYPD arrest for murder, assault and theft are Black,…
Author: ColorOfChange
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Speaking Truth to Power: The Story of the AIDS Law Project
Today South Africa has laws that protect the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS and the largest treatment programme in the world. This would not have happened without the dedicated activism of a small legal NGO in Johannesburg, the AIDS Law Project (ALP). For more…
Author: Didi Moyle
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Young People Demand: Where Is My Public Servant?
By Dan Jellinek Public Achievement chief executive Paul Smyth A Northern Ireland-based project helping young people from tough social backgrounds become online political campaigners is looking to expand its model outside the UK, UKAuthority.com has learned. WIMPS – “Where Is My Public Servant?” – was…
Author: UK Authority
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Next Avenue Website to Be Inspirational and Informative Hub for Booming 50+ Population
Visit Next Avenue > America is in the midst of an age boom. The 50+ population in America has grown from 74 million in 1999 to more than 99 million today, and is projected to be 127 million in 2030. While part can be attributed…
Author: Next Avenue