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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has named the newspaper executive Maribel Perez Wadsworth its next president and CEO. Wadsworth, most recently the president of Gannett Media, will join the Miami-based organization in January. Shell succeed outgoing president Alberto Ibargüen, who led K…

Maribel Perez Wadsworth was Gannett’s president when it executed multiple rounds of brutal layoffs last year.

Press Forward initiative announces $2 million to expand Springfield-area news coverage

The coalition announced its first six local chapters, and their leading funders, last week.

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A Commitment to Local News Press Forward Springfield. An announcement by the Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln and MacArthur Foundation about Press Forward, a national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information. A panel discussion will follow. Refreshments provided. First of three Community Foundation events in two days. Free. Register on eventbrite.com.

Our pitches for Press Forward funding basically boil down to “Help me incrementally grow my small newsroom!” — hardly the game-changing approach the initiative is designed to spark.

Alberto Ibargüen, president of the Knight Foundation, says the money is vital for journalists who need time—“and time costs money”—to undertake in-depth reporting in communities.

“Every station has an obligation to ask the question, ‘How can we best approach this opportunity? Who are the right partners to approach this with collaboratively?’” said Nico Leone, CEO of KERA in Dallas.