Stakeholder Ownership for Sustainable News
In collaboration with pioneering publications, we are exploring how democratic strategies for ownership, financing, and governance can support a new generation of accountable, sustainable news organizations.
Supported by grants from the Brett Family Foundation and the CU Boulder Office for Outreach and Engagement.
Collaborators
Publications
- “Colorado Sun Benefit Corporation Evaluation,” Media Enterprise Design Lab (August 2019)
- Nathan Schneider, “Broad-Based Stakeholder Ownership in Journalism: Co-ops, ESOPs, Blockchains,” Media Industries 7, no. 2 (2020)
- Open letter from CU Boulder faculty: “CMCI Faculty Agree: Local News Matters”