An early \u2014 and strong \u2014 example of that work is the OpenNews<\/a> program. Six years ago, Mozilla and Knight Foundation created an initiative to combine open-source practices with journalism. Our aim: strengthen journalism on the open web, and empower newsroom developers, designers and data reporters across the globe.<\/p>\n The program flourished. Since 2011, OpenNews has placed 33 fellows in 19 newsrooms, from BBC and NPR to La Nacion<\/i> and the New York Times<\/i>. It built a global community of more than 1,100 developers and reporters. It spawned the annual SRCCON conference, bolstered newsroom diversity and gave way to innovative newsgathering tools like Tabula<\/a>. OpenNews has also played a key role in building the annual MozFest<\/a> in London and Mozilla\u2019s nascent leadership network initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mozilla is immensely proud of OpenNews \u2014 and immensely grateful to the team behind its success. And today, we\u2019re announcing \u00a0that OpenNews is spinning out as \u00a0an independent organization. Going forward, OpenNews \u2014 with the support of nonprofit fiscal partner Community Partners \u2014 will build on the success it achieved when incubated at Mozilla. OpenNews will continue to play an active role in MozFest and Mozilla\u2019s leadership network.<\/p>\n Mozilla isn\u2019t departing the realm of journalism and media \u2014 they will remain central topics as we develop Mozilla\u2019s Internet Health strategy over the coming years. MozFest will increasingly focus on issues like fake news, online harassment and advertising economics. This will be bolstered by Mozilla\u2019s involvement in events like MisInfoCon in Boston later this month, where Mozilla is a sponsor and participant. On the technology front, we\u2019ll continue to host the Coral project, which builds platforms that increase trust and engagement. We see news and media as key to our nascent Mozilla Leadership Network \u2014 and to our growing Internet health<\/a> agenda.<\/p>\n As we chart a course forward in this work, we will be reaching out to the community to talk more specifically about where Mozilla should focus its efforts in the news and media space. If you want us to reach out to you as part of this conversation, please contact Mozilla\u2019s Chris Lawrence at clawrence@mozillafoundation.org.<\/p>\n See also:<\/p>\n Knight Foundation<\/strong>: OpenNews network of journalists and technologists to launch with $1.1 million from Knight Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n OpenNews<\/b>: OpenNews Ascent Stage Initiated<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At Mozilla, one of our essential roles is convener: working to identify, connect and support like-minded people who are building a healthier Internet. An early \u2014 and strong \u2014 example … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1284,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4505],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}