The Associated Press today announced new content-sharing agreements with Montana Free Press and four other U.S. nonprofit news outlets.
The collaborations are part of an effort to expand the reach of local news ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election and increase access to AP’s nonpartisan journalism, especially in communities that may have limited access to fact-based news.
The new content-sharing agreements with Montana Free Press, CalMatters, Honolulu Civil Beat, Nebraska Journalism Trust and South Dakota News Watch follow a content-sharing arrangement between AP and the Texas Tribune announced in March.
Each news organization will share AP journalism with its audience. AP will distribute stories from each outlet to AP’s members and customers, supplementing AP’s existing coverage of Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, California and Hawaii.
“Montana Free Press is excited to partner with the Associated Press to provide Montanans more quality, nonpartisan news from one of the most trusted news services in the world while helping our in-depth reporting reach new audiences,” said Montana Free Press founder and Executive Director John Adams. “More and more eyes are focused on what is unfolding in our state, from the 2024 elections to social and economic issues to the environment, and this collaboration with AP will provide them with deep and nuanced reporting from Montana’s leading statewide nonprofit newsroom.”
“As local coverage shrinks, content-sharing agreements with other mission-driven news organizations across the U.S. are more important than ever,” said AP U.S. News Director Josh Hoffner. “These agreements are exciting opportunities for AP journalism to reach new audiences in an election year and simultaneously bolster the AP news report from states that can sometimes be overlooked.”
ABOUT AP
The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day. Online: www.ap.org
ABOUT MONTANA FREE PRESS
Montana Free Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization committed to providing Montanans with in-depth public-service journalism. MTFP serves the information needs of all Montanans by offering high-quality, data-informed news and analysis. MTFP fills the gap left by the decline in traditional statehouse news bureaus and corporate investment in watchdog journalism, ensuring that essential stories are reported and made accessible to the public.
ABOUT CALMATTERS
CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization bringing Californians stories that probe, explain and explore solutions to quality-of-life issues while holding our leaders accountable. It is the only journalism outlet dedicated to covering America’s biggest state, 39 million Californians and the world’s fifth-largest economy. Its mission is to improve California’s democracy by making its government more transparent and accountable and giving Californians the information they need to understand and engage with that government.
ABOUT HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT
Honolulu Civil Beat is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt news organization dedicated to making Hawaii a better place to live. Through investigative and watchdog journalism, in-depth enterprise reporting, analysis and commentary, they give readers a broad view on issues of importance to the community. Entrepreneur and philanthropist Pierre Omidyar launched Civil Beat in 2010.
ABOUT NEBRASKA JOURNALISM TRUST
The Nebraska Journalism Trust is Nebraska’s first and only statewide, independent, nonprofit news organization. The Nebraska Journalism Trust publishes its flagship publication, the Flatwater Free Press and Silicon Prairie News, a digital publication focused on business and start-ups.
ABOUT SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH
South Dakota News Watch is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 2017 that produces investigative and public service journalism to shed light on the issues and concerns of South Dakotans.
