VIDEO: NEWSWELL by Arizona State University launches to support and strengthen local news outlets
NEWSWELL is growing a network of nonprofit newsrooms dedicated to their communities, made up of local journalists and supported by local community advisory boards. They offer shared services, innovative tools, and diversified revenue strategies to help local news thrive.
As they assist newsrooms, they do it with the community, listening, learning and offering ways to get involved. Each newsroom is for and of the community it serves, the entire community.
NEWSWELL is a nonprofit organization that is part of Arizona State University Media Enterprise, a collection of broadcast, digital, podcast and other media entities reimagining the future of news. NEWSWELL offers comprehensive wraparound services, business planning and professional training to our local newsrooms, helping them build sustainable business models that focus on and serve their communities.
NEWSWELL SUPPORTS ASU’s CHARTER:
“ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.”
On launch day, Mi-Ai Parrish, Managing Director of ASU Media Enterprise, had this to say on LinkedIn :
I am thrilled to officially share the launch of NEWSWELL at Arizona State University, our bold new nonprofit that seeks to strengthen and transform local news. We are beginning in California, in Stockton, San Diego and Santa Barbara. We are grateful to be entrusted with the gifts of Stocktonia, Times of San Diego, and (today!!) the Santa Barbara News-Press. Generous investments from individuals and large national funders are getting us out of the gate and seeing early success.
Just looking to save local journalism and protect democracy. No biggie. Can’t wait for what’s ahead.
Read Executive Director Nicole Carroll’s column to learn more! asunewswell.org for info and ways to engage.
NEWSWELL is a nonprofit for the community.
“We are working with three local news sites as prototypes of our transformation process, with additional newspapers on deck.”
Follow NEWSWELL on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads and YouTube for updates on their historic progress.
Click here to learn more about NEWSWELL and surf their website!
Click here for ASU’s January 22, 2025 article on the historic launch and the generous gifts that made it possible.
Video Description: “Veteran journalist and educator Mi-Ai Parrish beams in from Arizona State University to talk about the strategy and tactics behind the planned re-launch of the Santa Barbara News-Press as a daily, online news operation, backed by NEWSWELL, a non-profit based at the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU.” Click here if the video is asking you to sign in. We recommend signing in so you can easily view all our videos on our site.
