“The news can be pretty divisive, especially in an election year like the one we’re having now. So how do you create spaces where people can find some common ground?”
The program, run by AIR, partners independent producers with public media stations and provides them with funding through July to cover underserved communities.
“At other accelerators it’s: Hit a home run or you’re dead to us. Matter is trying to find this middle ground, being things that are mission-oriented, and something that can actually scale.”
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O'Donovan, Caroline. "Media accelerator Matter tries to connect an entrepreneurial ethos to traditional media companies." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 18 Feb. 2015. Web. 12 Dec. 2024.
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Chicago
O'Donovan, Caroline. "Media accelerator Matter tries to connect an entrepreneurial ethos to traditional media companies." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 18, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/02/media-accelerator-matter-tries-to-connect-an-entrepreneurial-ethos-to-traditional-media-companies/.
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