The Chips Quinn Fellowship for Diversity in Journalism launched in 1991 with the mission to diversify the industry’s workforce pipeline. The new program will continue to honor the late John C. “Chips” Quinn Jr., a newspaper editor who believed in the importance of diversity in newsrooms to better reflect the communities they serve.

This mentoring program pairs an early career journalist with a Chips Quinn alum or other accomplished journalist so that they work together over the course of one year. JFP offers stipends to participants to be used as career support and Scholars will attend the in-person JFP Board meeting in Sacramento, CA. All expenses will be covered by JFP.

Founded in late 2019, Journalism Funding Partners (JFP) is a verified Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission to increase the depth and diversity of local journalism by building and stewarding connections between funders and reporting, serving as a bridge and a leader in the growing realm of philanthropy-supported journalism.

The JFP Board of Directors is made up of 15 dedicated volunteers with extensive experience in journalism, education, law, nonprofits and philanthropy, and JFP currently engages in three core programs in service to its mission:

Enabling major gifts to local journalism – partnerships between funders and journalism organizations

Fundraising guidance and training for journalism professionals

Enabling broad community giving to local journalism

In all of its programs, JFP places an emphasis on developing remedies for the loss of minority staffers in local news landscapes. JFP also prioritizes coverage-topics that have been particularly reduced by the wholesale declines in local news, including: equity, economic mobility, education, health, housing, gun violence and the environment.

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Chips Quinn Program for Diversity in Journalism