Your support can power more local reporting on Milwaukee neighborhoods, the environment, education and the arts — and boost the next generation though JS student internships.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is committed to delivering high-quality journalism that elevates community issues, holds government accountable, and connects Wisconsin residents.

Our new Community-Funded Journalism Project aims to cultivate support through donations to sustain daily reporting on key issues and strengthen engagement with our community.

Your tax-deductible donation helps fund reporting projects that:

Elevate Neighborhood Voices: Our Neighborhood Dispatch is a new, listening-first reporting effort in distinct city neighborhoods, with more opportunities to connect residents, elevate important issues and broadcast new voices.
Protect the Great Lakes: Our freshwater and environment reporting keeps attention on the health of Lake Michigan, local waterways and efforts to sustain our local ecology.
Fuel Student Success: Our education reporting holds school systems accountable and seeks to elevate more teacher, parent and student voices in the dialogue about improving teaching and learning.
Amplify the Arts: Our arts reporting is expanding beyond music, theaters, festivals and food to feature more visual art content and cultural commentary.
Inspire Emerging Voices: Our college and high school newsroom internships foster the next generation of journalists, media makers, and news literate citizens.

By donating, you are investing in the future of our community, ensuring that vital stories are told and more voices are heard, and driving positive impact through local journalism. Here's how Executive Editor Greg Borowski explains the effort — and the fundraising guidelines we're following.

Donations are possible thanks to the Journal Sentinel's partnership with Local Media Foundation, a verified 501(c)3 nonprofit organization (tax ID #36-4427750), and EnMotive Company, LLC, a subsidiary of USA TODAY Co., Inc. — the parent company of the Journal Sentinel.

Contributions to the Community-Funded Journalism Project will be distributed to the Journal Sentinel as monitored public good grants to fund reporting expenses and cannot be used for any other purpose. JS editors maintain editorial independence over all stories.

Checks can be addressed to Local Media Foundation with "JS Community Journalism" in the memo line. Mail to: Local Media Foundation, P.O. Box 85015, Chicago, IL 60689-5033.

The Community-Funded Journalism Project at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is designed to raise awareness about important issues in the Milwaukee region, including the Great Lakes, education, city neighborhoods, arts and culture, and internships. Donations to Local Media Foundation for this project are tax-deductible to the extent of the law. No goods or services are provided in exchange for contributions. Please consult a tax advisor for details. The program is administered by Local Media Foundation, tax ID #36‐4427750, a Section 501(c)(3) charitable trust affiliated with Local Media Association.

The Community-Funded Journalism Project at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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