NEW YORK DAILY NEWS — July 22, 2018 — It’s hard to believe nobody thought of it sooner: A New York City library card can now get you into 33 museums free. The Brooklyn, New York and Queens libraries launched Culture Pass,…
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The funding to save local journalism: Importing an idea from San Diego
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS — August 20, 2018 — Mary Walter-Brown came to New York the other day on a mission to help save our local journalism. She may seem an unlikely savior to New Yorkers. A graduate of Northern Kentucky University,…
Culture Pass Featured on The Brian Lehrer Show & New York Times Editorial
THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW— July 20, 2018 — Linda Johnson, president and C.E.O. of the Brooklyn Public Library, talks about the new program that lets all three library system card-holders visit major NYC cultural institutions for free. Listen to the interview here.…
NYC’s Public Library Systems Launch Culture Pass
With support from the Revson Foundation, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and the New York Community Trust, NYC’s three public library systems have joined together to launch Culture Pass, a city-wide initiative providing free access to 33 cultural institutions across the five boroughs to the millions of library card holders.
Really want to fix local journalism, Mayor de Blasio? Here’s how
Julie Sandorf, President of the Revson Foundation, describes the national decline in local news coverage and calls for increased investment in local journalism in New York.
City must not force libraries to give up gains
Revson President, Julie Sandorf, cites the critical role of NYC's libraries and discusses the need for additional investment to maintain the libraries' current levels of service.
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Julie Sandorf Accept J-School Honors
On April 11, 2018, Julie Sandorf, President of the Charles H. Revson Foundation, accepted the 2018 Distinguished Service to New York Award alongside Ta-Nehisi Coates, National Correspondent for The Atlantic, who accepted the 2018 Journalistic Achievement Award. Click here to watch both…
THE ROLE OF PHILANTHROPY IN RESUSCITATING LOCAL JOURNALISM: FIRG SEMINAR WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE REVSON FOUNDATION
DUKE UNIVERSITY SANFORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY — January 31, 2018 — Professor Joel Fleishman discusses the role of philanthropy in reviving local journalism initiatives with the President of the Revson Foundation, Julie Sandorf.
Out of Print – The Case for Philanthropic Support for Local Journalism in a Time of Market Upheaval
In a new report, Tony Proscio, of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, explores the current landscape of local journalism, with a particular focus on the role that philanthropy could play…
Literary Treasure
METROFOCUS — December 7, 2017 — Two New York organizations have teamed up to honor one of the Big Apple’s biggest treasures, our libraries. We’re joined by Julie Sandorf, president, Charles H. Revson Foundation, and Manuel Martinez, branch manager, Allerton Library,…