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.
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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,…
You don’t have to be a Muslim to be horrified by Trump’s anti-Muslim bigotry
THE WASHINGTON POST — November 29, 2017 — Early Wednesday, President Trump retweeted three videos shared by a far-right British activist. One purportedly depicted a “Muslim migrant” beating up a Dutch boy on crutches (in fact, reports suggest the assailant was…
Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books
THE NEW YORK TIMES — September 18, 2017 — For all of Sunset Park’s celebrated taquerias, dim sum parlors and picturesque piers, the most popular destination in that neighborhood might just be the local branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Despite…
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 4TH ANNUAL NYC NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY AWARDS
Ten Library Finalists Announced in Annual “Oscars of Libraries,” Vying for Top Honors and $20,000 Prize Record-Breaking 24,000 New Yorkers Nominated their Beloved Branches for This Year’s NYC Neighborhood Library Awards New Perennial Excellence Award Launched, Recognizing Consistently Outstanding Branches…
New Publications Feature Launched!
The Revson Foundation is proud to present a new feature on our website: the Publications page. Here, you can view and download reports and articles that the Foundation has funded from 2009 onward. We hope these publications will be of interest…