NIEMAN REPORTS—Documented, the nonprofit newsroom that covers New York’s immigrant communities, receives lots of requests to help newsrooms in other states and countries produce news with and for immigrants. The company sees that as an opportunity to spread its model, which includes publishing on platforms like WhatsApp, NextDoor, and WeChat. On Friday, it announced the first cohort of its new immigrant media training program, which is slated to run through 2028.
The six publishers — chosen from among 82 applicants across 22 states — will receive training over five months, and will each receive a $10,000 stipend to launch a project. They will also “participate in a final investment round to receive additional funding for product development.”
Documented will choose new publisher cohorts in 2027 and 2028. Funding comes from the Knight Foundation.
See the first six newsrooms participating here.