The COVID-19 Local News Fund is a program administered by the Local Media Foundation (LMF), a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with the Local Media Association. The purpose of the program is to increase coverage of COVID-19 issues in local communities.

Through the fund, independent and family-owned news organizations can accept tax-deductible community donations to support and increase their coverage of the crisis. Here are the donation pages for local news media organizations currently active in the COVID-19 Local News Fund.

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  • Zip06.Com/Shore Publishing

 

All of the payments are managed and distributed by LMF. Participating news outlets are required to report back on how they used the payments to report on COVID-19 issues. In addition to soliciting community funding, the program also facilitates the sharing of information related to covering the pandemic at a local level with more than 100 local news outlets including best practices, important angles to cover, tips for remote reporting and more.