Tech giant Google is supporting The Tribune’s vision of becoming the first legacy newspaper in the U.S. to become a nonprofit.
On Friday, Google announced The Tribune is one of 34 news organizations across North America to receive support through the Google GNI Innovation Challenge, a program aimed at helping local newsrooms generate revenue and better engage with local audiences.
The Tribune will use the Google funding to support its transition from a for-profit company to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, including improving the website and apps, creating an integrated database as well as writing a playbook to share with other local news organizations.