Type Media Center
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| Established | 2000 |
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| Mission | “To produce high-impact journalism and literary nonfiction that addresses injustice and inequality, catalyzes change, informs and uplifts social movements.”[1] |
| Focus | Journalism |
| Director | Taya Kitman |
| Staff | 13 |
| Location | , United States |
| Website | typemediacenter |
Type Media Center(formerly The Nation Institute) is a nonprofit media organization that was previously associated withThe Nationmagazine. It sponsors fellows, hosts forums, publishes books and investigative reporting, and awards several annual journalism prizes.Orville Schellworked for the organization, andKatrina vanden Heuvelis currently a member of their board of trustees.[2]
Type Media Center fellows have includedNaomi Klein,Wayne Barrett,Chris Hedges,[3]David Moberg,Jeremy Scahill,andChris Hayes.[4]The organization has also funded podcasts, short-form broadcast media, and documentaries, including several byHabiba Nosheen.
Type is one of the presenters of theRidenhour Prizes.It collaborates on thePuffin Prize for Creative Citizenshipwith thePuffin Foundation.[5]Tom Engelhardtis the creator of the organization's TomDispatch.com, a widely syndicated onlineblog.
Type started its publishing imprint Bold Type Books (formerly Nation Books) in 2000, in partnership withThunder's Mouth Press.[6]In 2007,Perseus Books Groupacquired Avalon Publishing Group, which was the parent company of Thunder's Mouth Press. Bold Type Books’ current partner imprint isHachette Book Group.
Type's investigative newsroom, Type Investigations (formerly The Investigative Fund), was founded in 1996. It is known for producing long-form investigations, primarily for national magazines, into abuses of power, inequality, and government malfeasance. Unlike a conventional outlet that maintains its own distribution platform, Type Investigations primarily publishes via partnerships with print, radio, and television outlets. It is one of the only women-led investigative newsrooms amongInstitute for Nonprofit Newsmember organizations.[7]
In addition to working with freelance reporters, Type Investigations’ past and current reporting fellows have includedNick Turse,Wayne Barrett,Jeremy Scahill,Sharon Lerner,Janine di Giovanni,Lee Fang,Sarah Posner,John Carlos Frey,andAli Gharib.[8]The project has received four Emmy Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and a Peabody,[9]and a 2019 investigation into theU.S. Department of the Interiorprompted a congressional inquiry.[10]
References
[edit]- ^"About".Type Media Center.Retrieved19 September2019.
- ^"About".Type Media Center.Retrieved2019-09-19.
- ^"Chris Hedges".2 April 2010.
- ^"Bio page at The Guardian".www.theguardian.com.
- ^"The Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship".www.typemediacenter.org.13 January 2019.
- ^"Book Reviews, Bestselling Books & Publishing Business News - Publishers Weekly".www.publishersweekly.com.
- ^"» Members » Institute for Nonprofit News".Institute for Nonprofit News.Retrieved2019-09-19.
- ^"Reporters".Type Investigations.Retrieved2019-09-19.
- ^"Awards".Type Investigations.Retrieved2019-09-19.
- ^"Chair Grijalva and Leading Democrats Push Interior Secretary for Documents, Urge Arctic Leasing Pause Pending Investigation of Political Pressure | The House Committee on Natural Resources".naturalresources.house.gov.Retrieved2019-09-19.