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Franklin News Foundation

Franklin News Foundation
Formation2009
Type501(c)3 organization
26-4066298
PurposeStatehouse journalism
Location
Key people
Christopher Krug, President
Websitewww.franklinnews.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Franklin News Foundation, previously the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, is an American online nonprofit news organization that publishes news and commentary from a conservative and free market, limited government perspective on state and local politics.[1][2][3][4][5] Its journalism platform is called The Center Square, rebranded from Watchdog.org.[6] Founded in 2009 in North Dakota, the organization moved to Virginia and is now based in Chicago.[7][8][9]

It was associated with reporting in 41 states as of its second year,[10] but it scaled back later in the 2010s.[11] Its stated mission is "to hold government accountable through objective, balanced, citizen-focused public journalism with a taxpayer sensibility."[12] Much of its funding has come from conservative and Republican-connected large donors, especially via Donors Trust.[13][14][15] Chris Krug is the foundation's president.[16]

  1. ^ McBride, Kelly; Rosensteil, Tom (July 30, 2013). The New Ethics of Journalism: Principles for the 21st Century. Congressional Quarterly Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-4833-2095-3.
  2. ^ Enda, Jodi (July 15, 2014). "At the statehouse, ideological press tries to fill a void in news coverage". Pew Research Center. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  3. ^ Peters, Justin. "'Serious, point-of-view journalism'?". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  4. ^ McDuffee, Allen (May 21, 2012). "Heritage Foundation and Franklin Center team up for Breitbart awards". The Washington Post.
  5. ^ Sirota, David (August 1, 2014). "Chris Christie Wins Lawsuit to Exempt Himself From New Jersey's Open Records Laws". International Business Times.
  6. ^ Schoenburg, Bernard (May 18, 2019). "Bernard Schoenburg: Glad to see a new name for that organization". State Journal Register. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
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  9. ^ Roberts, Andrea Suozzo, Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Brandon (May 9, 2013). "Franklin News Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved July 30, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  12. ^ "About". Franklin News Foundation. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
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  16. ^ "Chris Krug to lead Franklin Center and Watchdog.org". PR Newswire. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

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