CalMatters

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CalMatters
Formation2015
Type Nonprofit (501(c)(3))
PurposeCovering politics
Headquarters Sacramento, CA
Region
California
Subsidiaries The Markup
Affiliations Institute for Nonprofit News
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

CalMatters, a nonprofit news organization covering California state politics and policies, launched in 2015. [1] [2] Founders cited the decline in coverage of state politics in the decade leading up to the founding of CalMatters as a major motivation. [3] As of 2017, it was becoming one of the largest nonprofit newsrooms in the country raising 90 percent of its funding from individuals with only some foundation support. [4] It has also credited its partnership with the LA Times and Capitol Public Radio, among others, as helping to grow the organization quickly. [4]

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Upon Donald Trump taking office, the website launched a project called "Trump v. California" which highlighted the criticisms made by the president against the heavily Democratic state. [5]

CalMatters launched a rebranded website in 2019. [6]

In November 2023, Andrew Donohue was named investigative editor and has been hiring to grow the size of his investigative team to five reporters from three in 2023. [7]

In 2024, nonprofit news outlet The Markup merged newsrooms with CalMatters, citing complementary funders and expertise, with The Markup having a more technical and narrower focus on national and global technology policy. [8]

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  1. ↑ Biasotti, Tony (June 5, 2015). "A new nonprofit hopes to fill a void in coverage of California". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ Ellis, Justin (June 8, 2015). "CALmatters aims to make people interested in state government and fill a gap in California". Nieman Lab. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ Doctor, Ken (February 17, 2015). "What are they thinking? CALmatters wants to shake up California statehouse". Politico. Archived from the original on July 29, 2019.
  4. 1 2 Westphal, David (October 30, 2017). "Journalism's New Patrons: California nonprofit targets individual donors". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  5. ↑ Schmidt, Christine (July 3, 2017). "Two years in, state government site CALmatters is collaborating to make a name for itself". Nieman Lab. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  6. ↑ Schmidt, Christine (July 10, 2019). "How CALmatters is growing out of its startup stage". Nieman Lab. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ Peck, G. A. (2024). Making the Team. Editor & Publisher, 157(2), 46–49.
  8. ↑ Scire, Sarah (April 25, 2024). "Seeking "innovative," "stable," and "interested": How The Markup and CalMatters matched up". Nieman Lab. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
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