NOTUS (website)

NOTUS

Industry	News
Key people	Robert Allbritton (publisher) Tim Grieve (editor-in-chief)
Owner	Allbritton Journalism Institute
Website	notus.org

NOTUS ("News of the United States") is a digital news outlet owned by the Allbritton Journalism Institute, a nonprofit organization founded by Robert Allbritton in 2023.

History

Robert Allbritton established the Allbritton Journalism Institute in 2023 with a personal grant of $20 million. According to Allbritton, his intent was to create an outlet to train aspiring public affairs journalists, filling a gap formerly occupied by daily newspapers. ^[1]

Organization

NOTUS operates as a website at notus.org and publishes a daily newsletter. It also distributes its content to local nonprofit news organizations such as Oklahoma Watch, the Santa Barbara News-Press , and others. In addition to its endowment from Allbritton, NOTUS has received funding from the Henry L. Kimelman Family Foundation, the Sandpiper Fund, the Google News Initiative, ^[2] an array of corporate advertisers, and from syndication fees paid by its local news partners. ^[3]

Staff

NOTUS covers the politics of the United States. It is staffed by a combination of experienced professional journalists and term-limited staff — "fellows" — of which ten are annually selected from recent university graduates and early-career journalists for a paid work experience reporting for NOTUS for 24-months, which is preceded by a month-long immersion course in Washington, D.C. and augmented by guest courses taught by veteran reporters. Some of the senior editors have included Richard Just, Matt Fuller, Kate Nocera, and Matt Berman. ^{[1] [4] [5]}

NOTUS named long time Bloomberg executive Arielle Elliott its first CEO in March 2025. ^[6]

See also

• Institute for Nonprofit News

References

1. Tani, Max (May 1, 2023). "Politico's founder is spending $20 million to train aspiring journalists". Semafor . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
2. Fong, Christopher (February 25, 2025). "NOTUS Launches "Washington Bureau Initiative" to Serve Local Communities With Major Grant From Google News Initiative". Allbritton Journalism Institute. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
3. Fischer, Sara (March 5, 2025). "NOTUS launches new initiative to provide Washington coverage to local newsrooms". Axios . Retrieved February 25, 2025.
4. "Paid Reporting Fellowship in D.C. with Allbritton Journalism Institue". byu.edu. Brigham Young University . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
5. Barr, Jeremy (May 30, 2024). "Robert Allbritton's new mission is creating more journalists. Why?". Washington Post . Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
6. Institute, Press Release | Allbritton Journalism (March 28, 2025). "Allbritton Journalism Institute names Arielle Elliott, former Bloomberg executive, as first CEO of NOTUS". Editor and Publisher. Retrieved May 19, 2025.