Summary
Organization name
Piedmont Journalism Foundation
Tax id (EIN)
83-0785962
Categories
Arts & Culture, Community
Address
53 South Third StreetWarrenton, VA 20186
$29,455 raised by 43 donors
100% complete
$7,500 Goal
Your gift to Piedmont Journalism Foundation will support and strengthen the Fauquier Times at a time when small newspapers around the country are quickly disappearing.
The Piedmont Journalism Foundation is a nonprofit run by local volunteers originally formed by a group of concerned citizens who came together to sustain quality journalism in this community. In 2019, the foundation purchased the Fauquier Times and invested in modernizing the news organization to keep it viable.
Research from Northwestern University reports that two local newspapers closed per week between 2019 and 2022, continuing a decades long trend. By 2025, a third of all newspapers in the United States will have closed. In many cases these closures have left local communities that look much like Fauquier County without a reliable information source.
The Times is a newspaper Fauquier County can be proud of. For seven consecutive years, it has won the Virginia Press Association's grand prize as the best overall weekly newspaper of its size in Virginia.
Organization name
Piedmont Journalism Foundation
Tax id (EIN)
83-0785962
Categories
Arts & Culture, Community
Address
53 South Third Street