Miami Fourth Estate Inc
Building nonprofit hyperlocal quality journalism across Miami
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Democracy depends on good journalism, but journalism is in crisis. This is especially true at the local level. Thousands of news industry jobs have disappeared, meaning many critical community issues are simply not covered at all. The news vacuum -- or news desert -- creates an environment where misinformation or even disinformation spreads on various social media platforms. Our vision aims at building sustainable hyperlocal news that serves the community. Our plan is to expand across Miami-Dade County, establishing sister news outlets, especially in historically underserved areas.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Key Biscayne Independent
An online nonprofit newspaper serving Key Biscayne and vicinity, with a focus on public policy and environmental reporting.
Anti-Social Radio & Podcast
The Anti-Social podcast is a public-affairs program that takes trending topics on social media and applies an antidote of facts (and a bit of occasional humor). We focus on local issues but we sometimes take on national topics and issues.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Institute for Nonprofit News 2021
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of press articles published
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Key Biscayne Independent
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This metric is a total of our base editorial output
Number of youth mentored
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Key Biscayne Independent
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This is the number of editorial interns we mentor
Hours of mentoring
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Key Biscayne Independent
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This is an estimate of staff time spent mentoring internms
Number of media partnerships developed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Key Biscayne Independent
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This is the partnerships we have with reporting and educational institutions
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our vision aims at building sustainable hyperlocal news that matches the community. Our plan is expand across Miami-Dade County, establishing sister news outlets, especially in historically underserved areas.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our editorial mission is directly linked to the development goals. Our reporting places a priority on
--environmental and sustainability reporting, including clean water and pollution efforts in the waters surrounding our community
--Our partnerships with the Rosenstiel School at the University of Miami
--Our commitment to government accountability reporting strengthens democratic institutions.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a strong team of news professionals with decades of experience covering our priority coverage areas.. Our partnerships with other news institutions allow us to leverage this experience. And, we are supported by a board of directors that also has deep journalism experience.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have left the startup phase and are now in regular publication. We added our first full-time editor, and have been nominated for several editorial awards.
Our partnerships expanded in 2023 to add more reporting on sustainability and government accountability.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To inform the development of new programs/projects, To encourage community involvement in quality local journalism
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Miami Fourth Estate Inc
Board of directorsas of 09/12/2023
Tony Winton
Key Content, LLC (former Associated Press)
Term: 2020 - 2023
Thom Mozloom
M Network
Jan Dillow
Retired (former Barclay's Capital)
Susan Candiotti
Retired (former CNN)
Curt Anderson
The Associated Press
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.