Philanthropy has an important role to play in supporting reporters, but funding must be transparent and clear to maintain credibility

Fellows will leverage expertise in tackling and reporting on the climate crisis

Watch this featured conversation about the foundation’s support for Planet Forward and the work it’s doing to build a unique movement of young journalists telling the stories of people affected by climate change.

Planet Forward is inspiring and training the next generation of environmental storytellers – and empowering communities to act on climate solutions

$1M grant will support NPR, its Collaborative Journalism Network and the Gulf States Newsroom

Funding to PBS NewsHour's Tipping Point and the NPR Climate Desk expands coverage on the intersection of water and climate change

Lessons learned from a year of grantmaking to community-based news organizations

Grant comes as new polling shows strong interest in news coverage on climate solutions

Morning Consult ran a survey, on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation, focusing on how voters are consuming news on climate change, how the news on climate change is making them feel, and what their preferences are for stories around climate change. The survey finds that voters agree journalists have a duty to increase global understanding of climate change and that nearly all voters want more coverage on protecting water sources, extreme weather, and climate change’s impact on food supplies.