Oakland Post

California Black Newspapers Win Hundreds of Thousands in Facebook Grants

Quinci LeGardye, California Black MediaMay 14, 2020

Several Black-owned newspapers in California have received grants to help them weather the economic downturn the COVID-19 pandemic has caused. Facebook announced May 7, that it is awarding nearly $10.3 million to 144 local newsrooms through the company’s COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant Program.

News Political

Black-Owned News Outlets Will Run Gov. Newsom’s Quarterly Column ‘On the Record’

California Black MediaDecember 19, 2019

Starting this month, over a dozen California African American-owned-and-operated news outlets – including the Los Angles Sentinel, the Oakland Post, the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint, the Sacramento Observer, the Inland Valley’s Black Voice News and the San Francisco Sun Reporter – will publish in-print and online a quarterly column Gov. Gavin Newsom writes to inform Californians about important policy issues impacting them.