Word In Black

CTL-E-0755 · Organization · other · 2021-present; 2021–present

Verified evidence grade of this record

The national Black-news collaboration of 10 legacy papers (2021), now a public benefit corporation (2024): the cooperative/network survival model for legacy Black print.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-138; source research type(s): Organization.

Sources

Editor & Publisher, 'Word in Black's journey from a pilot project to a public benefit corporation'; Black Enterprise (2021)
Editor & Publisher; localmedia.org, 'Word In Black receives $300,000 in funding from Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge'
Editor & Publisher, 'Word in Black's journey from a pilot project to a public benefit corporation'
editorandpublisher.com; wordinblack.com
editorandpublisher.com
localmedia.org

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