ICYM today’s @chicagotribune.com story by Darcel Rockett: “Journalists ‘reckon’ with needs, changes necessary for the Fourth Estate to survive” chicagotribune.com/2026/07/24/j... #AmericaAt250 #Journalism #JournalismReckoning #Chicago

One week since our night of powerful conversations! America @ 250: A Journalism Reckoning. Making of a Nation. Unmaking of a Narrative. Who Gets to Tell the Story? Field Foundation | July 16, 2026 ... more photos from our event gallery .... Photo credit: Olivia Obineme/Third Nook

Read about "America @ 250: A Journalism Reckoning"— Field Foundation's convening of journalists, funders & civic leaders—in a story by Darcell Rockett in today's @chicagotribune.com interviewing journalists @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social & @karenattiah.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/24/j...

Journalists ‘reckon’ with needs, changes necessary for the Fourth Estate to survive

At “America @250: A journalism reckoning,” journalists, funders and civic leaders reflected on the past, present and future state of a free press in America.

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Oh, what a night! Listen to @fieldfoundation.bsky.social Prez Daniel Ash's welcome to the 200 journalists, storytellers, funders & civic leaders from across Chicago, Midwest & beyond who converged Thursday at Impact House for evening of reflection on state of the Free Press in America...

So powerful hearing @karenattiah.bsky.social and others speak at the @fieldfoundation.bsky.social Journalism in Reckoning event last night. I hope this is the start of working towards a more robust and equitable industry.

#outtakes .... my heart was full .... America @ 250: A Journalism Reckoning. Making of a Nation. Unmaking of a Narrative. Who Gets to Tell the Story? | @fieldfoundation.bsky.social | July 16, 2026 .... some candid faves pulled from event gallery .... Photo credit: Olivia Obineme/Third Nook

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Field Foundation@fieldfoundation.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Poor air quality & stifling heat didn’t keep a large crowd of journalists, nonprofit leaders & others from convening at ImpactHouse for ‘America @ 250: A Journalism Reckoning’ … “ Read Chicago Media Journal's story today on Thursday’s historic event: lnkd.in/gd3w-Mjd #AmericaAt250 #Journalism

As our president, Daniel O. Ash, noted in his welcome, “You cannot renew a democracy without a shared and trustworthy account of what is happening within it. That’s what journalism gives us. That’s what you give us.”

And thanks to everyone who joined us for “America @ 250: A Journalism Reckoning.”

To Merrick Wayne & Seth Stern for updates on legal challenges to press freedom; and to open mic moderator Tonya Francisco and speakers: Brandon Pope, Jose Baltierra, Jeff Arnold, Jake Wittich, Amirah Zaveri, Sylvia Snowden, Clara Rose Thornton, Alden Loury, Monica Eng & Patricia Andrews-Keenan.

To our Chicago journalism panel: Kimbriell Kelly, Melissa Sanchez, Colin Boyle, and Alice Yin. .

Thanks to our keynotes, @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social & @karenattiah.bsky.social enattiah.bsky.social; to Jon Marshall, for grounding us in the history of journalism in America & the clash between presidents & the press in times of crisis.

On Thursday evening, we had the honor of hosting journalists from across Chicago’s media ecosystem at Impact House for a wide-ranging conversation about who gets to tell the story in America @ 250. Photos: Olivia Obineme/@thirdnook.co

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Big news announced by @nytimes.com: Farrah Anderson joins the 2026-27 class of NYT's Local Investigations Fellowship, reporting on Chicago with the Investigative Project on Race and Equity — a member of Field's Journalism & Storytelling Multi-Year Cohort: www.nytco.com/press/introd...

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We are proud to announce the next class of the Local Investigations Fellowship. The program, led by Dean Baquet, a former executive editor of The New York Times, gives journalists the opportunity to…

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