Day 2 Welcome, Gallery of Distinguished Black Publishers and NNPA Fund 2021 Enshrinement of Carter Walker Wesley

Presentation: Lela Sewell-Williams and Lopez Matthews, Moreland Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

Overview of the History of the NNPAF’s Enshrinement of Distinguished Black Publishers

Video Profile of Enshrined, Carter Walker Wesley, Esq., Distinguished Publisher of the Houston Informer

Presentation of Plaque to Family of Carter Walker Wesley

12PM EST — LIVESTREAM: Alternative Funding for Black Press Publishers

Moderator: Janis Ware, Publisher of the Atlanta Voice

Panelists:

Lea Trusty is a Program Associate at Democracy Fund, where she leads their grants portfolio centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion in journalism.

Vincent Stehle is Executive Director of Media Impact Funders, a membership organization of foundation officials and philanthropists who support media and technology in the public interest.

LaSharah S. Bunting is Director/Journalism at Knight Foundation, where she manages a portfolio focused on advancing transformation and diversity in journalism.

The panel will discuss for profit vs non-profit media funding opportunities and what’s generally required to qualify?