We believe in the power of a more accessible news and information ecosystem that is rooted in community, enabling all voices to be heard.

• To amplify diverse perspectives and stories often excluded or misrepresented in mainstream and emerging media outlets.
• We see journalism as a public good that must be accessible to the widest population regardless of economic, technological, or language differences.

• We believe that news and information organizations must be rooted in truth, journalistic integrity, and independence.
• We, the Area Foundation, and the Press Forward Chapter are committed to being open about our grantmaking process and delivering on what we say.

• We believe that to close longstanding gaps, we need news and information organizations that value collaboration, connection, and visibility.
• We will invest in ideas that will have lasting change in our communities, and efforts that are focused on meeting community information needs, expanding community-centered reporting, and closing the longstanding inequities in media ownership, distribution, and journalism participation of all individuals.