Fort Worth Report

Fort Worth Report (FWR) is a nonprofit news media outlet covering local government, business, education and arts in the city of Fort Worth, Texas. The organization, founded by local business leaders and former Fort Worth Star-Telegram publisher Wes Turner,[1] announced its intentions in February 2021 and officially launched the newsroom in April 2021.[2][3] Since its launch in response to declines and cuts at other local news organizations,[4] FWR has added staff and expanded to provide radio news content through a collaboration with KERA News.[5]

Fort Worth Report
TypeNonprofit
FormatWeb
Founder(s)Chris Cobler
EditorThomas Ray Martinez
Founded2021
Websitefortworthreport.org

References
  1. Nishimura, Scott (2021-02-05). "Seeding a Nonprofit Newspaper in Fort Worth". Fort Worth Inc. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  2. "Launching a news nonprofit in Fort Worth, Chris Cobler doesn't want to "repeat the mistakes of the past"". Nieman Lab. 2021-02-18. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  3. Mateos, Evelyn (2021-04-19). "Fort Worth Report Set to Launch This Spring". Editor and Publisher. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  4. "Fort Worth Report". American Journalism Project. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  5. Falk, Tyler (2022-05-19). "KERA, Fort Worth news outlet agree to journalism collaboration". Current. Retrieved 2024-02-05.


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