The Dorchester Reporter has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Press Forward, a national movement to strengthen communities by reinvigorating local news. The Reporter is one of 205 grantees selected in the organization’s “Open Call on Closing Local Coverage Gaps.”'

Press Forward is a coalition of funders that is investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms, close longstanding gaps in journalism coverage, advance public policy that expands access to local news, and scale the infrastructure the sector needs to thrive. For more, visit pressforward.news. 

The Reporter intends to use the funding to fund additional reporting in Boston’s neighborhoods and to improve the news organization’s digital presentation.

“We are thrilled to be part of Press Forward’s inaugural class of grantees, which include news organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam,” said Bill Forry, The Reporter’s co-publisher and executive editor. “This award is a validation of the exceptional work done over the last four decades by The Reporter’s team of journalists, editors, and staff.

“It’s also a big boost for our ongoing plan to provide timely, insightful, and well-documented information to our readership in the city of Boston and beyond. We are grateful to the Press Forward team and The Miami Foundation for their support of local news across the nation— and particularly here in our communities.”