Work
- Project manager for the NewsMatch matching gift campaign
- Public Square consultant at Democracy Fund
- Peer facilitator of the INN Emerging Leaders Council
- Metrics and Impact editor at MediaShift
- Co-organizer of the Agora Engaged Journalism Boulder workshop.
- Business consultant at Institute for Nonprofit News
- Speaker at ONA 2017
- Wrote “How News Partnerships Work” for the American Press Institute
- Speaker at the 2017 Collaborative Journalism Summit
- Adjunct professor at USC Annenberg School of Journalism
- Facilitating a session on parenthood in the news business at SRCCON
- Pitching social impact at Social Venture Partners Fast Pitch 2015
- Speaking on “Creative Marketing” at the 2015 Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference
- 2015 reporting honors from the Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards and the Washington Press Association
- Lessons from nonprofit media in USC’s Impact Assessment & Metrics Guide
- Crowdfunded capitol reporting becomes the Statehouse News Project
- Expanding nonprofit investigative journalism in Oregon
- Developing a new radio series with public media for the Knight INNovation Fund
- Speaking on “Measuring Impact” at the 2014 Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference
- 2014 reporting honors from Investigative Reporters and Editors and others
- “Can Investigative Journalism Pay?” a Columbia University case study on nonprofit business models
- 2013 reporting honors from the Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism
- Researching donor decision making for the Media Map Project
Bio
Jason Alcorn is a strategic consultant who works with nonprofit news organizations and philanthropic foundations. He is the project manager for NewsMatch, an annual matching gifts and capacity building program that in 2017 raised $4.8 million for nonprofit news organizations in partnership with Democracy Fund, Knight Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation, and facilitates the Institute for Nonprofit News Emerging Leaders Council. Jason is also an award-winning journalist. He served as associate director of Seattle-based nonprofit news organization InvestigateWest from 2011 to 2016. He is currently an advisor to Migratory Notes and the Listening Post Collective and serves on the program committee for the 2018 Online News Association conference. Jason has a M.S. in Journalism and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University, with a focus on media and public policy.
Contact
I am available for contract and full-time consulting work, as well as writing and speaking opportunities on nonprofit journalism, leadership in the news business and media impact. I also like to daydream about these things over a good stout and a soccer game. Talk to me at jason@jasalc.com.