The Morning Context will be part of ICFJ’s first Elevate cohort

We have some good news to share. The Morning Context has been selected to join the International Center for Journalists’s Elevate news business hub. The programme will have 18 news organizations from around the world who will receive mentoring and business strategy lessons in building a sustainable media company. 

From ICFJ’s post: 

Eighteen news outlets - in six regions of the world - will receive tailored support from a wide spectrum of entrepreneurial leaders and experts as part of Elevate, ICFJ’s news business hub. The goal is to help these small and medium news organizations become financially viable and serve their communities well into the future.

Elevate’s first cohort will work directly with a brain trust of key advisors and mentors: executives from the corporate world, technologists and top-notch journalism trainers, as well as a leading media investor and a prominent university specializing in entrepreneurship. This team will work with Elevate participants to sharpen their skills and address specific pain points standing in the way of growth. The news outlets also will be eligible for grant funding from ICFJ to pursue innovative solutions to business challenges.

The selection process included several ICFJ staff and consultants with specialized expertise, including former ICFJ Knight Fellow James Breiner.

We are thrilled with this opportunity and looking forward to working closely with the ICFJ team.

We started The Morning Context with the mission to build a credible, independent media company that focuses on depth of reporting and writing. Something that’s been absent in most of financial journalism put out by cluttered traditional newspapers and magazines. Right from day one, we were clear that we want to build an organization that enjoys a direct relationship with our readers. Two and a half years in, thousands of readers have put their trust in us by subscribing to our journalism, and our revenues and readership growth numbers have never looked better.

Our 25-member strong team, our journalism and the validation we keep on receiving from subscribers and organizations like ICFJ only makes our resolve stronger that we are on the right path to achieving our mission.