OptOut Media Foundation
The OptOut Media Foundation is an American nonprofit organization based in Brooklyn, New York.[1] It publishes OptOut News, as well as a Substack series called Important Context.[2]
History
The OptOut Media Foundation was founded in August 2020 by Alex Kotch and Walker Bragman. The organization worked with the Progressive Coders Network to build its iPhone app, which launched on March 14, 2022.[3]
Team
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Kotch | Co-founder, Executive Director[4] | Institute for Southern Studies, International Business Times (IBT), Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), Sludge, North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections |
| Walker Bragman | Co-founder, Editorial Director | The Lever |
| Maria Bustillos | Director | Popula, Brick House Cooperative |
| Mark Colangelo | Director | - |
| Liana DeMasi | LGBTQ+ Editor[5] | Atmos, Vivial, Rewire News Group, Boston Globe, Poynter Institute |
| Amanda Magnani | Climate Editor[6] | National Geographic, Al Jazeera, The New Humanitarian, BBC Brasil, Folha de S.Paulo, Climate Tracker, Solutions Journalism Network, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting |
| Lindsay von Werner | Social Media Editor | - |
| Jacqueline Keeler | News Curator | - |
| Michael Sainato | News Curator | The Guardian |
| Robert Diamond | Backend Developer | - |
| Reza Etezal | Devlops Manager | - |
| Kyle Feeley | UX Developer and Designer | - |
| Matthew Smith | Frontend and Web Developer | - |
| Rob Watson | Backend Developer | - |
Funding
The OptOut Media Foundation receives funding from co-founder Alex Kotch, as well as the Puffin Foundation.[7]
External links
Further reading
- October 30, 2023: "Who’s Behind 'OptOut Media'?" by Liam Sturgess, published by The Kennedy Beacon
About Us. OptOut News. Retrieved October 23, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231023223720/https://www.optout.news/about ↩︎
Bragman, W. About - Important Context. Substack. Retrieved October 23, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231023224019/https://www.importantcontext.news/about ↩︎
Paulson, L. (2022, March 14). Media Nonprofit Launches Innovative Independent News App for iOS. OptOut News. https://web.archive.org/web/20231024021401/https://www.optout.news/newsletters/media-nonprofit-launches-innovative-independent-news-app-for-ios ↩︎
Board of Directors. OptOut News. Retrieved October 23, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.10.23-231454/https://www.optout.news/board-of-directors ↩︎
Staff. OptOut News. Retrieved October 23, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.10.23-235028/https://www.optout.news/staff ↩︎
OptOut Climate. OptOut News. Retrieved October 24, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231024020339/https://www.optout.news/climate ↩︎
Donors. OptOut News. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230325142714/https://www.optout.news/donors/ ↩︎