Empowering Ventura County through journalism
Providing access to fact-based information through independent news reporting.
Empowering Ventura County through journalism
Providing access to fact-based information through independent news reporting.
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Your tax-deductible donation will be used to fund grant requests submitted by Ventura County locally owned adjudicated independent newspapers.
Ojai Valley News Foundation
OVNF's Mission
The Ojai Valley News Foundation's mission is to support Ventura County-owned, adjudicated, independent newspapers by expanding reporting coverage, promoting local media literacy and access, preserving newspaper history, and fostering professional relationships within the local independent news community.
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Every day, the Ojai Valley News | VCSUN is here for residents, covering arts, culture, sports and the news that affects all of us in Ventura County.
Recently, we have broken stories on the mass killing of trees at county parks through the misapplication of an herbicide; the proposed RV park at Soule Park; the EPA’s suspension of a dangerous pesticide; and Ventura’s coastal-erosion project.
Recent countywide issues we have covered include the district attorney’s crackdown on rampant real estate fraud; a suspected serial killer; the water adjudication lawsuit; the Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup in Simi Valley; deepfakes; and much more.
What is OVNF about?
The Challenge to Local News
The Challenge to Local News
The Challenge to Local News
Local independent newspapers face a daily challenge to exist. We need your philanthropic support to continue to bring you the level of news coverage you deserve to be an informed voter, to hold your government accountable, and to know how your tax dollars are being spent.
Your local newspaper is where democracy hits the road, empowering y
Local independent newspapers face a daily challenge to exist. We need your philanthropic support to continue to bring you the level of news coverage you deserve to be an informed voter, to hold your government accountable, and to know how your tax dollars are being spent.
Your local newspaper is where democracy hits the road, empowering you with information to build the community you want to live in.
The national newspaper consolidation that began in 1987 has done irreparable harm to public trust as local newsrooms have been gutted by chain-media. Compounding the damage, more readers consume news online, where the Big Tech monopolies of Google and Meta have become publishers themselves and taken full control of search and advertiser dollars. News websites alone are financially unsustainable. The old news business models have crumbled and, as access to fact-based local reporting declines, so do its value and efficacy in our communities.
What Can We Do Together?
The Challenge to Local News
The Challenge to Local News
We need your help to ensure that locally owned independent newsrooms grow and become sustainable in Ventura County.
With your support we can:
• Expand Reporting on local News,
Culture, Arts, Sports, School, Business, Government, Environmental, Emergency Disaster, and Investigative reporting coverage.
• Grow access to Reporting
• Provide Educ
We need your help to ensure that locally owned independent newsrooms grow and become sustainable in Ventura County.
With your support we can:
• Expand Reporting on local News,
Culture, Arts, Sports, School, Business, Government, Environmental, Emergency Disaster, and Investigative reporting coverage.
• Grow access to Reporting
• Provide Education programs
• Build audience awareness through outreach
• Technology transformation
• Preserve Ventura's news history
Together we can revive Ventura County's independent local newspapers.
Giving Beyond Subscription
The Challenge to Local News
Giving Beyond Subscription
Your donation can be earmarked for a specific locally owned adjudicated independent newspaper:
Ojai Valley News | Ventura County Sun,
Santa Paula Times,
Vida Newspaper,
Tri-County Sentry or The Fillmore Gazette.
Ventura County’s newspapers keep the public’s business in the sunlight. The power of knowledge enables our citizens to make infor
Your donation can be earmarked for a specific locally owned adjudicated independent newspaper:
Ojai Valley News | Ventura County Sun,
Santa Paula Times,
Vida Newspaper,
Tri-County Sentry or The Fillmore Gazette.
Ventura County’s newspapers keep the public’s business in the sunlight. The power of knowledge enables our citizens to make informed decisions. With your partnership, we can build a community through the power of information as we write history’s first draft.
Contact us with questions or to discuss donations of your time and asset gifts. Thank you to all who support local journalism.
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Ojai Valley News Foundation: sustaining local news
News reporting provides the facts that lead us to truth. Ventura County’s newspapers keep the public’s business in the sunlight. The power of knowledge enables our citizens to make informed decisions. With your partnership, we can strengthen our community through information and a common story.
OVNF Board Members, Ojai Playhouse Saturday, Jan. 18
"Stripped for parts: American journalism on the brink"
The power of the people – the right to know, and to govern ourselves – is supported in large part from the strength and effectiveness of the Fourth Estate. The health of the free press is a litmus test for how that’s going.
- Laura Rearwin Ward, executive director OVNF
Corporate Giving to local news
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Let us work with you to invite proposals from Ventura County's local independent newspapers. Together we can gather specific requests for support that aligns with your company values and fits in your budget. With partnership you can see the direct results from your contribution to Ventura County's news ecosystem. Let's have a conversation.