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OptOut Media Foundation Launches New Independent News Aggregation Site
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023
CONTACT: press@optout.news | (917) 974-4383
Brooklyn, N.Y. — Today, the OptOut Media Foundation launched its redesigned
website, which now displays aggregated content from the more than 200
financially independent news outlets that make up the OptOut network.
OptOut began building a...
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OptOut Media Foundation Exposes Major Charities for Funding Hate Groups
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, August 9, 2023
CONTACT: press@optout.news | (917) 974-4383
Brooklyn, N.Y. — The OptOut Media Foundation, in partnership with The New
Republic, published an investigative report this morning detailing the stream of
funding going from major U.S. charities to Southern Poverty Law
Center-designated hate...
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OptOut Media Foundation Hires Amanda Magnani as Climate Editor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 4, 2023
CONTACT: press@optout.news | (917) 974-4383
Brooklyn, N.Y. — The OptOut Media Foundation is pleased to announce the hire of
Amanda Magnani as its new climate
editor.
Magnani is a Brazilian journalist and photographer focused on social and
environmental issues. After living in seven...
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Harvard's Nieman Lab Tells Readers to Try OptOut News App
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 3, 2023
CONTACT: press@optout.news | (917) 974-4383
Brooklyn, N.Y. — In its biggest news feature yet, the OptOut Media Foundation
was Thursday in the publication of Harvard University's Nieman Journalism Lab, a
site that "attempt[s] to help journalism figure out its future in an Internet
age."
The...
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OptOut Media Foundation Launches Climate, LGBTQ+, New York Verticals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 3, 2022
CONTACT: press@optout.news | (917) 974-4383
Brooklyn, N.Y. — The OptOut Media Foundation, a nonprofit charity with a mission
to educate the public and help sustain a diverse media ecosystem by promoting
trustworthy, independent news content, has hired three experienced journalists
to edit news in...
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OptOut Independent News App Launches on Android
This is the press newsletter of OptOut, a free news aggregation app for
exclusively independent media that's available for Apple and Android devices.
Find out more about the app at IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 13, 2022
CONTACT: press@optout.news | (917) 974-4383
Brooklyn, N.Y. — The OptOut Media Foundation, a nonprofit charity dedicated...
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Independent News Outlets Call on Corporate Media to Stop Making Ads for Fossil Fuel Industry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 6, 2022
CONTACT: press@optout.news, (917) 974-4383
Brooklyn, N.Y. — More than 20 news outlets and leaders in the OptOut independent
media network released an video showing how, even in
this time of climate crisis, corporate and legacy media continue to produce ads
for oil and gas companies.
Corporate Media...
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Major State News Network Joins the OptOut Independent Media Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 5, 2022
CONTACT: press@optout.news, (917) 974-4383
Brooklyn, N.Y. — A nonprofit charity that employs more than 130 full-time
editors, reporters, and support staff in 26 states across the country has joined
the news aggregation app OptOut News.
States Newsroom 26 affiliated
and partner outlets fill a void in...
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Media Nonprofit Launches Innovative Independent News App for iOS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2022
CONTACT: Lori Paulson | press@optout.news | 1-917-974-4383
Brooklyn, N.Y. — The OptOut Media Foundation, a nonprofit charity and tech
startup, released its news aggregation for
iPhone and iPad on the Apple Store today.
Founded by reporters Alex Kotch and Walker Bragman in August 2020, OptOut...
