How You Can Support the Launch of Lookout Eugene-Springfield

Thanks to all our generous supporters, Lookout is now beyond launch and aggressively covering the news of the day in and all around Lane County.

Now as we further expand our ability to report the stories of the day and to get them to more readers throughout the county, we’re glad to announce two new programs worthy of your support.

You can now join your friends and neighbors in supporting the next two growth projects for Lookout Eugene-Springfield.

  1. The Dean Rea Internship Program
  2. Lookout for Teachers

The Dean Rea Internship Program does two great things. It adds more capacity to our newsroom of 16 to cover more news for you. And it provides a vital new pipeline for the journalists of tomorrow. We’re working closely with the UO School of Journalism and others to match the best potential interns with their professional colleagues here at Lookout. These are paid internships, and we need your help in funding them. We aim to raise $50,000 to support five seven-to-nine-month paid internships for local students (details here).

Lookout for Teachers builds on the great success of our Lookout in the Classroom program, first developed in Santa Cruz, California, and now being rolled out in Lane County. Our aim is to give every middle and high school educator full access to Lookout’s trusted local journalism, plus a robust weekly stream of curriculum-aligned, classroom-ready tools — quizzes, guides, lesson plans and media literacy activities (details here). We aim to raise $192,000 to fund all 1,200 high school and middle school teachers at $160 per teacher per year. That would cover teachers in all of the county’s 16 school districts. Already, thanks to the generosity of the Mehlum Family Foundation, the Baker family, and Dan and Peggy Neal, we’re about a half of the way there.

Please help us fund both of these programs. Thanks in advance for all your help reviving robust, trustworthy local news in Lane County.
Donations of any size can be made online, on this page. All contributions are tax-deductible. For contributions of $5,000 or more, we ask you to contact us or The Lenfest Institute, owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, our fiscal sponsor, by writing Charles Jun at Lenfest: charles@lenfestinstitute.org

All gifts are tax-deductible.

Thank you to our Founders Circle Members

Foundations:

  • The Baker Family Foundation
  • The Chambers Family Foundation
  • The Ford Family Foundation
  • Oregon Community Foundation Donor Advised Funds
  • The Tykeson Family Foundation
  • The Van Meter/Barnhart Family Fund
  • The Yarg Foundation

Individuals, families, and businesses:

  • Allen Hancock
  • Ann Baker Mack and Donovan Mack
  • Ann and Tim Straub
  • Brent MacCluer
  • Cathy Simard and Tom Crandall
  • Christina and Marc Lund
  • Dan and Peggy Neal
  • Dave and Ann Fidanque
  • David Black and Lee Wilkins Black
  • David and Marcia Hilton
  • Dolly and Don Woolley
  • Hearing Associates, Inc.
  • Hugh and Sue Prichard
  • Eric and Kristin Forrest
  • Jane Squires and Paul Kaplan
  • Jill Baxter and Rob Daugherty
  • Jim and Ginevra Ralph
  • Jo Layne McDow
  • Joan Gray and Harris Hoffman
  • John Van Landingham
  • Jon Anderson
  • Kitty and David Piercy
  • Marion Sweeney, Kate and Cama
  • Margaret Hallock
  • Melissa and Karl Scholz
  • Mike and Kate Coughlin
  • Lynda Lanker
  • Nathan and Robin Philips Family Trust
  • Patricia Krier and Tom Connolly
  • Phil and Flossie Barnhart
  • Susan and Heinz Selig
  • Ted and Stephanie Coopman
  • Tim Gleason and Jenny Ulum
  • Tom and Patti Barkin
  • Tom and Laurie Pettinger
  • Tom Jefferson
  • Vern Katz and Deb Dotters

Questions about support. Contact us at eugene-springfield@lookoutlocal.com

The Givebutter donation program is administered by Local Media Foundation, tax ID #36‐4427750, a Section 501(c)(3) charitable trust affiliated with Local Media Association.