How You Can Support Lookout Eugene-Springfield

Thanks to our generous supporters, Lookout is able to expand our aggressive news coverage in and around Lane County.

As we grow our ability to report the stories of the day and get them to more readers throughout the county, we ask for your support for two programs that augment what our newsroom can do. We hope you find both of them worthy of your support.

Already, your friends and neighbors have been wonderful in investing in programs that strengthen local news and the community it serves. Please join them.

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

Lookout for Teachers

Building on the success of our Lookout in the Classroom program, Lookout for Teachers gives every middle and high school teacher in Lane County free access to all of Lookout’s trusted reporting, plus curriculum-aligned resources they can use right away: educator newsletters, discussion guides, and visits from Lookout correspondents.

This nationally recognized program is growing – $160 puts Lookout in one teacher’s classroom for a full school year, and that teacher shares trusted local news with hundreds of students. Multiply that by 1,200 teachers in 16 districts, and $192,000 reaches the entire county.

Explore all the ways you can support this program here.

The Dean Rea Internship Program

Lookout launched The Dean Rea Internship Program in our first year, recognizing the lifelong journalism and academic career of Eugenean Dean Rea. In the spirit of his teaching, our program selects top UO School of Journalism students to work alongside our spirited journalists. 

They learn – and report for you – providing a vital new pipeline for the journalists of tomorrow. We’ve already hosted two Rea interns and need your support to enable us to hire more each year. Each seven-to-nine-month paid internship for local students costs about $5000. We aim to raise $50,000 to support five seven-to-nine-month paid internships for local students to build the program well (details here).

Thank you for your support

All gifts are tax-deductible. Donors can use their Qualified Charitable Distribution accounts to maximize their benefit.

For gifts of $5,000 or more, please contact Ken Doctor at ken@lookoutlocal.com with any questions, or Charles Jun, our fiscal sponsor at The Lenfest Institute and owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, at charles@lenfestinstitute.org.

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
  • Emerald Broadband
  • 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.