The Journalism Support Exchange is a new matchmaking tool for local news outlets to get the help they need

"The Journalism Support Exchange (JSX), launched Wednesday, is a user-friendly, searchable database that media workers can query and browse to find the resources, tools, and experts they need to solve a particular problem. Commoner - a civic impact consultancy run by Anika Anand and Darryl Holliday - spent 2025 interviewing journalism leaders about the pros, cons, and challenges they've experienced with journalism support organizations (JSOs)."

""News and information leaders face a paradox: The journalism support landscape has never been more robust, but it's also confusing to navigate," their announcement reads. "Figuring out who does what, which organizations might fit your specific needs, and how to actually connect with them can feel like a full-time job on top of your actual full-time job." The JSX is a first step toward transparency in the journalism support industry, showing "who is doing what, and for whom," per the announcement."

"There are more than 300 journalism support organizations in the database, organized by the type of support they offer, the issues they can address, the size of the news outlets they support, their geographic scope and location, and the cost of their services. Addressable issues are concrete and based on the needs that Commoner discovered in its surveys - things like financial management, audience engagement, legal support, strategic planning, and revenue streams. The Journalism Support Exchange also lets the service organizations add, edit, and customize their information in the database."

The Journalism Support Exchange (JSX) is a searchable database that lets media workers find resources, tools, and experts for specific problems. Commoner Co. and Press Forward built the platform after Commoner interviewed journalism leaders in 2025 about the pros, cons, and challenges with journalism support organizations. The database lists more than 300 journalism support organizations and filters by support type, addressable issues, outlet size, geographic scope, location, and service cost. Addressable issues include financial management, audience engagement, legal support, strategic planning, and revenue streams. Service organizations can add, edit, and customize their database entries. JSX aims to increase transparency about who serves which needs.

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