We founded the American Journalism Project based on three interlocking beliefs:

1. Democracy and journalism are interdependent.

2. Local journalism is a public good that market forces won’t adequately supply.

3. This market failure is a problem that we the people—not our government, and not our commerce—must solve.

From these three beliefs AJP derives its purpose: to help catalyze a new generation of public service media that is sustained by, governed by, and looks like the public it serves.