Every dime and dollar goes to our operations. We thank you for supporting one of the most diverse, independently owned, Black woman founded newsrooms in the U.S.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ARK REPUBLIC
November 2023 | Awarded Seed Grant by the Fund for Investigative Journalism
September-October 2023 | Economy League of Greater Philadelphia GPLEX participant in New Orleans for the Knight/Lenfest Foundation fellowship.
June 2023 | Economy League of Greater Philadelphia GPLEX participant in Brooklyn. Shadowed the group for on-the-ground reporting
June 2023 | Economy League of Greater Philadelphia GPLEX participant
December 2022 | Ark Republic named in Google News Equity Fund
November 2022 | Ark Republic receives Valentine Foundation grant to develop Being Beloved Podcast
March 2022 | Ark Republic named part of Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange
March 2022 | Ark Republic named part of the Black Media Initiative’s (CUNY), Black Media Project Strategy cohort
March 2022 | Newsroom Editor Yolanda Aguilera named Center for Community Fellow
December 2022 | Media arm of Black Farmers Index’s Inaugural Vittles box campaign
August 2021 | Ark Republic awarded Newark Creative Catalyst Award
May 2021 | Comcast commercial released
December 2020 | Second Community Collaborative Project | The Light Series
December 2020 | Comcast RISE | Named recipient of Comcast’s grant program
May 2020 | Launched the Black Farmers Index
December 2019 | First Community Collaborative Project | The Light Series
October 2019 | Fourth Major Collaborative Project | Gentrification
May 2019 | Supported Black Mama Bailout fundraiser
April 2019 | Third Major Collaborative Project | Cannabis
March 2019 | Supported “I, Too Am Divine: An Installation on the Black Spiritual Experience,” New York University
March 2019 | Second Major Collaborative Project Nipsey Hussle
November 2018 | Co-hosted Sexual Assault Townhall “I Believe Women: Sexual Assault Beyond a Reasonable Doubt with Global Spectrum Group and Lisa Durden Unlimited Productions
August-September 2018 | First Major Collaborative Project
July 2018 | Hosted Network and twerk social
May 2018 | Instituted internship/apprenticeship program
May 2018 | Named Company to Watch by New York University Entrepreneurial Institute
May 2018 | Participated in American Press Institute summit
March 2018 | Co-Sponsored Break, Bread & Build Conference with Special Guest Roxanne Shante
April 2018 | Co-sponsored Cannabis social 4-21 The Day After
March 2018 | Joined NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia – Local 38010 of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC
November 2017 | Launched official website
August 2017 | Social Media Reporting Roll Out
June 13, 2017 | Launched Membership Drive
