Knight Foundation invests $3 million in local news initiative

• Community engagement and local voting habits are strongly linked to local news consumption, according to a study by Pew Research Center in association with the Knight Foundation.

Driving the news: Press Forward South Florida — headquartered at The Miami Foundation — will "expand, support and raise funds for local news initiatives," with grantmaking set to begin later this year.

• "We are a region of newcomers — so many of us are born in another city, country, or culture. Local news can help us connect across differences, build a better future, and feel at home here in South Florida," said Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, CEO of The Miami Foundation, in a statement.

What's next: Press Forward wants residents from Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties to take this survey on their local news needs.