Case Study: Local Media Association helps local newsrooms secure funding with NewsFuel by Cantina

Local Media Association launches NewsFuel in 11 weeks with Cantina

The Local Media Association (lma) faced the challenge of local newsrooms struggling to identify funding sources while philanthropic organizations lacked a way to find newsrooms in need. To bridge this gap, lma engaged the vendor Cantina to design and build a common matching platform, which resulted in the NewsFuel service.

Cantina employed a design-thinking approach to research, design, and develop a minimal viable product (MVP) of the NewsFuel platform using Drupal. The solution was successfully launched with over 6,000 media organizations. Cantina's work is projected to help create more than 1,000 jobs for reporters over the next three years.

Local Media Association (lma)