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The Spinoff
4 days ago
- Business
- The Spinoff
Announcing the latest recipients of the Vince Geddes In-Depth Journalism Fund
Three freelance writers have been awarded grants to work on their ambitious journalism projects. In January, The Spinoff announced the Vince Geddes In-Depth Journalism Fund, supported by the Auckland Radio Trust (ART). The fund was established to provide much-needed financial and editorial support to talented freelance journalists, empowering them to produce in-depth, high-quality journalism in an increasingly constrained media landscape. Across the year, six grants will be awarded to support freelance journalists producing stories that take time, research and intensive reporting, with the editorial and structural support of The Spinoff – where the completed features will be published. The first three grants were announced in February and those stories will be appearing on The Spinoff in the coming weeks. Today, after another strong set of applications, The Spinoff is delighted to announce the next three recipients of the Vince Geddes In-Depth Journalism Fund. Each recipient will receive a $5,000 grant to support the completion of an in-depth piece of journalism, as selected by a panel of senior editors at The Spinoff. The recipients are: Kristin Hall, who will be working on a political feature Eric Frykberg, who will be working on an economics feature James Borrowdale, who will be working on a health feature The Spinoff will play a key role in supporting the awardees throughout the production of their stories. Journalists will receive editorial guidance from The Spinoff, including detailed feedback, sub-editing, fact-checking and legal advice (where necessary) to ensure their work meets the highest journalistic standards. All three in-depth features will be published on the Spinoff this year, with audio recording and additional features. Congratulations to Kristin, Eric and James!
Washington Post
6 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Congress cut public media funding. Now what?
KYUK is the oldest Native American-owned radio station in the country. It broadcasts morning newscasts in both English and Yup'ik, the local Indigenous language, to 56 remote communities in Southwest Alaska. When there's a weather emergency or even just a local basketball game, these communities turn to KYUK for information. But soon, that could all change. Late last week, Congress passed a rescissions bill that claws back the money set aside for public broadcasting for the next two years. For KYUK, this money represents close to 70 percent of its entire budget. Without it, the station could go dark. Host Elahe Izadi speaks with KYUK's interim general manager, Kristin Hall, about what the loss of public media funding could mean for her community. Later, Elahe speaks with media reporter Scott Nover about how after decades of talking about defunding public media, Republicans finally made it happen. Today's episode was produced by Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval. It was edited by Maggie Penman and mixed by Sam Bair. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Alternative Investments Aren't for Everyone
Escalent's Trends in Alternative Investments™ report reveals light users backing off of the asset class as heavy users double down LIVONIA, Mich., June 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amid economic volatility and uncertainty, advisors are making noticeable adjustments to their portfolio strategies—particularly in their use of alternative investments (alts). While allocations to alternative investments continue to climb, the percentage of advisors categorized as light users, those with 1%–9% of assets under management (AUM) in alternatives, has notably shrunken as heavy users (those with 10% or more of AUM in alts) deepen their commitments. This is according to the latest Cogent Syndicated Trends in Alternative Investments™ report from Escalent. The annual report measures the rate of adoption and share of assets dedicated to alternative investments among advisors and affluent investors as well as which asset classes within the category are currently favored and how they are being accessed. This year's report also leveraged The Advisor Exchange™, Escalent's online insight community of financial advisors, to gather qualitative insights for a deeper dive into advisors' opinions on private markets and their anticipated growth. 'Advisors with less experience in alternative products are increasingly abandoning the category, having incurred negative outcomes, particularly in private markets. This is evidenced by a 7% decline in 'light users,' with a corresponding 5% rise in 'non-users,'' said Kristin Hall, report author and senior product manager Escalent's Cogent Syndicated division. 'Conversely, more experienced advisors are continuing to increase their allocations to alternatives, with the proportion of those with more than 10% of AUM allocated to alternatives growing from 19% to 22% year over year.'Likely in response to market volatility, inflation and the pursuit of diversification, 44% of advisors view alternative assets primarily as a hedge for risk mitigation—up significantly over the past 12 months. Looking ahead, more than half anticipate increasing their hedge allocations further over the next two years. In contrast, the percentage of advisors using alternatives for 'core' portfolio stability is down significantly, indicating a shift in perceived utility for the category. Despite liquidity remaining a critical consideration for adoption, advisors are increasing their use of real estate, private equity and private credit as a hedge or risk mitigation tool. Real estate and REITs continue to be the most popular alternative asset class with 68% of advisors indicating they use or plan to use the sub-asset. Private equity (48%), structured products (40%) and private credit (35%) also emerged as areas of growing interest, especially favored by heavy users. Alternatively, a surge in digital assets was driven by light allocators. "As the 'retailization' of alternative investments accelerates and the narrative of widespread alternative adoption becomes more prevalent, it's crucial to recognize that not all advisors and investors are embracing them. There's a clear divide between those who are strong proponents of the asset class and those avoiding alternatives altogether,' said Linda York, a senior vice president at Cogent Syndicated. 'Recognizing that alternatives aren't a fit for everyone, asset managers and advisors must focus on understanding and engaging their advocates rather than pursuing a broad-based approach.' About Trends in Alternative Investments™ Cogent Syndicated conducted an online survey from February 10 to February 24, 2025 of a representative sample of 648 financial advisors. In order to qualify for this study, survey participants were required to have a book of business of at least $5 million and offer financial advice or planning services to individual investors on a fee or transaction basis. In determining the sampling frame for this study, Cogent relied upon the most recent Discovery registered representative and RIA databases. To ensure the population for this research was representative of the universe of financial advisors, the databases were analyzed to determine the current distribution of advisors by AUM, channel, age, gender and region. Quotas were then established to produce a final set of respondents that is truly reflective of the advisor population. Minimal weighting was applied to adjust for any deviations from the actual marketplace distribution. The data have a margin of error of ±3.85% at the 95% confidence level. Cogent Syndicated will supply the exact wording of any survey questions upon request. A graph accompanying this announcement is available at CONTACT: CONTACT: Kim Eberhardt 248.417.2460 keberhardt@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
