The Public Press as an organization was founded in November 2007 in San Francisco by a small but expanding circle of professional journalists, nonprofit managers, civic leaders and other concerned citizens, as one way to address the free-falling fortunes of the Bay Area newspaper business. We've had a tremendous positive response from volunteers since then and are in the midst of a strategic planning process and local fundraising initiative. We are on the cusp of receiving our first major foundation grant. Through a fundraising collaboration with the Knight Foundation-sponsored Spot.Us project, we expect to start publishing stories online in the fall at http://www.public-press.org. The Public Press is fiscally sponsored by Independent Arts & Media, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that publishes News You Might Have Missed on Newsdesk.org. The biggest asset of the Public Press is its plan to collaborate with and repurpose news from our prospective content partners -- public broadcasters, online news sites, independent journalism centers, research institutions and freelance journalists, photographers and artists.