{{primary sources|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox institute | name = Type Media Center | image = Type Media Center logo.svg | image_name = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | latin_name = | motto = | founder = | established = 1966 (as The Nation Institute) | mission = “To produce high-impact journalism and literary nonfiction that addresses injustice and inequality, catalyzes change, informs and uplifts social movements.”<ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=https://typemediacenter.org/about/|publisher=Type Media Center|accessdate=19 September 2019}}</ref> | focus = Journalism | president = | chairman = | head_label = Director | head = Taya Kitman | faculty = | adjunct_faculty = | staff = 13 | key_people = | budget = | endowment = | debt = | num_members = | subsidiaries = | owner = | non-profit_slogan = | former_name = | location = New York City, New York | city = | state = | province = | country = United States | coor = | address = | website = {{URL|https://typemediacenter.org/}} | dissolved = | footnotes = }}{{Short description|American nonprofit media organization}} '''Type Media Center''' (founded in 1966 as '''The Nation Institute''') is an American nonprofit media organization that supports journalism and literary nonfiction through fellowships, an investigative newsroom, public programs, and book publishing partnerships. In 2019, the organization rebranded from The Nation Institute to Type Media Center alongside renaming its book imprint from Nation Books to Bold Type Books.<ref name="PW2018">{{cite news |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=December 12, 2018 |title=Nation Books Changing Name to Bold Type Books |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/78805-nation-books-changing-name-to-bold-type-books.html |access-date=September 17, 2025 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia |title=The Nation |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/nation-0 |access-date=September 17, 2025 |quote=The Nation Institute, a nonprofit arm founded in 1966...}}</ref>
Type Media Center fellows have included Naomi Klein, Wayne Barrett, Chris Hedges,<ref name=hedges>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenation.com/authors/chris-hedges|title=Chris Hedges|date=2 April 2010|publisher=}}</ref> David Moberg, Elie Mystal,<ref>{{cite web |title=Elie Mystal Justice Correspondent & Columnist |url=https://www.thenation.com/authors/elie-mystal/ |website=The Nation |publisher=The Nation |access-date=3 March 2026}}</ref> Jeremy Scahill, and Chris Hayes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/christopherhayes|title=Bio page at The Guardian|last=|first=|date=|website=www.theguardian.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> The organization has also funded podcasts, short form broadcast media, and documentaries, including several by Habiba Nosheen.
Type is one of the presenters of the Ridenhour Prizes. It collaborates on the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship with the Puffin Foundation.<ref name="home">{{cite web|url=https://typemediacenter.org/puffin-prize/|title=The Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship|last=|first=|date=13 January 2019|website=www.typemediacenter.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> Tom Engelhardt is the creator of the organization's TomDispatch.com, a widely syndicated online blog.
Type started its publishing imprint Bold Type Books (formerly Nation Books) in 2000, in partnership with Thunder's Mouth Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20000327/36436-pw-avalon-the-nation-to-launch-nation-books.html.|title=Book Reviews, Bestselling Books & Publishing Business News - Publishers Weekly|website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref> In 2007, Perseus Books Group acquired Avalon Publishing Group, which was the parent company of Thunder's Mouth Press.<!-- PLEASE DO NOT LINK "Thunder's Mouth Press" or "Avalon Publishing Group"; they are re-directs to Perseus Books Group --> Bold Type Books’ current partner imprint is Hachette Book Group.
Type’s investigative newsroom, '''Type Investigations''' (formerly The Investigative Fund), was relaunched under its current name in January 2019. It commissions and co-publishes long-form investigations with partner outlets across print, audio, and television rather than primarily distributing through its own platform.<ref name="TIrelaunch">{{cite web |date=January 15, 2019 |title=Investigative Fund Relaunches with New Name |url=https://www.typeinvestigations.org/2019/01/15/we-are-now-type-investigations/ |access-date=September 17, 2025 |website=Type Investigations}}</ref><ref name="NiemanInsideOut">{{cite web |last=Owen |first=Laura Hazard |date=September 20, 2022 |title=Type Investigations launches the Inside/Out Journalism Project for incarcerated reporters |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/type-investigations-launches-the-inside-out-journalism-project-for-incarcerated-reporters-to-produce-feature-length-investigations/ |access-date=September 17, 2025 |website=Nieman Journalism Lab |publisher=Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard}}</ref>
In addition to working with freelance reporters, Type Investigations’ past and current reporting fellows have included Nick Turse, Wayne Barrett, Jeremy Scahill, Sharon Lerner, Janine di Giovanni, Lee Fang, Sarah Posner, John Carlos Frey, and Ali Gharib.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.typeinvestigations.org/reporters/|title=Reporters|website=Type Investigations|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref> Reporting supported by Type Investigations has received major journalism honors and philanthropic support from independent institutions. In 2021, the MacArthur Foundation awarded Type Media Center a $300,000 Journalism & Media grant for its accountability reporting program.<ref name="MacArthur2021">{{cite web |date=2021 |title=Type Media Center, Inc. |url=https://www.macfound.org/grantee/type-media-center-inc-9710/ |access-date=September 17, 2025 |website=MacArthur Foundation}}</ref>
==See also==
* Institute for Nonprofit News (''Type Investigations'' is a member)
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==External links== * {{official|https://typemediacenter.org}} {{Authority control}} Category:The Nation Category:Non-profit organizations based in New York City Category:Publishing companies established in 2000