Craigslist founder gives millions to charitable causes

Описание: (14 Feb 2023)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York - 9 February 2023
1. Various of philanthropist Craig Newmark in his office
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder and philanthropist: ++COVERED++
"Any success I've had in my life has been by accidentally being in the right time and place, making me the Forrest Gump of the Internet."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder and philanthropist:
"Once you make enough money to be comfortable and to maybe help some other folks out like family, then what's the point in keeping around more money? So as Craigslist, that manifested in a minimal monetization model."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder and philanthropist:
"I've contributed some substantial money to a lot of the stuff I believe in. One of the biggest areas has to do with trustworthy journalism, related ethics, journalists protection, stuff like that. And that's been maybe a couple of hundred million."
5. Various exteriors of CUNY journalism school
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder and philanthropist: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"I'm making substantial contributions to CUNY, specifically the journalism school. The journalism school is about getting people of all sorts to represent what they're about. To be fair in the news, the news needs to talk about everyone and usually best by people who represent one group or another. This is my clumsy way of saying it should be about fairness."
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder and philanthropist:
Increasing amounts to cyber security because we all need to play some role in protecting the country against people who wish us harm. That's going on maybe 60 million now. I also want to stand up for the people who've sacrificed so much to protect us all. That means veterans, and we kind of know how much we owe veterans as a country. What we often don't know is how much we owe their families because they sacrificed a lot so that their active service member can go and protect us. That's around another 50 (million dollars) at this point."
8. Various of Newmark climbing staircase in his office
ANNOTATION: "On Tuesday, Newmark was added to The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of biggest philanthropic donors. In 2022 alone, the Craigslist founder donated $80 million to charitable causes."
9. Close-up of items on his bookshelf
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder and philanthropist: ++COVERED++
"It's nice to be noticed. And then it's back to work."
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder and philanthropist: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"Right now, the need is enormous in the here and now. So I plan to spend everything during my lifetime and get a lot of good things in motion, because I think our species and our civilization need to get through the next 20 years or so in good shape. So that's where I'm spending my energies."
12. Various of Newmark with framed cartoon, with caption reading (English) "Trustworthy press is the immune system of democracy"
ANNOTATION: On Tuesday, Newmark was added to The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of biggest philanthropic donors.
In 2022 alone, the Craigslist founder donated $80 million to charitable causes.

STORYLINE:
In the seven years since leaving the online marketplace that he founded, Craigslist, Craig Newmark says he's trying to stay focused on spending the fortune he made from the company to better humanity.








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