A large number of Hearst’s businesses are purpose-driven, focused on investing in, informing and protecting communities.

Investing in Communities

Hearst’s consumer and business-to-business divisions work both independently and collaboratively to mobilize resources and support local communities. From producing award-winning investigative journalism to providing public bonds ratings so hospitals and arts programs can expand their operations, Hearst understands the importance of bolstering the people and organizations that define communities.

Learn from colleagues on the Fitch Public Finance team George Edwards-Stimola, Madeline Tretout, Arlene Bohner and Eric Kim about how their ratings serve as a bridge between public entities and investors.

Fitch Group

Learn more about Fitch’s public bond ratings:

Fitch’s public finance ratings help governments and other public sector entities raise funds to build essential infrastructure. Fitch’s ratings serve as a bridge to investors, and a high Fitch rating results in lower borrowing costs.

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ARLENE BOEHNER

ERIC KIM

California's No Place Like Home Program

MADELINE TRETOUT

Denver Health's Outpatient Medical Center

GEORGE STIMOLA

Kimbell Art Foundation

Focused on local journalism, the DevHub empowers newsrooms with the latest
data tools and programs.

Hearst NEWSPAPERS

The DevHub drives editorial innovation across Hearst Newspapers, reinforcing local journalism’s value to readers and helping newsrooms grow. The DevHub builds tools, programs and experiences in partnership with local newsrooms to make readers’ lives easier and communities safer.

The U.S. Overdose Death Tracker is a first-of-its-kind database and analysis that shines a light on the epidemic plaguing cities across the nation

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The New York State Bill Tracker gives readers insight into how their government works and where legislation is in the law-making process

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The Texas Voter Guide for the 2024 primary is an election resource that was also translated into Spanish using AI processes

Airport Report Cards feature data analyses of more than 1.5 million flights, allowing readers to compare airports and airlines in their regions

Informing Communities

From award-winning investigative journalism to critical medical information and services,
Hearst provides vital information to help improve lives.

Hear from Dr. Charles Lee about Meducation’s source of inspiration — his grandmother — who struggled with unofficial translations of her prescription instructions.

Hearst HEALTH

Learn more about Meducation's personalized medication instructions:

Meducation® is an FDB solution that provides simplified, patient-specific medication instructions in the patient’s preferred language, written at a fifth- to eighth-grade reading level, with large font sizes, pictograms and explanatory videos. By helping people understand how to take their medications properly, Meducation helps them follow their treatment regimen.

Mount Sinai Health System named 2024 Hearst Health Prize Winner for machine learning app that enables faster identification and treatment of malnutrition.

Hearst HEALTH

Learn more about Mount Sinai’s NutriScan AI:

Malnutrition is a common condition that often goes undiagnosed, significantly impacting a hospitalized patient’s path to recovery and chances of survival. Early identification and treatment are key for preventing or reversing this condition but the lack of precise screening tools has resulted in missed opportunities for intervention. Mount Sinai Health System leveraged machine learning to develop a more reliable screening tool called NutriScan AI. Deployed across six hospitals, NutriScan AI has led to a nearly three times improvement in identifying malnourished patients.

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center named 2024 Hearst Health Prize Finalist for developing data science pipelines for cancer research.

Hearst HEALTH

Learn more about the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center:

Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received the prize specifically for their work with lung cancer. The team has conducted studies that show promise in the ability of deep learning to advance cancer care and reshape clinical trials. The mission of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is to eradicate cancer in Texas, the nation, and globally by integrating patient care, research, prevention programs and providing education.

Hearst newspapers have been nominated for multiple Pulitzer Prizes in recognition of their hard-hitting, community-focused journalism.

The Houston Chronicle’s editorial board and the San Francisco Chronicle newsroom were named 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalists for their groundbreaking work in 2022.

The Houston Chronicle editorial board, led by Lisa Falkenberg, was honored for a series of editorials on the Uvalde tragedy; the San Francisco Chronicle’s Joaquin Palomino and Trisha Thadani were honored in the Investigative Reporting category for the “Broken Homes” series; and the San Francisco Chronicle’s Gabrielle Lurie and Stephen Lam were honored in the Feature Photography category for their work covering the fentanyl epidemic.

Hearst NEWSPAPERS

Learn more about Hearst Newspapers’ other recent Pulitzer Prize nominations:

The Houston Chronicle’s editorial board and the San Francisco Chronicle newsroom were named 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalists for their groundbreaking work in 2022. The Houston Chronicle editorial board, led by Lisa Falkenberg, was honored for a series of editorials on the Uvalde tragedy; the San Francisco Chronicle’s Joaquin Palomino and Trisha Thadani were honored in the Investigative Reporting category for the “Broken Homes” series; and the San Francisco Chronicle’s Gabrielle Lurie and Stephen Lam were honored in the Feature Photography category for their work covering the fentanyl epidemic.

Recent winners include:

Houston Chronicle

2022

Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing

Get the Facts and Rossen Reports

Hearst TELEVISION

Hearst Television regularly produces programming that supports, protects and informs communities through access to their local news and syndicated programming.

Get the Facts reporting helps local news consumers break through clutter and misinformation to understand what is real and factual in everything from new laws to inflation.

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Rossen Reports provides insight and resources for viewers’ daily lives, with a focus on money management.

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Sharecare provides tools for local communities to understand the overall impact of neighborhoods on their well-being.

Hearst VENTURES

Sharecare, a Hearst Ventures portfolio company, provides tools that highlight the impact of neighborhoods on well-being, bringing together more than 600 proven health risk factors into a single measure in its Community Well-Being Index, which uniquely measures well-being across people and places.

FreeWill

Hearst VENTURES

FreeWill offers no-cost estate planning tools while making charitable giving easy. To date, $9.6B+ has been committed to nonprofit organizations through the FreeWill platform.

HearstLab and Level Up Ventures invest in companies that enable consumers to give back.

HearstLab has a portfolio of 60+ exclusively women-led companies, many of which empower their users to support their communities directly.

Beam

Beam is a next-generation customer acquisition and retention platform powered by social impact.

FreeWill

FreeWill offers no-cost estate planning tools while making charitable giving easy. To date, more than $6.9 billion has been committed to nonprofit organizations through the FreeWill platform.

Level Up Ventures is invested in businesses owned and operated by Black and Latinx founders.

Options MD

Options MD addresses the impact of mental health issues in communities by offering personalized care through its telemedicine platform.

Protecting Communities

For many of Hearst’s consumer media and B2B companies, serving community needs is woven into their actual business models. From informing the public and investigating the news to testing new products for their safety and efficacy, Hearst understands the importance of operating businesses that make people’s lives better.

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The Good Housekeeping Institute provides a promise to consumers — to put their protection first. Learn more about the history of the Institute and the Good Housekeeping Seal.

Hearst MAGAZINES

Learn more about the Good Housekeeping Institute:

The Good Housekeeping Institute is the product evaluation laboratory of Good Housekeeping magazine, which has served as a reliable source of information since 1900, when it launched as a testing facility to detect additives in food and medicines. Today, the Institute’s team of scientists, engineers, chemists and journalists evaluates home products, appliances, homecare devices, technology, food products, recipes, textiles and more to deliver trustworthy advice for consumers. And if a product has the Good Housekeeping Seal, it is a money-back guarantee that the product will be replaced and refunded if it does not perform as promised.

In the face of escalating storm severity, KUBRA offers a comprehensive suite of communication solutions for businesses to offer their customers during service outages.

KUBRA

Learn more about KUBRA products & services:

KUBRA is a leading provider of customer experience management solutions for utility companies, governments, and insurance groups in North America. Through KUBRA’s outage map solution, Storm Center™, utilities provide their customers with information about outages, including estimated restoration time, cause of outage and crew status. KUBRA’s automated alerts and preference management platform, Notifi®, allows utility customers to automatically receive outage updates on outages through text, email or phone.

Investing in Communities

Learn from colleagues on the Fitch Public Finance team George Edwards-Stimola, Madeline Tretout, Arlene Bohner and Eric Kim about how their ratings serve as a bridge between public entities and investors.

Focused on local journalism, the DevHub empowers newsrooms with the latest data tools and programs.

Informing Communities

Hear from Dr. Charles Lee about Meducation’s source of inspiration — his grandmother — who struggled with unofficial translations of her prescription instructions.

Mount Sinai Health System named 2024 Hearst Health Prize Winner for machine learning app that enables faster identification and treatment of malnutrition.

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center named 2024 Hearst Health Prize Finalist for developing data science pipelines for cancer research.

Hearst newspapers have been nominated for multiple Pulitzer Prizes in recognition of their hard-hitting, community-focused journalism.

Recent winners include:

Get the Facts and Rossen Reports

Sharecare provides tools for local communities to understand the overall impact of neighborhoods on their well-being.

FreeWill

HearstLab and Level Up Ventures invest in companies that enable consumers to give back.

Protecting Communities

The Good Housekeeping Institute provides a promise to consumers — to put their protection first. Learn more about the history of the Institute and the Good Housekeeping Seal.

In the face of escalating storm severity, KUBRA offers a comprehensive suite of communication solutions for businesses to offer their customers during service outages.

Focused on local journalism, the DevHub empowers newsrooms with the latest
data tools and programs.