{"id":2600,"date":"2025-04-19T17:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/news-news\/los-angeles-standard-newspaper-foundation\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T17:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:33:06","slug":"los-angeles-standard-newspaper-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/news-news\/los-angeles-standard-newspaper-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Standard Newspaper Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Standard Media Academy and the Black Los Angeles Photography Exhibit are a part of the foundation. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Standard Newspaper Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which celebrates and promotes positive images of Black people in the greater Crenshaw district.  <\/span>The foundation also supports the efforts of the Los Angeles Standard Newspaper to produce positive stories about Black people, Black businesses, Black services, and Black events. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Through the foundation, the Los Angeles Standard Media Academy and the Black Los Angeles Photography Exhibit have been created, both of which are in Leimert Park at 2415 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.  <\/span>For more information about the media academy and the photography exhibit and to partner with us, email info@lastandardnewspaper.com<\/a>.  
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The Los Angeles Standard Media Academy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photography class at Inglewood High School<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The media academy teaches content creation (writing, photography, and video).  <\/span>Those skills can be used for print and online media.  <\/span>Jason Lewis, the owner and publisher of the Los Angeles Standard Newspaper, and the president of the foundation, has taught youth photography classes at Inglewood High School and Westchester High School through a partnership with the Inglewood Pacific Chapter of the Links Inc. https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ipclinks\/<\/a>, at the Crenshaw Family YMCA https:\/\/www.ymcala.org\/locations\/crenshaw-family-ymca<\/a>, and at the Children Youth and Family Collaborative https:\/\/cyfcla.org\/<\/a>.  <\/span>The free classes through the Los Angeles Standard Media Academy are in partnership with Los Angeles County’s Delete the Divide program https:\/\/www.deletethedivide.org\/<\/a>, which provides laptops for the classes. 
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Photo taken by an Audubon Middle School student through a Children Youth and Family Collaborative photography class.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Black Los Angeles Photography Exhibit<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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