How to use PJ

PJ expands its website for nonprofits

Think of the Philanthropy Journal as the nonprofit world's online newsstand and help-desk.

After months of work, PJ in February 2008 launched a redesigned website that delivers more news and resources for the charitable marketplace.

We also have designed and organized the site to make the information we publish easier to find and use.

The new site offers expanded news coverage of nonprofits and charitable giving, along with more how-to articles and information about fundraising and giving, nonprofit management and leadership, and nonprofit marketing and communications.

In addition to news articles, the site features announcements about charitable gifts and grants, and about people and organizations in the nonprofit world, as well as calendars of fundraising events and professional-development conferences, workshops and networking sessions.

And we publish listings of jobs that nonprofits are trying to fill.

PJ is free to readers, who also can sign up for free email newsletters and email alerts about online webinars and Lunch ‘n' Learn workshops that PJ offers.

Finding nonprofit news on PJ

PJ's redesigned home page is a window into the broad range of content our redesigned website features.

The content on PJ focuses on nonprofit news, resources and jobs.

We also have pages for nonprofit news and information focusing on our home state of North Carolina, and for basic information about PJ.

News in PJ includes articles about developments and trends in the nonprofits world, plus short announcements about nonprofit organizations and people ("Nonprofit News: In Brief") and charitable gifts and grants ("Giving News: In Brief").

You can find news at the top of our home page, which you can find by clicking on the PJ logo on any page.

At the top of the home page, on the left, is the day's main news story, and on the right are headlines for other top stories.

Each day, we also publish a "Nonprofit news roundup" that summarizes and links to top nonprofit stories reported elsewhere, and you can find the roundup among the "Top Stories" headlines at the top right of the home page.

By clicking on the "News" tab on the left-hand side of the navigation bar just below the PJ logo, you can visit our news page, where you will find even more news stories and announcements, as well as guest opinion columns, letters to the editor, and the Inside Philanthropy blog written by Todd Cohen, PJ's editor and publisher.

For news and announcements about North Carolina nonprofits and giving, visit our North Carolina page.

The North Carolina page also includes calendars of fundraising and professional-development events throughout the state, and a separate section on Women & Giving that features news about giving by women, profiles about women givers and women's giving circles, articles about effective giving, and stories about causes women support.

To submit news and announcements to PJ, send them to Todd Cohen, PJ's editor and publisher, at tcohen@ajf.org, or to Ret Boney, PJ's deputy editor, at rboney@ajf.org.

PJ a resource portal for nonprofits

Building on our news coverage of nonprofits and charitable giving, PJ has expanded to become an online hub for information, resources and job listings for nonprofit professionals.

Developed in partnership with experts on nonprofits and philanthropy, the "Resources" section of our redesigned website includes how-to articles and information on the topics of fundraising and giving, management and leadership, and marketing and communications.

In addition to original articles our staff writes, the Resources section includes question-and-answer features with experts, articles written by experts, and summaries of articles published elsewhere on the web, with links to those articles.

The Resources section also includes a calendar of professional-development conferences and workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad, and a "Directory of Resources" that features products and services for nonprofits.

Six times a year, PJ publishes special reports that focus on topics such as technology, fundraising and planned giving, and you can find those special reports in our Resources section.

Our "Jobs" section includes job listings for nonprofit professionals, plus articles on human-resources issues.

PJ's goal is to provide news and information that nonprofit professionals need to do their jobs effectively.

Please let us know about issues that are important to you, and please suggest topics we should write about, as well as experts who can help address those topics.

Connecting with PJ

As nonprofits' online news and resource partner, the Philanthropy Journal strives to be easy to use and reach.

If you need us or have questions about who we are or what we do, visit the "About" page on our redesigned website.

There you will find a list of our staff, including short bios and contact information for each PJ staff member.

You also will find information about how to advertise on PJ and in our email newsletters, how to become a sponsor, how to subscribe to our email newsletters, and how to sign up for automatic updates about news and other articles we publish.

You can subscribe to our free email newsletters, including the weekly "News Briefing" and the biweekly "Resources + Jobs".

Delivered each Monday, "News Briefing" features links to news stories on our site, and to "In Brief" announcements about nonprofit people and organizations, and charitable gifts and grants.

Delivered every other Wednesday, "Resources + Jobs" features links to how-to articles about charitable fundraising and giving, management and leadership, and marketing and communications.

You also can subscribe to email alerts about PJ special events, including our online webinars and our Lunch ‘n' Learn workshops.

And you can read what readers say about us, see the answers to questions that readers frequently ask, and sign up for RSS feeds that will automatically alert you when we publish news and how-to articles on our site.

Our redesigned website builds on our news roots but also reflects our effort to address the preference our readers have voiced for more information to help them do their job as nonprofit professionals.

Please let us know how we can serve you better, and please let your colleagues know about PJ.