The News Media and the Making of America project was a collaboration between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Antiquarian Society. It consisted of a 2015 summer institute for teachers and a 2016 publicly accessible website. The website explores how news media culture developed from 1730 to 1865 and how early platforms influenced information spread and public/private lives. It is funded solely by NEH and features archives of newspapers, documents, and maps from the period to analyze media's role in civic engagement and culture.