April 4, 2025
INN is building a “new kind of news network,” that “ensures all people in every community have access to trusted news.”
January 31, 2025
Standing out as a newsroom is hard. Getting your work seen can be even harder. Ken Schneck, editor of The Buckeye Flame, is a big fan of “shameless self-promotion” of his newsroom and the work it does.
October 21, 2024
“I like to say, we don’t compete, we complete.” That’s how Ron Smith, executive director of the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, describes his newsroom’s long standing relationship with the statewide outlet Wisconsin Watch, which culminated in a formal merger announced this September. After years of collaborating on innovative projects like the News414 text reporting system, which […]
August 22, 2024
At the Institute for Nonprofit News’ first full-day topical conference at CUNY’s Craig Newmark School of Journalism last week, INN members came together for a shared exploration of the challenges facing newsrooms in an era of dramatic changes in audience behavior and social media platforms’ relationship with news. As participants wrestled with the many ways to […]
May 9, 2024
Picture this: A group of newsrooms marshal their resources to embark on a new collaboration. The project manager has done everything right, from setting goals to establishing communication expectations and clarifying roles. The future is bright. And yet. Something goes wrong. It could be any number of issues. Maybe one of the partners stops responding […]
April 10, 2024
In the fall of 2022, Arizona Luminaria, a digital local news outlet, launched in Tucson. It aimed to inform residents about local and state issues, with a focus on immigrant communities. The previous year in Madison, Wisconsin, Isthmus, a decades-old newspaper covering local news and culture, had converted to a nonprofit. As they prepared to […]
October 16, 2023
In today’s rapidly evolving media landscape, understanding news audiences’ preferences, behaviors and opinions has become paramount for media organizations seeking to effectively engage and retain readers. Surveys are an essential tool for newsrooms to understand the minds of news consumers and empower media professionals to tailor their content, delivery strategies, and engagement tactics to foster […]
September 29, 2023
It’s not your fault. Maybe your news organization hasn’t heard that yet, but you certainly deserve to.
July 13, 2023
Last month INN reported in the INN Index Snapshot that state and regional outlets are behind much of the nonprofit news sector’s revenue gains, growing their median revenue by 36% in a one-year timeframe (from 2021 to 2022). A major driver has been foundations increasingly funding journalism at the state level, allowing nonprofit news outlets with a […]
August 31, 2022
Four outlets share advice for other publishers. Over the last year, INN’s research team has been on a mission to better understand how nonprofit news organizations are serving communities of color. In a recent Q&A series with our members, we heard from multiple newsrooms that are translating select stories or events to the non-English languages that are relevant […]
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