April 24, 2025
Read about how INN Network newsrooms' on-the-ground reporting have led them to be key sources of information about the local impact of funding cuts made in Washington, D.C.
February 22, 2021
Dozens of news organizations survive on more than sheer determination to provide neighborhood news. Photo taken from Center for Journalism & Liberty. This report was written by Tom Davidson for The Center for Journalism & Liberty, originally published Jan. 5, 2021, and is republished here with permission. When a veteran Maryland legislator was sentenced to prison […]
February 3, 2021
By SevenMaps / Shutterstock From Eden Prairie, Minnesota, here’s the happiest journalism news of the new year: Eden Prairie is saving its local news, one year after a hedge fund bought the local newspaper and promptly closed it. Some 65,000 people live in this farm town turned suburb, on the rolling bluffs where the prairie […]
December 4, 2020
During a time where journalism, on the whole, has declined, visual journalism has been hit the hardest. Over the last 10 years, the number of visual journalists has declined by 52%, more than any other newsroom staff members. Without visual journalism, there’s no representation of the communities local newsrooms cover. It’s harder to make an […]
December 31, 2019
People gather outside Shaw’s Metro PCS in support of the store being able to crank go-go again. Photo credit: Rachel Kurzius / DCist The MetroPCS store in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. is well-known locally for the go-go music blasting outside its doors for more than 20 years. When rumors that the store was shutting […]
December 24, 2019
Series illustration by Mariano Santillan of Carolina Public Press North Carolina was the only state with the “rape law loophole” — legally, consent couldn’t be taken back once given. And if a survivor were under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the assault wouldn’t be considered a rape. Now, thanks to a Carolina Public Press-led collaboration among 11 […]
December 18, 2019
Some of the seniors City Limits reporters spoke with. Top row, left to right: Rena Harrison, Stephen Warner, Gwen Sabria; 2nd row: Jayanthi Athukorala, Luz Nydia Salazar, MIke Chong; Bottom row: Adeline Mandell, Hilda Alers, Columbus Smith. Photo credit: Marc Bussanich What started as a private interest of City Limits Executive Editor Jarrett Murphy turned […]
December 3, 2019
“States tackle immigration on their home turfs” was a project reported entirely by Meryl Kornfield, an IRW intern. Graphic designed by Kelly Martin/IRW. University of Florida 2019 graduate Meryl Kornfield knew what she was looking for in her post-graduation journalism internship. She was ready to dive into an investigative project. Kornfield had experience with data […]
November 26, 2019
This is one of the posts mentioned in the “In Plain View” series from Injustice Watch and BuzzFeed News. The posts contain violent, racist and sexist language from law enforcement officals across the country. Photo provided by series co-reporter Emily Hoerner. The project was so secretive that Injustice Watch Executive Editor Rick Tulsky flew from Chicago […]
November 22, 2019
This is the team of four people who formed and launched South Dakota News Watch in February 2018. Since then, the team has grown by one and produced more than 100 long-form journalism pieces. Bart Pfankuch, who wrote the “Treatment or Trauma” series, is second from the right. It was a story waiting too long […]
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