April 30, 2026
NewsMatch is a cornerstone of strengthening both individual newsrooms and the broader field.
March 10, 2021
Takeaways from INN’s case study on Bay City News The COVID-19 pandemic and the economic uncertainty that followed brought challenges for many nonprofit newsrooms’ major gift fundraising efforts. Uncertainty around support from major donors is a serious challenge. Donations from major donors, defined as gifts of $5,000 or more from individuals, are an essential part […]
March 4, 2021
Over the past year, INN has watched as the independent and nonprofit news organizations in our network produce incredible service journalism for their audiences (readers, viewers and listeners). What is service journalism, you might ask? We like this definition from Pete Pachal: “Service journalism, of course, is a new term for an old idea: giving readers good, […]
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 […]
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