May 1, 2025
Nonprofit news has evolved into a viable model to support local journalism at scale — the problem is that while the models are there, the people are not. This is Jonathan Kealing's call to action.
January 23, 2023
The INN Index is our annual census of more than 400 news organizations that are members of the Institute for Nonprofit News. Since 2018, members have completed the survey in a commitment to collective transparency and contribution to the nonprofit news sector. Their participation in the Index generates knowledge, benchmarking data and support for the rapidly growing field. […]
January 13, 2023
Video reporter Harold Corbin covers a city press conference in Norwalk, Connecticut. Photo by Nancy Chapman for NancyOnNorwalk With all of the financial challenges facing small newsrooms these days, media liability insurance may seem like an unnecessary expense. But anyone producing journalism today runs the risk of being sued for defamation, which can derail a […]
January 5, 2023
How do you make your year-end fundraising stand out? How might a giving campaign raise more than money? For some participants in NewsMatch, the answer was to broaden their appeals to embrace a spirit of togetherness. These members of the Institute for Nonprofit News launched creative engagement strategies that increased trust with their constituents, fostered […]
December 6, 2022
Congress needs to fix loopholes in a news protection act moving toward a vote if it hopes to meet its aims of preserving local journalism. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, JCPA, aims to fundamentally shift the relationship between U.S. news companies and digital platforms by forcing platforms to negotiate payment for the news they […]
November 9, 2022
It’s November — fundraising season — which means that all of us are focused on the same question: how do we generate the support to sustain our work into next year and beyond? More to the point: how do we describe our value to those we serve and those who sustain us? So we want […]
October 24, 2022
As the U.S. heads into the 2022 midterm elections, plenty of newsrooms around the country are providing the same sort of coverage they always have. They’ll focus more on campaign stops, political attacks, and which candidates are winning or losing in polls than on the policies and issues at stake. This kind of coverage, known […]
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 […]
August 5, 2022
Job hunting is hard. Uprooting your life to move across the country for a start-up? That can be downright scary. That’s why, when Outlier Media began hiring business roles at an entirely new level thanks to their largest-ever investment from the American Journalism Project, Executive Director Candice Fortman decided to give potential applicants the chance to talk […]
July 28, 2022
Hi there! Syedah and Zoe here. We’re summer research interns at the Institute for Nonprofit News through the Emma Bowen Foundation, a nonprofit organization that places high-achieving students of color in internships at the nation’s leading media and technology companies. We attended INN Days back in June and took note of the major themes shared […]
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