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June 16, 2026
Winners of the 2026 INNYs represent innovation, transformational leadership and impactful reporting.
June 8, 2023
Through a partnership between the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) and the Google News Initiative (GNI), up to 372 members of the INN Network are eligible to participate in a customized version of GNI’s Fundamentals Lab focused on audience development and revenue growth and receive up to $20,000 each in implementation grants. “The nonprofit news […]
May 30, 2023
Allison Altshule, a former reporter for Solitary Watch and legislative fellow at government relations firm NVG, joined INN on May 22 as the first audience research fellow. In the role, Altshule will spend the nine-month fellowship developing audience research tools and working one-on-one with INN members to help them answer their most pressing questions about […]
May 23, 2023
New data from the INN Index 2023 describe a robust nonprofit news field, increasing in capacity and influence, according to a variety of indicators including the numbers of INN Network members, total revenue, philanthropic revenue and staffing size, according to the INN Index Snapshot released today. “Each year, hundreds of news outlets share their data […]
May 19, 2023
Nearly two-thirds of participants in INN’s Major Gifts Cohort Program report seeing growth in major donor revenue in the year after completing their training. This year’s cohort of 12 news organizations hopes to match or exceed that success rate as they embark on an eight-month intensive training that provides newsrooms with resources, guidance and practical […]
May 17, 2023
Veteran journalist and news leader Sue Cross will step down as executive director & CEO of the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) by the end of this year, INN announced today. Cross led the transformation of INN from a relatively small consortium of news organizations into the hub of a fast-growing network with 425 nonprofit […]
May 10, 2023
Rural Americans are among the most impacted by the decline of traditional newspapers. Even where news outlets still exist, their coverage may not reflect the diversity of rural populations today or go deep into the issues that disproportionately affect rural regions, such as climate change, access to health care, and the economics of Indigenous communities. […]
April 27, 2023
The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) welcomes the members of the 2023 Emerging Leaders Council – our largest cohort yet. Now in its sixth year, the program supports diverse news leaders who will innovate and grow the nonprofit news field. The 16 people in this year’s cohort represent the wide scope of nonprofit news organizations […]
April 5, 2023
Investment in nonprofit news organizations exceeds $270 million For the first time, nonprofit news organizations attracted more matching funds from local funders than from national and regional foundations during NewsMatch, the year-end matching-gift campaign that is transforming how communities sustain and expand access to the news coverage they need. NewsMatch 2022 kicked off in November […]
March 24, 2023
The next phase of INN’s editorial collaborations on rural health issues is being developed with support from the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to transforming health care through evidence and collaboration. This grant seeds a second iteration of INN’s Breaking Point series, published in October 2022, investigating the […]
From local news to in-depth reporting on pressing global issues, INN’s 500 members tell stories that otherwise would go untold – connecting communities, holding the powerful accountable, and strengthening civic life.
