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April 24, 2025
INN has welcomed 33 news organizations to the INN Network since late 2024, including its first Mexican member.
April 18, 2022
The Institute for Nonprofit News has appointed media leader Soraya Membreno as chief operating officer to lead organizational development as INN extends programs and support to a growing number of nonprofit newsrooms across North America. Membreno will create and implement more efficient processes and systems that support both INN staff and the more than 360 […]
April 14, 2022
The NewsMatch collaborative fundraising initiative — known since 2016 for providing matching gifts to nonprofit newsrooms from a national pooled fund — in 2021 generated the largest number of local matches in the program’s history, raising more than $4 million from almost 1,000 local businesses, family and community foundations and major donors. This represents a […]
April 4, 2022
On a recent winter afternoon, Spokane Tribal Elder Viola Frizzell spoke about the changes she had witnessed on the reservation in her lifetime, and how today’s opportunities were different. It would be her last interview. “If I wasn’t in a wheelchair, I would be out there working,” Frizzell told Monica Peone, Editor/Manager at the Rawhide […]
March 17, 2022
Last month, we reached out to INN members and stakeholders to learn about their interest and comfort regarding conference attendance. The results showed that people are generally comfortable meeting in person, but not necessarily in a traditional conference format with large plenaries and long-distance travel. With this in mind, we decided to make this year’s […]
March 15, 2022
The challenges to earning revenue from businesses were varied and significant for the 15 news organizations that joined the second cohort of the Sponsorship Lab from Google News Initiative (GNI) and the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN). Reaching out within a rural community where businesses are limited. Getting staff to understand the difference between transactional […]
February 17, 2022
Newly released reports show the latest in a series of member collaborations supported by INN gained significant republication and earned an enthusiastic reception from lawmakers, policy advocates and the general public. Nine INN member newsrooms spent several months reporting on water issues in the Western U.S. to follow up on the Tapped Out project — […]
February 14, 2022
INN will provide implementation grants to four members of the Emerging Leaders Council who envisioned projects during last summer’s coaching program. Yukari Kane at the Prison Journalism Project will purchase software to amplify the organization’s new audience growth strategy. Nissa Rhee at Borderless Magazine will expand the site’s translation services. Kimberly Griffin at the Mississippi […]
February 7, 2022
How is nonprofit news meeting the needs of communities of color? INN’s member newsrooms tell us how in a new Q&A series launching today. In a series of interviews that we’ll post over the next several weeks, we are seeing how journalism leaders are creating new coverage areas, distribution channels, partnerships and fellowships to serve […]
February 3, 2022
Veteran journalist Ron Smith was ratified as the new secretary of the INN board of directors at their meeting yesterday. Smith, who is currently the editor/program director of Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS), has served on the INN board for the past year as a member representative. In that role, he has spoken up for […]
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