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June 9, 2026

Nonprofit news outlets faced headwinds in 2025: New INN Index data

Latest figures show fieldwide stability but slower growth.

May 13, 2021

New case study: How Injustice Watch expanded its commentary to amplify Black essential voices

Today INN published a new case study, How Injustice Watch expanded its commentary to amplify Black essential voices, by Ariam Alula.

May 6, 2021

Announcing the Emerging Leaders Council 2021 cohort

The Institute for Nonprofit News welcomes the 2021 Emerging Leaders’ Council. Now in its 4th year, the Council recognizes executives and managers at INN member organizations who have the potential to reinvent news and lead our field for decades to come. The new cohort of 13 individuals (see below) was nominated by supervisors and selected […]

May 5, 2021

Google News Initiative and INN expand Sponsorships Lab

The Google News Initiative (GNI), in partnership with the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), today opened the applications of the next round of the GNI-INN Sponsorships Lab. First launched in June 2020, GNI Sponsorship Labs provide news leaders with the knowledge and skills to develop relationships with businesses, build their sales strategy and secure underwriting […]

April 23, 2021

Bridget Thoreson joins the INN member collaborations team

Bridget Thoreson, an experienced journalist and collaborator, will be INN’s first full-time Member Collaborations Editor, starting on Monday.

April 5, 2021

News outlets taking action on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)

A new case study series by INN In September 2020, INN published the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Nonprofit News report based on survey responses from 117 nonprofit newsrooms. Our topline finding in the DEI report: nonprofit newsrooms are more diverse than traditional newsrooms — but there is a lot of room for improvement, especially concerning […]

March 24, 2021

INN-led collaborations in 2020 tackle COVID in rural U.S., new mayor in Chicago

In a comprehensive story detailing the effects of COVID-19 on Schurz Elementary School on a reservation in the Nevada desert, reporters Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez and Jackie Valley of The Nevada Independent revealed that “Prior to the pandemic, 80 percent of households on the Walker River reservation had a computer, but only 60 percent had access […]

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March 22, 2021

NewsMatch 2020 broke records: more newsrooms, donors, dollars and local matches

The fifth annual NewsMatch campaign was the most successful ever with a record-breaking $47 million raised by nonprofit newsrooms across the country. In November and December 2020 — at a time when the health and economic impacts of the COVID pandemic and elections made access to reliable news absolutely essential — matching gifts from funders, […]

October 9, 2020

New Membership Director to Support Nearly 4,000 Nonprofit News Staff

Michelle Morgante joins the Institute for Nonprofit News on Oct. 12 to facilitate connections among members and build added support for the nearly 4,000 people now working in INN member news organizations.

September 23, 2020

Congratulations to Newly Elected Directors of the Board

At yesterday's INN Annual Meeting, Board of Directors Chair Laura Frank announced the results of this year's election for member representative positions.