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April 24, 2025

New INN members expand local news coverage, reaching across borders

INN has welcomed 33 news organizations to the INN Network since late 2024, including its first Mexican member.

April 10, 2024

Community support for nonprofit news continues to grow through NewsMatch

For the second consecutive year, local match funding secured by nonprofit news organizations surpassed matching support provided through the national NewsMatch program. Each year as part of NewsMatch, nonprofit newsrooms secure individual donations from Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, and a coalition of national and regional funders — 17 in 2023 — partially matches those […]

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March 25, 2024

60 newsrooms join the third cohort of the GNI Fundamentals Lab for INN Members

This April, the third cohort of the GNI Fundamentals Lab for INN Members will begin training in audience development, reader revenue and sponsor advertising thanks to a partnership between the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) and the Google News Initiative (GNI). Over three months, newsrooms will receive personalized audits of their current activities, attend learning […]

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March 1, 2024

‘Untold stories’: Rural diversity series blends data, modern narratives and history

By Alana Rocha A lithium mine under construction in northern Nevada would be a boon for manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles and the ‘green’ economy. For some regional Native tribes who have ties to the land, and environmental groups, it’s a source of concern about the long-term impacts of mining.  Those tribes say the U.S. […]

February 23, 2024

Nonprofit news continues growth trajectory: new members join INN

More than a dozen well-established nonprofit newsrooms across the country now have access to reliable election results, operational support and industry data as new members of the Institute for Nonprofit News. In total, this year INN has welcomed 19 news organizations, most of them founded before 2021, to its membership ranks.   Most of the outlets […]

February 14, 2024

More news consumers to get real-time AP election results through INN collaboration funded by GNI

With support from the Google News Initiative, The Associated Press will offer nonprofit newsrooms that are members of the Institute for Nonprofit News access to U.S. election results as part of the organizations’ shared commitment to providing facts around the democratic process.  AP will provide ready-to-publish graphics of both election results and AP VoteCast survey […]

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February 9, 2024

National data collaboration details the impact of proposed nursing home changes, pressures lawmakers to invest more

Rural nursing homes across the country have about two years to comply with new federal staffing requirements meant to improve the frequency and quality of one-to-one care that residents receive. Care facilities already struggle to recruit and retain skilled workers. Most of those facilities are nowhere near able to comply with the new federal minimums […]

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January 19, 2024

INN, Lenfest Institute’s Statewide News Collective partner to create benchmarking data for news organizations serving entire states

As national politics have become increasingly polarized and Congress gridlocked, state legislatures have addressed policies that were formerly decided at the federal level — making news organizations that cover state-wide issues more essential than ever. A new generation of startup news organizations has stepped up to fill this need. The number of nonprofit news reporters […]

January 8, 2024

Training for growth: 65 more newsrooms join GNI Fundamentals Lab for INN Members

Thanks to a partnership between the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) and the Google News Initiative (GNI), this February the second cohort of the GNI Fundamentals Lab for INN Members will begin training in audience development, reader revenue and sponsor advertising. Over three months, newsrooms will receive personalized audits of their current activities, attend learning […]

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December 11, 2023

‘What they gonna stay here for?’ New RNN series illustrates tradeoffs rural students face when weighing higher ed

People are growing more skeptical about the value of getting a college degree. While more rural residents are graduating from high school, people in those communities remain less likely than their suburban and urban peers to continue their education. A new five-part series from the Rural News Network published last week, made possible with support […]