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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.

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 […]

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December 4, 2023

Improving privacy for journalists: INN collaborates with DeleteMe

As political polarization has increased, so has doxxing — the practice of exposing personal information as a means of intimidation. Journalists are facing this threat every day, and it is more important than ever to protect their privacy. To counter this trend, INN is teaming up with DeleteMe, funded by Microsoft’s Democracy Forward Initiative, to […]

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November 29, 2023

News philanthropy leader Karen Rundlet to helm INN as CEO

Philanthropy leader and multimedia journalist Karen Rundlet will become chief executive officer of the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), the network driving the movement to reinvent journalism as a nonprofit, nonpartisan public service. Rundlet will join INN on Jan. 8, the INN Board of Directors announced today, after eight years at the John S. and […]

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November 1, 2023

Coalition of funders supports new model for American journalism through matching-fund campaign

A coalition of national and regional funders is leveraging a $6.3 million investment in NewsMatch to attract donations to nonprofit news organizations across the United States, thereby building local support for the essential news and information that communities need. Matching grants provide a powerful incentive to give; during the last two months of 2022, news […]

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October 30, 2023

Andrew Haeg joins INN to develop new products aimed at helping members expand audience and impact

Andrew Haeg joins the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) as network product manager.  In this newly created role, Haeg will develop a range of digital products aimed at helping INN’s rapidly growing network of 425+ newsrooms reach new audiences, deepen the impact of their journalism, and tap into new revenue streams.  He will initially focus […]

October 24, 2023

Diversity gains in nonprofit news sector: new report

Racial and ethnic diversity across the nonprofit news sector increased between 2020 and 2022, according to research from the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN). The INN Index 2023: Report on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Nonprofit News Sector, released today, indicates that the racial and ethnic makeup of staff at nonprofit news organizations — […]

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October 23, 2023

John Adams and Carla Minet join INN Board of Directors

After what was likely the most contested election for member representative seats on the INN Board of Directors, two candidates broke through the pool of 17 to win three-year terms on the board: John Adams, the executive director and editor-in-chief of Montana Free Press, and Carla Minet, the executive director of Centro de Periodismo Investigativo.  […]

October 13, 2023

Inundated: Great Lakes flooding crises generate national attention

Explore the impact of INN's Inundated collaboration on the Great Lakes flooding.