October 16, 2024
We asked newsrooms for an update. In 2023, the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) published its latest deep-dive study on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the nonprofit news sector, exploring research questions about staffing and leadership, operations, engagement with underserved communities and revenue patterns. But our analysis on philanthropic funding left us with even more […]
January 13, 2023
Video reporter Harold Corbin covers a city press conference in Norwalk, Connecticut. Photo by Nancy Chapman for NancyOnNorwalk With all of the financial challenges facing small newsrooms these days, media liability insurance may seem like an unnecessary expense. But anyone producing journalism today runs the risk of being sued for defamation, which can derail a […]
July 28, 2022
Hi there! Syedah and Zoe here. We’re summer research interns at the Institute for Nonprofit News through the Emma Bowen Foundation, a nonprofit organization that places high-achieving students of color in internships at the nation’s leading media and technology companies. We attended INN Days back in June and took note of the major themes shared […]
October 19, 2021
A national headline ran across the country last week: “Efforts to track diversity in journalism are lagging” (AP). But it’s only partly true. Many legacy and commercial newspapers have balked at reporting their diversity stats for years. Last week, the News Leaders Association said that it extended the deadline to complete its study of diversity […]
October 7, 2021
Something seemed very wrong with the way I’d been taught to think about my career progression. Like so many of us, I’d heard professional journeys described as climbing a ladder or following a path. But as I moved forward in my work as a journalist, I wasn’t moving in a straight line. The field I […]
February 22, 2021
Dozens of news organizations survive on more than sheer determination to provide neighborhood news. Photo taken from Center for Journalism & Liberty. This report was written by Tom Davidson for The Center for Journalism & Liberty, originally published Jan. 5, 2021, and is republished here with permission. When a veteran Maryland legislator was sentenced to prison […]
September 9, 2020
I left journalism 12 years ago, one of many “leavers” who had become disenchanted with the industry. I came back four years ago to join the Institute for Nonprofit News as its Chief Knowledge Officer in charge of programming and events that help INN members learn from experts and from each other as nonprofit news […]
November 22, 2019
This is the team of four people who formed and launched South Dakota News Watch in February 2018. Since then, the team has grown by one and produced more than 100 long-form journalism pieces. Bart Pfankuch, who wrote the “Treatment or Trauma” series, is second from the right. It was a story waiting too long […]
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