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Eleven named to the INN Emerging Leaders Council 2019

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LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2019 — Eleven mid-career professionals from nonprofit newsrooms have been selected for the second INN Emerging Leaders Council, a peer group nominated by their organizations for their potential to lead the growing nonprofit news sector. Council members meet for a year to work on news industry challenges using design thinking, expand their support and mentorship networks, and develop professional skills in product development, business and leadership. This is the second council formed since the program began in 2017. “There are growing opportunities and needs for a new generation of news leaders, and the Emerging Leaders Council creates a network supporting top talent for the field,” said Sue Cross, INN’s executive director and CEO. “This year's applicant pool and cohort are the most diverse we’ve seen — racially, ethnically, and also by the type of news outlet, reflecting the growth and variety in public service journalism.”

The Emerging Leaders Council is funded by the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation as part of a broader INN initiative to build business, strategy and leadership skills in nonprofit news organizations.

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Josh Darby joins INN Labs as senior developer

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LOS ANGELES — Josh Darby has joined INN Labs as a senior developer, and will be serving as a lead solutions architect of INN Labs’ publishing tools, WordPress framework, and large-scale projects to ensure they reflect and meet industry and client goals. Darby previously held senior developer positions at The Penny Hoarder, one of the largest personal finance websites in the country, and at web development agencies where he worked on high-traffic projects for nonprofits, universities, and companies such as Disney, FOX, and Cisco. Darby's full-stack expertise includes WordPress development, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, and Python and is experienced in understanding client needs and implementing development best practices. Darby is certified in Google Analytics and HubSpot development. He looks forward to applying his skills to advancing innovative solutions in media.

Collaborations

Chicago INN Amplify members collaborate on online voter tool for city elections

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By Sharon McGowan
INN Amplify Collaborations Leader

Chicago elected its first African-American woman and openly gay mayor on April 2, and the date also marked the culmination of Chi.vote, a hugely successful collaborative journalism project geared toward educating voters about the municipal elections. Fernando Diaz, editor of The Chicago Reporter, called the project a “fantastic” success. “We did something together that we’d never done before, and hadn’t been done in Chicago,” he said, adding that users had an overwhelmingly positive experience. The Better Government Association (BGA), The Chicago Reporter and Block Club Chicago, all INN Amplify members, were also founding members of Chi.vote, along with The Daily Line and The TRiiBE. Contributors included Chalkbeat Chicago and City Bureau, also INN Amplify members.

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Knight Foundation expands major initiative to rebuild trust in media and democracy, announces $6 million in funding to three organizations that strengthen local news, including INN

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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $6 million investment in three organizations that seek to create a strong support system for local newsrooms across the country through business development, training, networking and capacity-building resources: Institute for Nonprofit News, LION Publishers: Local Independent Online News, and News Revenue Hub.

Miranda Krapf joins INN Labs as project manager

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LOS ANGELES — Miranda Krapf has joined INN Labs as a project manager, responsible for client-facing communications, management of project scopes, timelines, and successful deliveries. This new role at INN Labs will strengthen the outcomes of all design and development projects. Krapf's first day was March 14, 2019. Krapf previously held positions as project manager and business analyst at the University of Minnesota, where she developed experience in web and digital project management, particularly for nonprofit organizations.  In her previous role, she managed technology projects for scientific research labs, academic technology initiatives, a wide variety of web and digital projects, and extensive freelance web development. Krapf is skilled in all aspects of scoping, planning, implementing and reviewing technology and web-related projects and has years of hands-on WordPress experience.

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Watch a recording of INN’s town hall meeting on the possibilities of nonprofit news

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More than 60 registrants tuned in live to INN's first Town Hall meeting last month to address the possibilities and what it takes to start your own nonprofit news organization. The hour-long presentation and discussion was led by INN CEO and Executive Director Sue Cross and INN's Chief Knowledge Officer Fran Scarlett. If you registered and missed the event or want to listen in on demand, view the video here or watch the recording embedded below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMiGjrl39Ls&feature=youtu.be

If you're interested in more information about starting your own nonprofit news organization, sign up for an INN Info Session for Start-ups, which are every other Wednesday. You can also learn more about the growing nonprofit news industry by reading INN Index, the most comprehensive study to date about nonprofit news here.

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INN Emerging Leaders call for nominations 2019

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The Institute for Nonprofit News is accepting nominations for the 2019 INN Emerging Leaders Council, an initiative to identify and support current and future leaders in nonprofit news. Generous support for the 2019 program year is being provided by the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation. The nomination deadline is March 15, 2019.

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Journalism job cuts: From grief, resolve

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Join an INN Town Hall:
Challenges & Possibilities in Nonprofit News
Journalism lost a thousand jobs last week, a gut-wrenching cap to the loss of 40 percent of newsrooms jobs since the early ‘90s. It’s particularly devastating to local news. Gannett cut some 400 people, a loss that will be felt and grieved not only by journalists, but throughout states and towns losing reporters and editors, often in places where reliable local news already was getting hard to find. But there is this, and it’s important to think about:

These cuts are falling on a different landscape now. Because civic leaders are no longer waiting for a perfect answer to the puzzle of how to pay for local news coverage.

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#GivingNewsDay campaign aims to raise money and awareness for nonprofit journalism across the country

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Led by NewsMatch, 155 nonprofit news organizations unite on annual Giving Tuesday to strengthen their collective voices
Nov. 27, 2018: NewsMatch, the largest grassroots campaign for nonprofit news, is uniting newsrooms around the country on Giving Tuesday as part of a nationwide #GivingNewsDay to support trustworthy journalism. The day is intended to drive as many donations to nonprofit news as possible to sustain quality journalism that keeps communities informed. #GivingNewsDay will leverage the energy and momentum in the nonprofit community on Giving Tuesday to increase support for nonprofit journalism which covers vital issues facing our nation and local communities, from education to the environment to the economy. #GivingNewsDay is a chance for people to support the issues they care about and the journalists who report on them.

San Francisco Public Press wins awards, looks to add radio channel to reach broader audience for 10th anniversary

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As the San Francisco Public Press nears its 10-year anniversary next year, leaders have bold plans to expand the newsroom's reach and further its mission. In an effort to connect with broader local audiences and better inform and engage with them in civic issues, the organization's leadership is exploring the creation of a terrestrial low-power FM radio station called KSFP-LP. Audio news and feature programming are in development in anticipation of the radio launch scheduled for summer 2019. This is just one aspect of many that makes INN member, the San Francisco Public Press, unique. This spring, the newsroom's leadership took a leading role in a collaboration with more than a dozen other news organizations in partnership with the Bay Area Media Collaborative, a group convened by Renaissance Journalism.