Collaborations

INN collaborations center communities, focus on solutions and deliver high impact.

Collaborations across INN and the Rural News Network are a testament to the power of storytelling, audience engagement and informing voters.

The Institute for Nonprofit News’ editorial collaborations increase the reach, impact, and sustainability of nonprofit news. Serving communities across the country, these editorial initiatives make reporting and long-term changes possible that otherwise wouldn’t happen.

Dating back to 2019, more than 100 news outlets have participated in INN editorial collaborations, investigating pressing issues such as climate change, access to health care and educational barriers. Since 2022, INN has distributed $1.4 million in reporting, engagement and editing stipends to outlets participating in INN collaborations.

The Rural News Network (RNN) is INN’s first sustained reporting collaboration, an ambitious effort to ensure rural communities have access to representative, accurate, trustworthy news.

September 2025

Sowing Resilience

May 2025

Powering Rural Futures

September 2024

Climate Swing

August 2024

Bridging Access: Rural marginalized communities pave the way for healthier futures

December 2023

Falling Short: Rebuilding elderly care in rural America

December 2023

Rural Realities: Education, workforce and progress

October 2023

Speaking Out: Rural communities of color changing the narrative

August 2023

Inundated: Flooding in the Great Lakes region

December 2022

Co-founder Daniel Brown of Rust Belt Riders at the company’s composting yard in 2020. (Photo by Grant Segall)

Climate Resilience in the Great Lakes region

October 2022

Breaking Point: Examining health inequities in America’s rural communities

April 2022

A blackjack table is seen at Ho-Chunk Gaming Black River Falls in Black River Falls, Wis., on Feb. 9, 2022. (Ilana Bar-av for Wisconsin Watch)

At the Crossroads: Tackling the state of the economy in Indian Country

December 2021

Courtney Brown, 31, is about to begin her second semester at WC3. The mother of two wants to earn her associate’s degree to become a detective. (BridgeDetroit photo by Valaurian Waller)

Broken Ladder: Removing barriers for community college students

November 2021

A pipe remnant from an old water movement infrastructure system sits abandoned next to the Blakeley Canal in Kings County, California, as smoke from forest fires fills the valley sky.

Tapped Out Part 2: Power and water justice in the rural West

June 2021

AC: Life After COVID

May 2021

Miguel Sanchez, member of the board of directors of the Lamont Public Utility District at the now-defunct Well #13 in Lamont. It’s one of several aging water wells in the city and in nearby El Adobe.

Tapped Out Part 1: Power, justice and water in the West

August 2020

Schurz Elementary School Principal Lance West teaches kindergarteners, who are learning virtually from home, sight words in Schurz, Nev., on Dec. 1, 2020. Credit: Joey Lovato/The Nevada Independent

Lesson Plans: Rural schools grapple with COVID-19

April 2020

Harmful algae form green streaks at the mouth of the Maumee River as it empties into Lake Erie at Toledo in September 2017. Photo courtesy of Zachary Haslick, Aerial Associates Photography, Inc.

From Rust to Resilience: What climate change means for Great Lakes cities

April 2018

Mari Posa of Femme Defensa gathers produce to give to Pilsen residents who pass by the

Translating Chicago: Increasing the availability of stories in Spanish and English

If you’d like to propose a collaboration with INN members, or if you’re a funder interested in how you can support INN collaborations, please be in touch.

Director of Collaborative and Rural Initiatives

Alana Rocha

Alana Rocha leads INN’s collaborative and rural initiatives, working with 90+ member outlets across the United States to guide and amplify coverage of remote areas.

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