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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.

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Powering Rural Futures
Exploring how clean energy is reshaping rural jobs, training and opportunity.

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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
Evelyn Avila waits the required 15 minutes alongside her dad after receiving her first dose of a COVID vaccine at a Catholic Charities popup event held at Saint Frances of Rome School. May 15th, 2021 in Cicero, Ill (Photo by Abel Rodriguez).

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

Interested in collaborating with INN? Meet the INN staff member who can help.

Director of Collaborative and Rural Initiatives

Alana Rocha

Alana Rocha leads INN’s Rural News Network, working with 85+ member outlets across the United States to guide and amplify coverage of remote areas.

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