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July 15, 2026
Securing local matches: A Q&A with Evanston RoundTable
Do your homework before your local match asks, advises Evanston RoundTable's Karen Demorest.
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May 26, 2023
‘What it means to be human:’ How nonprofit news organizations bring mental health reporting to the forefront
INN Network outlets spoke about furthering understanding of mental health issues and producing solutions-oriented stories that spark conversation.
April 26, 2023
How civic-minded locals are helping nonprofit news organizations thrive
Volunteers are the lifeforce behind many nonprofit organizations — generating hundreds of billions in economic value every year. According to Americorps, roughly a quarter of Americans — more than 60 […]
February 23, 2023
INN’s latest rural collaboration enables on-the-ground reporting, builds community trust
Explore the impact of INN's Breaking Point collaboration series.
January 23, 2023
Exploring diversity, equity and inclusion within the nonprofit news sector
The INN Index is our annual census of more than 400 news organizations that are members of the Institute for Nonprofit News. Since 2018, members have completed the survey in a commitment to […]
January 13, 2023
Why media liability insurance is crucial: new INN case study
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 […]
January 5, 2023
The music-powered, radically transparent, collaborative and crowdsourced approaches to NewsMatch 2022 fundraising
How do you make your year-end fundraising stand out? How might a giving campaign raise more than money? For some participants in NewsMatch, the answer was to broaden their appeals […]
December 6, 2022
Congress: Don’t miss the mark on saving the future of local news
Congress needs to fix loopholes in a news protection act moving toward a vote if it hopes to meet its aims of preserving local journalism. The Journalism Competition and Preservation […]
November 9, 2022
A letter to INN Members: The multiplier effect
It’s November — fundraising season — which means that all of us are focused on the same question: how do we generate the support to sustain our work into next […]
October 24, 2022
Forget the horse race. INN members are covering elections differently
As the U.S. heads into the 2022 midterm elections, plenty of newsrooms around the country are providing the same sort of coverage they always have. They’ll focus more on campaign […]
August 31, 2022
How are nonprofit newsrooms translating coverage to better serve their audiences?
Four outlets share advice for other publishers. Over the last year, INN’s research team has been on a mission to better understand how nonprofit news organizations are serving communities of color. […]
August 25, 2022
At the Crossroads: Building better ways to engage, represent Indigenous communities through collaboration
Explore the impact of INN's At the Crossroads collaboration series.
August 5, 2022
Outlier’s hiring hotline models care for job candidates
Job hunting is hard. Uprooting your life to move across the country for a start-up? That can be downright scary. That’s why, when Outlier Media began hiring business roles at an entirely […]
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