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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.
February 28, 2025
Telling immigrants’ stories: nonprofit newsrooms balance navigating political threats with the need to inform
INN Network members that focus on immigration and immigrant communities are reporting news and sharing crucial information at a time of marked vulnerability for much of their key audiences — and in some cases, themselves. Read how they're navigating risks.
January 31, 2025
How to shamelessly self-promote your nonprofit newsroom
Standing out as a newsroom is hard. Getting your work seen can be even harder. Ken Schneck, editor of The Buckeye Flame, is a big fan of “shameless self-promotion” of his newsroom and the work it does.
January 10, 2025
Building the rural reporting pipeline: Expanding opportunities for emerging journalists
The nonprofit news sector is strengthening its pipeline for the next generation of journalists with an expanded internship program that merges diversity, opportunity and impactful rural reporting. In 2025, the […]
December 20, 2024
From digital to doorstep: How rural newsrooms fostered election awareness in 2024
In a remote Alaskan village, where election information is often as sparse as winter daylight, a newsroom’s voter guide bridged a critical information gap — offering details about ballot initiatives […]
October 21, 2024
Stronger Together: Mergers and partnerships in nonprofit news
“I like to say, we don’t compete, we complete.” That’s how Ron Smith, executive director of the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, describes his newsroom’s long standing relationship with the statewide […]
August 15, 2024
How nonprofit news outlets are using AI to save time and money
About a third of nonprofit news outlets are using artificial intelligence to benefit their organization, according to survey data from the Institute for Nonprofit News’ annual Index survey. By this time […]
April 10, 2024
Local donors help nonprofit news outlets weather ‘a very tough climate’
In the fall of 2022, Arizona Luminaria, a digital local news outlet, launched in Tucson. It aimed to inform residents about local and state issues, with a focus on immigrant […]
February 2, 2024
Stories from inside: Journalism as a path through and window into incarceration
In June 2023, Juan Moreno Haines was up for parole after 27 years of incarceration. He had a job lined up as editor-in-chief at Solitary Watch, a watchdog news organization […]
January 12, 2024
Hitting audience goals in 2024
The signs are increasingly clear that the pipelines for free organic audience growth are going to keep contracting over the next year. That means news organizations need to be savvier […]
November 20, 2023
What DEI in journalism looks like now: Three case studies explore lessons learned from nonprofit news organizations
Over the past few years, many companies and institutions have been moving away from simple “checkbox diversity” — a question of demographics — toward practices that focus on equity and […]
September 7, 2023
Innovative engagement strategies power INN member newsrooms
Nonprofit newsrooms redefine relationships between readers and media organizations, engaging them through loyalty, community, and service.
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.
From local news to in-depth reporting on pressing global issues, INN’s 475+ members tell stories that otherwise would go untold – connecting communities, holding the powerful accountable, and strengthening democracy.
