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October 23, 2026
How newsrooms have grown with NewsMatch
Explore how three INN Network newsrooms have leveraged NewsMatch over the last 10 years.
May 21, 2025
A room of their own: Audience editors gather at INN’s Audience Studio
INN is building a place for audience editors to collaborate and work on audience experimentation, which we believe is vital to the future of our field.
May 16, 2025
Using WhatsApp to foster dialogue: A Q&A with Conecta Arizona
Maritza L. Félix talked with INN about her community-focused programming and the things she has learned serving border communities.
May 8, 2025
Election surveys: A Q&A with Mountain State Spotlight
Ken Ward, founding editor-in-chief of Mountain State Spotlight, talked with INN about how his small team conducted election surveys across West Virginia.
April 24, 2025
In the field and in the know: INN newsrooms track federal fallout
Read about how INN Network newsrooms' on-the-ground reporting have led them to be key sources of information about the local impact of funding cuts made in Washington, D.C.
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 […]
May 30, 2024
‘People in rural communities want their stories told’
A RNN collaboration examines the dynamics of postsecondary education options and workforce needs in rural communities.
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 […]
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