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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.
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 […]
December 11, 2023
‘What they gonna stay here for?’ New RNN series illustrates tradeoffs rural students face when weighing higher ed
A RNN series explores how institutions and students are meeting their educational needs and the demands of today’s rural workforce.
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 […]
October 5, 2023
RNN series explores unique challenges facing rural communities of color
A new six-part collaborative series explores the issues these communities are facing and what some are doing to change their fates.
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.
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 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 […]
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. […]
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