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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.
May 5, 2021
How newsrooms track sources to ensure coverage reflects community
Last week INN published a new case study, How nonprofit newsrooms track sources to ensure coverage reflects community, by Vignesh Ramachandran. This case study is the second case as a part of our […]
March 10, 2021
How a local, nonprofit news outlet grew revenue from major donors during a year of crisis
Takeaways from INN’s case study on Bay City News The COVID-19 pandemic and the economic uncertainty that followed brought challenges for many nonprofit newsrooms’ major gift fundraising efforts. Uncertainty around […]
March 4, 2021
Service journalism from the INN Network
Over the past year, INN has watched as the independent and nonprofit news organizations in our network produce incredible service journalism for their audiences (readers, viewers and listeners). What is […]
February 22, 2021
Ensuring Community News Coverage: Nonprofits and Other Models of Success — and Failure
Dozens of news organizations survive on more than sheer determination to provide neighborhood news. Photo taken from Center for Journalism & Liberty. This report was written by Tom Davidson for The […]
February 3, 2021
Out of the ashes left by Alden Global Capital, a community saves its news
By SevenMaps / Shutterstock From Eden Prairie, Minnesota, here’s the happiest journalism news of the new year: Eden Prairie is saving its local news, one year after a hedge fund […]
December 4, 2020
CatchLight Local offers a shared solution to visual journalism at the community level
During a time where journalism, on the whole, has declined, visual journalism has been hit the hardest. Over the last 10 years, the number of visual journalists has declined by […]
December 31, 2019
How a DCist story turned up the volume on discussion of gentrification
People gather outside Shaw’s Metro PCS in support of the store being able to crank go-go again. Photo credit: Rachel Kurzius / DCist The MetroPCS store in the Shaw neighborhood of […]
December 24, 2019
Reporting leads to reforms of ‘archaic’ N.C. sexual assault laws
Series illustration by Mariano Santillan of Carolina Public Press North Carolina was the only state with the “rape law loophole” — legally, consent couldn’t be taken back once given. And if a survivor […]
December 18, 2019
Series connects New York City seniors to resources and advocates
Some of the seniors City Limits reporters spoke with. Top row, left to right: Rena Harrison, Stephen Warner, Gwen Sabria; 2nd row: Jayanthi Athukorala, Luz Nydia Salazar, MIke Chong; Bottom […]
December 3, 2019
Investigative Reporting Workshop lets intern take on overview of immigration bills
“States tackle immigration on their home turfs” was a project reported entirely by Meryl Kornfield, an IRW intern. Graphic designed by Kelly Martin/IRW. University of Florida 2019 graduate Meryl Kornfield […]
November 26, 2019
When a secret database is tipped to the right journalists, nationwide police reform happens.
This is one of the posts mentioned in the “In Plain View” series from Injustice Watch and BuzzFeed News. The posts contain violent, racist and sexist language from law enforcement […]
November 22, 2019
How South Dakota News Watch uncovered abuses in a youth home and changed state policies
This is the team of four people who formed and launched South Dakota News Watch in February 2018. Since then, the team has grown by one and produced more than […]
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