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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.

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 […]

July 15, 2022

We asked 10 founders — what motivated you to start a local, nonprofit newsroom?

Local, nonprofit news outlets are surging in number. INN’s Index data show well over half — 55% — of nonprofit news launches since 2017 are locally focused organizations, and the […]

June 27, 2022

‘LGBTQ people are part of the solution’: How three nonprofit newsroom leaders are making an impact this Pride month and beyond

For “journalist turned lawyer turned journalist” Ashton Lattimore, serving the LGBTQ community is critical to fulfilling her newsroom’s mission. “Our mission is first and foremost to reflect the lived experience […]

April 20, 2022

‘We are in a really dire moment’: How three environmental newsroom leaders find peace and purpose

Joanna Detz practices yoga and goes on multiple daily walks with her dogs. Nina Ignaczak escapes to a nearby creek. And Amy Martin makes a cup of tea, takes a […]

March 30, 2022

How three women journalist leaders channeled legacy newsroom experiences into creating healthier nonprofit organizations

Every time journalist Wendi C. Thomas has gotten a six-figure grant, added a national funder or won a national award, she has thought about writing to the Ivy League professor […]

February 18, 2022

Life After COVID: Largest INN collaboration to date uncovers dramatic effects of COVID

Explore the impact of INN's "AC: Life After COVID" collaboration.

February 17, 2022

Tapped Out: Second round of reporting leads to deeper coverage, stories otherwise untold

Explore the impact of the second part of INN's Tapped Out collaboration series.

February 17, 2022

Broken Ladder: ‘It seemed like a no-brainer to pursue.’

Explore the impact of INN's Broken Ladder collaboration.

February 7, 2022

We asked journalism leaders: How does your newsroom serve communities of color?

In this Q&A series, we discuss partnerships, distribution channels, building trust in communities and more. How is nonprofit news meeting the needs of communities of color? INN’s member newsrooms say […]

December 6, 2021

Our startup built an audience engagement strategy and exceeded fundraising goals

I applied for the Emerging Leaders Council (ELC) at the Institute for Nonprofit News about a year after my partner and I co-founded Prison Journalism Project, an independent, non-partisan, national initiative that trains […]

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 […]

From local news to in-depth reporting on pressing global issues, INN’s 500+ members tell stories that otherwise would go untold – connecting communities, holding the powerful accountable, and strengthening democracy.