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April 30, 2026
The infrastructure news needs now: NewsMatch meets the moment
NewsMatch is a cornerstone of strengthening both individual newsrooms and the broader field.
October 24, 2025
Better Together: INN members gather to develop network solutions for shared audience challenges
How can newsrooms harness the power of the INN Network to meet this moment of distribution volatility?
September 15, 2025
Can tiny nonprofit news outlets survive the current financial flux?
A recent survey of INN members indicates that nonprofit news outlets are facing short-term financial uncertainty.
June 13, 2025
News leaders foster community, camaraderie during INN Days 2025
While nonprofit news leaders didn’t hold back when it came to the challenges facing nonprofit newsrooms, the theme of community prevailed at INN Days 2025.
June 2, 2025
10 things that might surprise you about INN: A reverse Q&A
Read 10 things that might surprise you about INN's members, staff, resources and more.
April 12, 2025
Post Platform: A new era for nonprofit news discovery
Social media has deeply informed the type and scale of news organizations built over the last two decades, but that system has collapsed for news content. What now?
December 6, 2024
How the INN Network weathered the decline of Facebook
One of the most urgent sustainability questions is how audiences have found INN members’ reporting as massive shifts in social media ended a decade-long distribution system for the news. INN’s […]
October 16, 2024
How much has philanthropy’s support for BIPOC-led outlets changed?
We asked newsrooms for an update. In 2023, the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) published its latest deep-dive study on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the nonprofit news sector, exploring […]
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 […]
March 22, 2024
Newly published research highlights how typical discussions of news media decline miss the mark
Anyone familiar with the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) will not be surprised to hear that the traditional model of journalism has imploded, especially at the local level. But there is some […]
October 23, 2023
Opportunities to advance DEI in nonprofit news: What the INN Index tells us about progress made and…
For INN’s 2023 DEI Index Report, the median BIPOC-led outlet reported that 56% of foundation dollars received in 2022 were available for general operating expenses, compared to 70% among white-led […]
September 14, 2023
INN leveraged Index data to sort its members into groups for data benchmarking. Here’s what we learned.
INN’s main goal for Index Pods is to give members the benchmarking data and peer community needed to support strategic planning.
July 13, 2023
Eight practices lead to revenue sustainability for these statewide nonprofit news outlets
Last month INN reported in the INN Index Snapshot that state and regional outlets are behind much of the nonprofit news sector’s revenue gains, growing their median revenue by 36% in a […]
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