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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.

June 30, 2023

While philanthropic giving drops overall, giving to journalism holds steady

The philanthropy headlines were stark last week: The Chronicle of Philanthropy: “Drop in Giving … Among the Steepest Ever” The Nonprofit Times: “U.S. Philanthropy Plummeted $17 Billion as Donors Disappeared” Both […]

January 23, 2023

Exploring diversity, equity and inclusion within the nonprofit news sector

The INN Index is our annual census of more than 400 news organizations that are members of the Institute for Nonprofit News. Since 2018, members have completed the survey in a commitment to […]

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 […]

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 […]

October 19, 2021

In nonprofit news, efforts to track diversity move forward

A national headline ran across the country last week: “Efforts to track diversity in journalism are lagging” (AP). But it’s only partly true. Many legacy and commercial newspapers have balked […]

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 […]

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