Journalism
December 14, 2023
INN predicts: Nonprofit news in 2024
INN staff indicate how they refer queries from member newsrooms to colleagues with the right expertise during our strategy retreat in July 2023. We all know and love that annual journalism […]
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 […]
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 […]
July 28, 2022
Four things we learned at INN Days as journalism interns
Hi there! Syedah and Zoe here. We’re summer research interns at the Institute for Nonprofit News through the Emma Bowen Foundation, a nonprofit organization that places high-achieving students of color […]
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 […]
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 […]
September 9, 2020
I Left Journalism Because It Had a Problem with Race. I Came Back to Change It.
I left journalism 12 years ago, one of many “leavers” who had become disenchanted with the industry. I came back four years ago to join the Institute for Nonprofit News […]
July 28, 2020
Bipartisan Legislation that Would Rebuild Local News
To add to the many struggles of life during a pandemic, the collapse, or absence, of local news means that too many communities do not have access to the information […]
May 6, 2020
The Rise and Fall and Rise of the News
Police and firefighters. Health care providers. Food producers. News reporters? When the federal government included news publishers and journalists in its list of “essential workers” critical to public safety in […]
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