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May 13, 2021
New case study: How Injustice Watch expanded its commentary to amplify Black essential voices

Today INN published a new case study, How Injustice Watch expanded its commentary to amplify Black essential voices, by Ariam Alula.

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April 23, 2021
Bridget Thoreson joins the INN member collaborations team

Bridget Thoreson, an experienced journalist and collaborator, will be INN’s first full-time Member Collaborations Editor, starting on Monday.

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October 9, 2020
New Membership Director to Support Nearly 4,000 Nonprofit News Staff

Michelle Morgante joins the Institute for Nonprofit News on Oct. 12 to facilitate connections among members and build added support for the nearly 4,000 people now working in INN member news organizations.

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September 23, 2020
Congratulations to Newly Elected Directors of the Board

At yesterday’s INN Annual Meeting, Board of Directors Chair Laura Frank announced the results of this year’s election for member representative positions.

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September 22, 2020
New INN Index Report on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Nonprofit News

We talk about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as essential to our mission, but how do we measure up?

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September 9, 2020
I Left Journalism Because It Had a Problem with Race. I Came Back to Change It

Fran Scarlett, Chief Knowledge Officer at INN, explains why see returned to journalism.

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September 8, 2020
Do Your Homework: Resources for Furthering DEI Conversations in Newsrooms

As we approach the September 22 start of the INN at Home: Racial Equity in Journalism conference, we’d like to share some resources on racial equity for those who can engage in pre-reading.

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September 2, 2020
Spotlight News to Include INN Network on Election 2020 Dashboard

Spotlight News and the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) announced today that many of INN’s 250 member newsrooms will be aggregating their 2020 election coverage on Spotlight.

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September 1, 2020
INN Launches Translation Collaborative Project in Chicago

INN’s Amplify News Project has launched a pilot initiative to improve the amount and quality of content available to Spanish-speakers in Chicago and to extend the audiences for INN members.

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August 28, 2020
INN Selects Eight Newsrooms To Receive Google News Initiative-Funded Sponsorship Training

Today, INN announces eight newsrooms selected for the first-ever cohort for the Ignite Sponsorship, a pilot program funded by Google News Initiative that will enable well-established nonprofit newsrooms to increase their earned revenue from sponsorships.

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August 28, 2020
INN Welcomes 13 Participants to Nonprofit News Springboard Training Program

INN created the Nonprofit News Springboard to boost the skills of people facing those challenges through coaching on business planning, leadership, and funding strategies as well as connection with a supportive community of nonprofit news leaders.

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August 17, 2020
Launch of News Giving Roadmap: A Comprehensive Program to Cultivate Individual Donors

Today the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) is launching the News Giving Roadmap — a unique, comprehensive program designed to expand the capacity of our members to build sustainable revenue from individual donors including annual gifts, mid-range gifts, major gifts and planned giving.

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August 13, 2020
CrowdTangle to Support INN Members During Election Season

Starting in September, CrowdTangle will provide INN members with access to programs, resources, and 1:1 support to help them report on how content is being shared across social media.

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August 7, 2020
Case Study: How Madison365 Stays True to Its Mission While Earning More than Half Its Revenue from Businesses

INN has released the second case study from its Ignite Sponsorship Program funded by Google News Initiative (GNI).

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July 31, 2020
INN Shifts Technical Support Services

On July 31, the Institute for Nonprofit News closed INN Labs and is shifting to providing news technology support through a mix of staff and partner companies. 

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July 31, 2020
Case Study: How The San Antonio Report Generates Three Times More Revenue than the Average Nonprofit Newsroom

With funding from Google News Initiative (GNI), the Institute for Nonprofit News has launched the IGNITE Sponsorship Program to enable a cohort of established nonprofit newsrooms to increase their earned revenue from sponsorships. The first plank of this initiative is an in-depth case study of one particularly successful nonprofit newsroom — San Antonio’s Rivard Report — which has bucked the typical reliance on grants and individual donations by managing to generate about one-third of its revenue from sponsorships and what it calls “business memberships.”

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July 28, 2020
Bipartisan Legislation that Would Rebuild Local News

Institute for Nonprofit News has taken the rare step of joining a coalition of local news organizations, journalism funders, reporters and advocacy groups (the Rebuild Local News Coalition) in signing an open letter to Congress in support of an important, bipartisan piece of legislation that would help local news organizations.

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July 17, 2020
INN Members to Collaborate on Examination of COVID-19’s Impact on Rural Education

Thanks to a grant from the Walton Family Foundation, seven members of the Institute for Nonprofit News will spend the next six months examining how COVID-19 is changing the 2020-21 school year.

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July 16, 2020
WDET’s Courtney Hurtt to Manage NewsMatch Program

Public media strategist Courtney Hurtt joins the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) as the program manager for NewsMatch, the largest grassroots funding campaign for nonprofit journalism.

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