Institute for Nonprofit News
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We lead 500+ independent news organizations in a new kind of news network: nonprofit, nonpartisan and dedicated to public service.
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A decade of democratizing philanthropy for nonprofit news.
NewsMatch returns November 1st, proving that when communities invest in local journalism, everyone wins.
🔗: https://news.inn.org/newsmatch-10th-cycle-critical-moment-for-community-support-of-nonprofit-news/
NewsMatch returns November 1st, proving that when communities invest in local journalism, everyone wins.
🔗: https://news.inn.org/newsmatch-10th-cycle-critical-moment-for-community-support-of-nonprofit-news/
October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A decade of democratizing philanthropy for nonprofit news.
NewsMatch returns November 1st, proving that when communities invest in local journalism, everyone wins.
🔗: https://news.inn.org/newsmatch-10th-cycle-critical-moment-for-community-support-of-nonprofit-news/
NewsMatch returns November 1st, proving that when communities invest in local journalism, everyone wins.
🔗: https://news.inn.org/newsmatch-10th-cycle-critical-moment-for-community-support-of-nonprofit-news/
Exciting news from @theajp.bsky.social for three INN Network newsrooms: @cardinalnews.org, @civilbeat.bsky.social and @nashvillebanner.bsky.social!
📢 We’re thrilled to announce $3.5M in grants to three organizations joining our portfolio: @cardinalnews.org, @civilbeat.bsky.social and @nashvillebanner.bsky.social! This funding will help these newsrooms grow sustainably and better serve their communities with trusted #localnews.
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American Journalism Project invests $3.5 million in the growth of three local news organizations - American Journalism Project
WASHINGTON — Oct. 28, 2025 — The American Journalism Project today announced $3.5 million in new support for three nonprofit local news organizations: Cardinal News, Honolulu Civil Beat and the Nashvi...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Exciting news from @theajp.bsky.social for three INN Network newsrooms: @cardinalnews.org, @civilbeat.bsky.social and @nashvillebanner.bsky.social!
How can newsrooms harness the power of the full nonprofit network to meet this moment of distribution volatility?
That's the question newsroom leaders, audience strategists, technologists and journalism supporters answered on Oct. 10 at INN's Better Together event.
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That's the question newsroom leaders, audience strategists, technologists and journalism supporters answered on Oct. 10 at INN's Better Together event.
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Better Together: INN members gather to develop network solutions for shared audience challenges - INN News
Newsrooms met to answer the question: How can newsrooms harness the power of the INN Network to meet this moment of distribution volatility?
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October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How can newsrooms harness the power of the full nonprofit network to meet this moment of distribution volatility?
That's the question newsroom leaders, audience strategists, technologists and journalism supporters answered on Oct. 10 at INN's Better Together event.
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That's the question newsroom leaders, audience strategists, technologists and journalism supporters answered on Oct. 10 at INN's Better Together event.
💡 news.inn.org/better-toget...
Congratulations to INN member @deepsouthtoday.org on launching their Regional Investigative Reporting Center with @nytimes.com!
Deep South Today To Launch Regional Investigative Reporting Center In Collaboration With The New York Times - Deep South Today
Deep South Today, the nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today, Verite News in New Orleans, Louisiana, and The Current in
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October 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Congratulations to INN member @deepsouthtoday.org on launching their Regional Investigative Reporting Center with @nytimes.com!
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New at What Works: Nonprofit local news is growing, but the revenue mix remains unbalanced, according to a new @inn.org report. whatworks.news/2025/10/09/n...
Nonprofit local news is growing, but the revenue mix remains unbalanced, according to a new INN report
By Dan Kennedy Nonprofit local news is on the upswing, according to a new report from the Institute for Nonprofit News. An INN survey of nearly 400 digital-first nonprofit news organizations showed…
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October 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New at What Works: Nonprofit local news is growing, but the revenue mix remains unbalanced, according to a new @inn.org report. whatworks.news/2025/10/09/n...
The 2025 INN Index Report is here 📊
The data shows a nonprofit news sector that's financially stronger, increasingly local and more collaborative than ever.
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The data shows a nonprofit news sector that's financially stronger, increasingly local and more collaborative than ever.
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The 2025 INN Index
The 2025 INN Index reveals a nonprofit news sector that's financially stronger, increasingly local, and steadily more collaborative.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The 2025 INN Index Report is here 📊
The data shows a nonprofit news sector that's financially stronger, increasingly local and more collaborative than ever.
inn.org/research/inn...
The data shows a nonprofit news sector that's financially stronger, increasingly local and more collaborative than ever.
inn.org/research/inn...
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🚨🌾🚨 Nine newsrooms in @inn.org's Rural News Network just wrapped Sowing Resilience, a cross-country reporting series, in partnership with @apnews.com.
The series tackles hunger in rural America, connecting local reporting to a national crisis. 🧵
#ruralhunger #ruralnews #nonprofitnews
The series tackles hunger in rural America, connecting local reporting to a national crisis. 🧵
#ruralhunger #ruralnews #nonprofitnews
Sowing Resilience
Sowing Resilience features 9 stories on how communities are navigating — and reimagining — the systems that have left them hungry.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🚨🌾🚨 Nine newsrooms in @inn.org's Rural News Network just wrapped Sowing Resilience, a cross-country reporting series, in partnership with @apnews.com.
The series tackles hunger in rural America, connecting local reporting to a national crisis. 🧵
#ruralhunger #ruralnews #nonprofitnews
The series tackles hunger in rural America, connecting local reporting to a national crisis. 🧵
#ruralhunger #ruralnews #nonprofitnews
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KOSU's @annapope.bsky.social reported on tribal food programs as part of this collaboration.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
KOSU's @annapope.bsky.social reported on tribal food programs as part of this collaboration.
www.kosu.org/food-drink/2...
www.kosu.org/food-drink/2...
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💥 Got a vision for a new local newsroom? Not sure where to start? We've got you.
Join us + @inn.org for Startup Sessions this fall!
📚 Learn audience and business factors
👋 Meet our new membership director Elaine Díaz Rodríguez
📅 Sept 30 (tomorrow!), Oct 14 & 28
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Join us + @inn.org for Startup Sessions this fall!
📚 Learn audience and business factors
👋 Meet our new membership director Elaine Díaz Rodríguez
📅 Sept 30 (tomorrow!), Oct 14 & 28
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September 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
💥 Got a vision for a new local newsroom? Not sure where to start? We've got you.
Join us + @inn.org for Startup Sessions this fall!
📚 Learn audience and business factors
👋 Meet our new membership director Elaine Díaz Rodríguez
📅 Sept 30 (tomorrow!), Oct 14 & 28
calendly.com/courtney-inn...
Join us + @inn.org for Startup Sessions this fall!
📚 Learn audience and business factors
👋 Meet our new membership director Elaine Díaz Rodríguez
📅 Sept 30 (tomorrow!), Oct 14 & 28
calendly.com/courtney-inn...
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This story is one of nine in the series, “Sowing Resilience” — powered by Rural News Network and the Institute for Nonprofit News — to reveal how communities are navigating and reimagining the systems that have left them hungry. @inn.org
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September 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This story is one of nine in the series, “Sowing Resilience” — powered by Rural News Network and the Institute for Nonprofit News — to reveal how communities are navigating and reimagining the systems that have left them hungry. @inn.org
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We are partnering with @inn.org, and other outlets, to bring a series about what #foodinsecurity looks like in rural areas and how they are responding to rising costs and aid cuts. @elaineagrant.bsky.social's story on a #foodpantry in rural #Maine will be available to read on our website Sunday.
New RNN collaboration examines food insecurity in rural communities - INN News
Sowing Resilience, INN's Rural News Network's latest collaboration, depicts what food insecurity looks like in U.S. rural communities.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We are partnering with @inn.org, and other outlets, to bring a series about what #foodinsecurity looks like in rural areas and how they are responding to rising costs and aid cuts. @elaineagrant.bsky.social's story on a #foodpantry in rural #Maine will be available to read on our website Sunday.
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ComNet25 Denver attendees will learn from the real-world experiences of their colleagues from organizations including @inn.org:
- How NewsMatch Helped @themainemonitor.org Acquire New Donors and Diversify Funding
@shareneazimi.bsky.social
#Philanthropy #Nonprofits #Comms4Good
- How NewsMatch Helped @themainemonitor.org Acquire New Donors and Diversify Funding
@shareneazimi.bsky.social
#Philanthropy #Nonprofits #Comms4Good
September 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
ComNet25 Denver attendees will learn from the real-world experiences of their colleagues from organizations including @inn.org:
- How NewsMatch Helped @themainemonitor.org Acquire New Donors and Diversify Funding
@shareneazimi.bsky.social
#Philanthropy #Nonprofits #Comms4Good
- How NewsMatch Helped @themainemonitor.org Acquire New Donors and Diversify Funding
@shareneazimi.bsky.social
#Philanthropy #Nonprofits #Comms4Good
This World News Day (#WND2025), we celebrate the impact of 500 independent news organizations that put people first, delivering fact-based journalism where it’s needed most.
Together, we can ensure that truth and accountability thrive in every community.
#ChooseJournalism because #FactsMatter
Together, we can ensure that truth and accountability thrive in every community.
#ChooseJournalism because #FactsMatter
September 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This World News Day (#WND2025), we celebrate the impact of 500 independent news organizations that put people first, delivering fact-based journalism where it’s needed most.
Together, we can ensure that truth and accountability thrive in every community.
#ChooseJournalism because #FactsMatter
Together, we can ensure that truth and accountability thrive in every community.
#ChooseJournalism because #FactsMatter
We at the Institute for Nonprofit News support the release of Emmy-winning journalist Mario Guevara, who has been detained for more than 100 days for livestreaming law enforcement.
#FreeMario
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#FreeMario
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#FreeMario – Livestreaming is not a crime.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We at the Institute for Nonprofit News support the release of Emmy-winning journalist Mario Guevara, who has been detained for more than 100 days for livestreaming law enforcement.
#FreeMario
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#FreeMario
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Rural communities across the country are grappling with food insecurity.
A new collaboration from INN's Rural News Network, Sowing Resilience — publishing this month — reveals how communities are navigating and reimagining the systems that have left them hungry.
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A new collaboration from INN's Rural News Network, Sowing Resilience — publishing this month — reveals how communities are navigating and reimagining the systems that have left them hungry.
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Sowing Resilience
Sowing Resilience features 9 stories on how communities are navigating — and reimagining — the systems that have left them hungry.
inn.org
September 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Rural communities across the country are grappling with food insecurity.
A new collaboration from INN's Rural News Network, Sowing Resilience — publishing this month — reveals how communities are navigating and reimagining the systems that have left them hungry.
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A new collaboration from INN's Rural News Network, Sowing Resilience — publishing this month — reveals how communities are navigating and reimagining the systems that have left them hungry.
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🎉 Big congrats to the INN members awarded new funding from Press Forward Chicago!
These grants will strengthen local news, expand immigration reporting, and help build more sustainable outlets.
These grants will strengthen local news, expand immigration reporting, and help build more sustainable outlets.
Press Forward Chicago Awards $1.5 Million in New Local Media Grants - The Chicago Community Trust
CHICAGO (September 10, 2025) – Today, Press Forward Chicago, a funder collaborative dedicated to strengthening and sustaining local news, announces more than $1.5 million in grants…
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September 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🎉 Big congrats to the INN members awarded new funding from Press Forward Chicago!
These grants will strengthen local news, expand immigration reporting, and help build more sustainable outlets.
These grants will strengthen local news, expand immigration reporting, and help build more sustainable outlets.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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We are so honored to be have received not one, not two, but THREE awards for best journalism from @inn.org!!! 🏆 🏆 🏆 #INNYs2025
Congratulations to our amazing team of reporters and editors who made these investigations possible.
Congratulations to our amazing team of reporters and editors who made these investigations possible.
September 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We are so honored to be have received not one, not two, but THREE awards for best journalism from @inn.org!!! 🏆 🏆 🏆 #INNYs2025
Congratulations to our amazing team of reporters and editors who made these investigations possible.
Congratulations to our amazing team of reporters and editors who made these investigations possible.
We are excited to announce the winners of the #INNYs2025. INN’s Nonprofit News Awards give us the opportunity to honor excellence in journalism, leadership and community service across the INN Network.
See this thread to see the winners — or click here: inn.org/about/our-wo...
See this thread to see the winners — or click here: inn.org/about/our-wo...
2025 Award Winners
The Nonprofit News Awards (or INNYs) honor excellence in journalism, leadership and community service across the field of nonprofit news. In 2025, INN
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September 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We are excited to announce the winners of the #INNYs2025. INN’s Nonprofit News Awards give us the opportunity to honor excellence in journalism, leadership and community service across the INN Network.
See this thread to see the winners — or click here: inn.org/about/our-wo...
See this thread to see the winners — or click here: inn.org/about/our-wo...
Congratulations to @deepsouthtoday.org and The Current on this exciting new chapter! The Current joins Deep South Today’s network of nonprofit newsrooms — all INN members — strengthening community-driven journalism.
The Current Joins Deep South Today - Deep South Today
The Current, a nonprofit news organization serving Lafayette and South Louisiana, is joining Deep South Today, a nonprofit network of local newsrooms that serves communities in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Congratulations to @deepsouthtoday.org and The Current on this exciting new chapter! The Current joins Deep South Today’s network of nonprofit newsrooms — all INN members — strengthening community-driven journalism.
🎉 Congratulations to the INN members honored at this year’s @lionpubs.bsky.social Sustainability Awards! We’re proud to see INN members leading the way in building strong, sustainable local news.
21 LION members have been named winners of the 2025 Sustainability Awards - LION Publishers
We honored all 51 finalists and announced the winners of the seventh annual LION Publishers Sustainability Awards at our ceremony in St. Louis.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🎉 Congratulations to the INN members honored at this year’s @lionpubs.bsky.social Sustainability Awards! We’re proud to see INN members leading the way in building strong, sustainable local news.
The INN Audience Studio launched this summer to respond to member demands for spaces beyond trainings and cohorts.
From May to August, nearly 50 audience professionals in the INN Network met in small working groups to find shared solutions to audience challenges.
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From May to August, nearly 50 audience professionals in the INN Network met in small working groups to find shared solutions to audience challenges.
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INN’s new Audience Studio boosts audience growth through peer learning - INN News
The first round of INN’s Audience Studio provided audience staff at INN member newsrooms a space to experiment. Join the next cohort Sept. 16.
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September 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The INN Audience Studio launched this summer to respond to member demands for spaces beyond trainings and cohorts.
From May to August, nearly 50 audience professionals in the INN Network met in small working groups to find shared solutions to audience challenges.
news.inn.org/inns-new-aud...
From May to August, nearly 50 audience professionals in the INN Network met in small working groups to find shared solutions to audience challenges.
news.inn.org/inns-new-aud...
Four out of five newsrooms selected for @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social's inaugural Civic Studio cohort are INN Network members: @minnpost.bsky.social, @themarshallproject.org, @sltrib.com and @bridgemi.com.
We look forward to seeing what you accomplish!
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We look forward to seeing what you accomplish!
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Announcing the first News Revenue Hub Civic Studio cohort - News Revenue Hub
News Revenue Hub is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps news organizations build financial sustainability. Our contribution management platform and strategic consulting services add the tech and talent i...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Four out of five newsrooms selected for @newsrevenuehub.bsky.social's inaugural Civic Studio cohort are INN Network members: @minnpost.bsky.social, @themarshallproject.org, @sltrib.com and @bridgemi.com.
We look forward to seeing what you accomplish!
fundjournalism.org/news/announc...
We look forward to seeing what you accomplish!
fundjournalism.org/news/announc...
As @bridgemi.com experienced audience volatility in 2024, it worried that revenue would soon follow. But it hasn’t.
The Bridge team dove into analytics, developed a newsletter strategy and used tools to aid its growth.
Read: news.inn.org/how-bridge-m...
The Bridge team dove into analytics, developed a newsletter strategy and used tools to aid its growth.
Read: news.inn.org/how-bridge-m...
How Bridge Michigan pursued owned audience via newsletters - INN News
Bridge Michigan realized the necessity of prioritizing owned audience platforms, so it turned to its newsletter.
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August 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
As @bridgemi.com experienced audience volatility in 2024, it worried that revenue would soon follow. But it hasn’t.
The Bridge team dove into analytics, developed a newsletter strategy and used tools to aid its growth.
Read: news.inn.org/how-bridge-m...
The Bridge team dove into analytics, developed a newsletter strategy and used tools to aid its growth.
Read: news.inn.org/how-bridge-m...
The Rural News Network's most recent series—featuring @sdnewswatch.bsky.social, @cardinalnews.org, @mendovoice.bsky.social, @themainemonitor.org & @canarymedia.com—explored how clean energy is developing opportunities in rural regions.
Read the collaboration's impact: news.inn.org/powering-rur...
Read the collaboration's impact: news.inn.org/powering-rur...
“Powering Rural Futures” collaboration expands understanding and reach - INN News
“Powering Rural Futures” revealed that students, educators and employers across the country have an expansive definition of a ‘clean energy job.'
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August 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Rural News Network's most recent series—featuring @sdnewswatch.bsky.social, @cardinalnews.org, @mendovoice.bsky.social, @themainemonitor.org & @canarymedia.com—explored how clean energy is developing opportunities in rural regions.
Read the collaboration's impact: news.inn.org/powering-rur...
Read the collaboration's impact: news.inn.org/powering-rur...