The Investigative News Network created a thriving space for nonprofit-news connections and advancement at the Investigative Reporters and Editors annual conference.
The Center for Investigative Reporting in Berkley, California hosted thirty journalists and featured speakers to share and discuss the best business practices for nonprofit news rooms.
ByLisa Williams, Director of Revenue; General Manager, Impaq.Me |
Five INN members took home awards from Online News Association's annual event. Awards were given for specific coverage, stories and organizational excellence.
ByLisa Williams, Director of Revenue; General Manager, Impaq.Me |
INN's new sharefunding tool, Impaq.me has been tested wtih 12 nonprofit news sites. In a NiemanLab post, Ken Doctor shares how the Center for Investigative reporting has used the tool.
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation continues their support of INN and its members with a grants intended to increase INN's ability to share their programs and support to individual member organizations.
The Investigative News Network and some of its member newsrooms have taken a unique look at the largest campaign finance donors from each of these states to candidates and committees in federal elections and all 50 states.
Three INN-affiliated news nonprofits have received national awards for their coverage of the impacts of power and corruption in everyday life — from labyrinthine dark-money political campaigns to police abuses in diverse, neglected communities.
A strong contingent of INN members participated in the recent Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kiev, Ukraine, speaking on panels, marketing training opportunities, and meeting one on one and in groups with other participants. The global conference, the seventh of its kind, drew more than 500 journalists from 80 countries despite extensive visa problems for journalists from Africa and Latin America. The conference spanned five days, with the first day devoted to a trip to Chernobyl, the site of one the world's worst nuclear plant disasters. Among the INN members attending and speaking were Chuck Lewis of the Investigative Reporting Workshop; Mark Horvit of Investigative Reporters and Editors and the National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting; Joe Bergantino of the New England Center for Investigative Reporting; Bill Buzenberg of the Center for Public Integrity and many of his staff; Chase Davis of the Center for Investigative Reporting; Jennifer LaFleur of ProPublica; Sheila Coronel of the Stabile Center for Investigative Reporting; and Brant Houston of the Investigative News Network. Handouts and tip sheets from the conference will be posted the Global Investigative Journalism Network Web site, gijn.org, as they become available.
INN and IRE partner to create a one day workshop at the IRE Conference for nonprofit news centers with topics including business practices, editorial collaboration, fundraising and audience engagement.
About 20 reporters from around the country gathered in Missoula, Montana, last week to learn how to track contributions in state elections, spot patterns and find stories among the data.
PEW releases a study of the for profit and nonprofit newsrooms, examining 46 newsrooms to examine transparency in funding and evidence of reporting bias.
INN CEO Kevin Davis visited Colorado University in Boulder to participate in the 2011 Hearst Professional-in-Residence, presenting to classes and engaging students and faculty members.