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Bridget Thoreson to lead INN member collaborations

INN StaffApril 21, 2021

Bridget Thoreson, an experienced journalist and collaborator, will be INN’s first full-time Member Collaborations Editor, starting on Monday. She will work with Amplify Collaborations Editor Sharon McGowan and Chief Network…

INN welcomes 18 new members to nonprofit news network

INN StaffApril 9, 2021

In the first quarter of 2021, we’re thrilled to announce that the Institute for Nonprofit News welcomed 18 new members! They include 10 news startups, 12 newsrooms increasing local and…

News outlets taking action on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)

INN StaffApril 7, 2021

In September 2020, INN published the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Nonprofit News report based on survey responses from 117 nonprofit newsrooms. Our topline finding in the DEI report: nonprofit newsrooms…

INN-led collaborations in 2020 tackle COVID in rural U.S., new mayor in Chicago

INN StaffMarch 24, 2021

In a comprehensive story detailing the effects of COVID-19 on Schurz Elementary School on a reservation in the Nevada desert, reporters Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez and Jackie Valley of The Nevada…

NewsMatch 2020 broke records: more newsrooms, donors, dollars and local matches

INN StaffMarch 22, 2021

The fifth annual NewsMatch campaign was the most successful ever with a record-breaking $47 million raised by nonprofit newsrooms across the country. In November and December 2020 — at a…

How a local, nonprofit news outlet grew revenue from major donors during a crisis year

INN StaffMarch 10, 2021

Originally posted on Medium The COVID-19 pandemic and the economic uncertainty that followed brought challenges for many nonprofit newsrooms’ major gift fundraising efforts.  Uncertainty around support from major donors is a…