INN's Chief Development Officer Lisa Gardner-Springer has spent more than 20 years fundraising for news. In our latest INNsights post, she shares her perspective on what has changed — and what still needs to change — in news philanthropy.
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Mendo Local Public Media, @nclocal.bsky.social, The Hendersonian, VOX ATL, @wslrnews.bsky.social, @blackcatholicmessenger.org, @decoherence.media, Iron Range Today, Local News Pasadena, @mprnews.org, The South Berwick Reporter, Uyghur Monitor and @sciencewriting.bsky.social.
@mekongindependent.bsky.social, @abridgedpbskvie.bsky.social, @thelatinonewsletter.org, @breachmedia.ca, @dailymemphian.bsky.social , @medialex-ky.bsky.social, Cook County Community Radio, Florida Student News Watch, @juneauindependent.bsky.social, @thekewaneevoice.bsky.social (cont.)
INN welcomed 22 newsrooms to the INN Network in January and February, including 14 full members and eight provisional members — plus, one affiliate organization that works to support journalism.
A warm welcome to the new members in the 🧵 — and read: news.inn.org/lifting-up-u...
From November to January, INN members who participated in our Audience Studio tackled newsletter disruption, co-distribution and social media conversion in the quest for direct audience.
Read about how newsrooms are problem-solving for audience challenges: news.inn.org/inns-audienc...
"But journalism was made for times like these, and the desire to meet this moment head on is exactly why anyone gets into journalism in the first place."
Read INN Board Member @gillianbwhite.bsky.social INNsights on how nonprofit news can rise to meet this crisis: news.inn.org/journalism-w...
“What journalists are witnessing and reporting on is shocking and depleting: American citizens gunned down by ICE agents, manipulation of information by official government sources, and a flat out mandate for people to not believe what they are seeing with their own eyes....
(2/2) Today, INN releases its first statement on press freedom. Read it, share it and join us in speaking up whenever the public’s right to speak – and right to know – is under threat: news.inn.org/why-press-fr...
(1/2) The arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon last week violated the First Amendment. But this is not an isolated attack – and journalists are not the only ones affected when their rights are violated.
Please see NABJ's coalition statement and raise your voice in defense of freedom of expression: nabjonline.org/blog/nabjout...
We wish that INN member Center for Broadcast Journalism were not dealing with having its co-founder Georgia Fort in federal custody. But it is, and they are, and so we will.
We wish it weren’t necessary to say that the federal government’s arrest of journalists for reporting on a public event violates the First Amendment’s protection for freedom of the press.
Last summer, INN's Collaborations Project Manager Paulina Velasco worked with 20 journalists across 10 member newsrooms on "Sowing Resilience," a series about food insecurity.
Read Velasco's farewell and reflection on collaborations and rural journalism: news.inn.org/community-po...
"This could be the year independent newsrooms lean into interdependence," writes our Product Manager Andrew Haeg in his NiemanLab prediction. lnkd.in/eNAzt78r
"Philanthropy is ultimately about relationships, showing up, listening and building trust," @thebaltimorebanner.com's Chief Philanthropy Officer Sarah Walton told INN for this month's In Other News.
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INN warmly welcomes our new Research Director Glynnis Melnicove to the team! Glynnis comes from American Institutes for Research and will be leading INN’s research initiatives, including the INN Index.
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What's next for nonprofit news? INN’s CEO Karen Rundlet writes that new partnerships will be vital as INN focuses on policy work and public awareness in 2026 and beyond.
Read about the vision: news.inn.org/the-next-era...
INN's Audience Fellow Peter Heckendorn has spent the last nine months tackling audience issues alongside INN Network newsrooms.
Read his final INNsights on audience and distribution in the nonprofit news field. news.inn.org/audience-wor...
⭐ Plus, if you donate to a newsroom that participates in NewsMatch, your gift could be doubled! findyournews.org/newsmatch
🗞️ Happy #GivingNewsDay!
Every day, the 500+ nonprofit newsrooms in the INN Network provide fiercely independent journalism that informs, empowers and protects their communities.
Everyone deserves access to news they trust. Find YOUR newsroom to support today: findyournews.org
“I think that makes INN a stronger organization all around knowing that all of the members have been through the same process,” Laicie Heeley, InkStick's CEO, said.
Curious about how nonprofit newsrooms become INN members? Here's a peek behind the curtain: news.inn.org/what-it-mean...
When @inkstickmedia.com originally applied for INN membership in 2021, the organization was declined by INN’s board of directors because the newsroom didn't meet INN's membership standards.
In 2023, after significant expansion of original reporting, InStick Media re-applied and became a member.
Dedicated Human Resource positions don't exist in a lot of nonprofit newsrooms, but it does at @highcountrynews.org.
INN spoke with Human Resources Associate Gina Gurreri for this month's In Other News about her job and how it benefits the newsroom.
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Congratulations to Jake Hylton of @lookoutnews.bsky.social and Yukari Kane of @prisonjournalism.bsky.social for being elected to the INN Board of Directors.
We look forward to them starting their three-year term in January.
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Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
That’s Mission Local & @miss-elenius.bsky.social in the New York Times today, featured for our integrity, in a full-page ad for @inn.org. Reporter Eleni Balakrishnan is holding our 2024 special print edition.
What a thrill. Please donate to them—and us.
Congrats to @blockclubchi.bsky.social, named Best Daily News Site by Editor & Publisher. Since 2018, they’ve published 29,000+ stories and grown to 40+ journalists.
Isolation is creating new problems for news organizations. Is reimagining the news network the solution for independent newsrooms?
Read more about last month's audience workshop: news.inn.org/isolation-pr...
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/
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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