IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...

NewsMatch 2018 raised $7.6 million from individual donors and a coalition of foundations for INN organizations in two months — a 58 percent jump in total dollars raised from 2017. In the three years that NewsMatch has been running, the program has helped raise $14.8 million dollars for nonprofit news. NewsMatch.org
Plus, NewsMatch Program Director Josh Stearns of Democracy Fund (an INN funder) comments on fueling a new era of giving to news. Josh Stearns on Medium.
Now available for small to medium publishers: A Google Analytics dashboard designed to help understand your audience funnel. Ned Berke on Medium
The Membership Puzzle Project launched Join the Beat in 2018 as an experimental project designed to help beat reporters identify, share, and put into practice new ways to collaborate directly with their audiences and sources. What they have learned: Beat reporters must engage with audiences and can do so via email newsletters, inviting them to join their beats and more. The Membership Puzzle Project
Craigslist founder donates more than $15 million to Columbia University and the Poynter Institute for separate efforts promoting ethics in journalism. Associated Press
The Knight Commission on Trust, Media, and Democracy proposes a series of recommendations to strengthen traditional media companies, citing that philanthropy must make a more significant role in advancing the field. Forbes
Dame Frances Cairncross has published her report on the sustainability of high quality journalism in the UK and the need for more nonprofit news structures. INN was consulted for the study. GOV.UK

INN NEWS & NOTES

TOMORROW: NONPROFIT NEWS TOWN HALL

An estimated 2,000 journalists have lost their jobs since the beginning of the year in the media industry. But there is a bright and growing light in news: nonprofit news. INN will be hosting a special town hall meeting tomorrow for community leaders and journalists who want to learn about possibilities in nonprofit news to restore or launch newsrooms where commercial coverage has been lost. Come see what the possibilities are and bring your questions. And r ead more in this message from INN's CEO and Executive Director Sue Cross.

NEXT WEEK: MAJOR GIFTS COHORT INFO SESSION

INN recommends that nonprofit news organizations start planning major gift programs as soon as they launch — or at any point in their lifecycle. For that reason, INN is offering an opportunity for members to work with a Major Gifts coach to launch or grow a Major Gifts Program. Attend a free info session next Thursday to learn more about this year's program. The 2018 cohort reported raising more than $400,000 in major gifts as a result of the program.

SET A DESIGNATED CONTACT FOR INN INDEX 2019

INN members: It is time to block time on your calendar in early March to complete your survey for the INN Index study of nonprofit news. Be counted. It is critically important for every INN member who published in 2018 to participate! Please send us your primary INN Index contact now. This is the person who will be point on collecting information across your organization.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR INN DAYS 2019

Have you found an innovative idea that was successful at your nonprofit newsroom? INN wants to showcase your success, so other nonprofit newsrooms can learn from them during our biggest conference of the year. Send us a session proposal for INN Days 2019 by Friday and help us grow the nonprofit news industry together. We highly encourage proposals from news organizations that serve diverse and underserved communities. Conference presenters receive complimentary INN Days registration, plus travel scholarships. The INN Days agenda is already filling up, so make your pitch now.

LET'S INCREASE NEWSROOM DIVERSITY TOGETHER

FROM OUR MEMBERS

A sampling of the best nonprofit journalism from INN members each week.

Disappearing act
FROM BELT MAGAZINE »

How immigration fraud victims get put on track to deportation
FROM DOCUMENTED NY »

Republicans, emboldened by a Trump Supreme Court, advance 'heartbeat' abortion ban bill for first time
FROM MISSISSIPPI TODAY »

Thousands of South Dakota children are trapped in poverty
FROM SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH »

Easy targets
FROM THE TRACE/THE NEW YORKER »

View the Best of Nonprofit News 2018

INN MEMBERSHIP NEWS

Congrats to ProPublica, which has two reporting teams selected as finalists for the 2019 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. The winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 12, 2019. Read more.

And congrats to Rivard Report for winning a $100,000 grant from Facebook after participating in a program for local news organizations hosted by Facebook and the Lenfest Institute for Journalism. The organization is also celebrating its seventh birthday.

Plus, big congrats to Centro de Periodismo Investigativo who worked alongside Quartz and the Associated Press on an investigation into the death toll from Hurricane Maria and won the first place Philip Meyer Journalism Award. The full release and list of winners can be found here.

Do you have news to share or want to submit a profile of your nonprofit news organization?
Tell us at news@inn.org.

INN EVENTS

Feb. 13: INN Town Hall: Possibilities in Nonprofit News

Feb. 15: INN Labs: Office Hours for Technology Assistance

INN TRAINING

Feb. 20: Email Newsletters: Strategies and tactics to grow an audience

Feb. 21: INN Coaching: Major Gifts Cohort Info Session (come hear how the last cohort made more than $400,000 from last year's training)

March 5: Masterful Management: Tools for Making Management Less Painful

March 6: Email Newsletters: Launching a Minimum Viable Newsletter

View the 2019 INN Training calendar

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