INN News and Notes
Thanks for Attending INN Days 2019
INN would like to thank everybody who attended or participated in our biggest INN Days yet last week in Houston. During the two-day event, more than 200 people committed to the future of nonprofit news mixed, mingled and learned new strategies for elevating their organizations.
If you were unable to attend, you can read the conversation on social media at #INNDays2019. Videos and slide decks will be shared shortly on our website. To view the photo galleries, visit our Facebook page and tag yourself. Also, if you attended the event, check your email and complete the post-event survey—your feedback is very important to us. Finally, if you are looking to download materials from the sessions, you may access them from inside the Guidebook mobile app. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you next year in D.C. ahead of IRE for the next INN Days.
INN Days 2019 Member Buzz
- INN Board Member Nancy West reflects on INN Days 2019.
INDepthNH
- INN member Shereen Siewert of Wausau Pilot and Review reminds us why nonprofit news is critical to local news and filling coverage gaps.
Wausau Pilot and Review
Missouri’s Mark Horvit named INN director; three board member representatives re-elected
Investigative journalist Mark Horvit is joining the board of directors of the Institute for Nonprofit News, along with three member representatives re-elected to the board.
Horvit is an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism with deep experience in investigative and nonprofit journalism. He directs Missouri’s State Government Reporting Program, where he is focused on creating a new model for statehouse coverage. He previously served as executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors and guided IRE through significant expansion.
Three member representatives were re-elected at INN’s annual meeting in Houston on Thursday: Laura Frank, vice president of journalism at Rocky Mountain PBS; Anne Galloway, executive director of VTDigger; and Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics. The three will serve two-year terms through June 2021.
Brant Houston, an INN founder who served 10 years as a board member, was named an emeritus director.
Learn more on the INN website.
Applications Now Open for NewsMatch 2019
NewsMatch 2019, a national matching-gift campaign to grow fundraising capacity in nonprofit newsrooms and promote giving to journalism among U.S. donors, was announced last week at INN Days. Nonprofit news organizations who are active members of the Institute for Nonprofit News are eligible to participate in this year’s campaign, which will run from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. NewsMatch has helped raise more than $14 million for nonprofit newsrooms since 2016. Learn more about how NewsMatch 2018 helped INN members build their organizations in this tweet thread by Democracy Fund's Teresa Gorman during INN Days last week.
> Apply here for NewsMatch 2019 (Deadline: Aug. 1)
> Apply here for INN Membership (Deadline: July 1 to be eligible for NewsMatch)
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NewsMatch Project Director Jason Alcorn talks about why NewsMatch is an important campaign for INN members.
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In Case You Missed It
- Most people don't want to pay for news, according to the latest Reuters Institute Digital News Report.
Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2019
- A new federal bill would make it easier for "written news organizations" to claim nonprofit status.
Media Nation
- FRONTLINE is now accepting applications for its Local Journalism Project. The initiative will support four to five in-depth investigative projects on subjects of local relevance annually, over the next four years.
FRONTLINE
- Salon highlights five potential future business models for journalism.
Salon
- Missed IRE? Download the tipsheets and speaker presentations.
IRE
- INN member Investigative Network is looking to bring more video to local TV news but needs funding first.
Nieman Lab
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Membership News
Awards - Congratulations:
- The Texas Tribune won five national Edward R. Murrow Awards for its border crisis coverage. Read more.
- Eye on Ohio won Best Magazine Website last week at the 2019 Cleveland Press Club Awards and second place in Data Journalism. The website was built using INN Labs' Largo Project. Learn more.
- Darryl Holiday, a co-founder of City Bureau, was named a 2019 Leaders for a New Chicago by the Field Foundation.
- The New Food Economy’s deputy editor Joe Fassler and senior staff writer H. Claire Brown were honored as part of Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center's 40 Under 40 ceremony. The newsroom was also honored with the organization's first-ever media award.
- The Side Effects team won first place PRNDI award for best collaborative effort for The Workaround podcast.
Collaboration:
- Southerly and Scalawag will publish a series of stories this year about climate change and infrastructure in the U.S. South. Read the guidelines.
- The Pulitzer Center launched the Coastal Climate initiative, a new opportunity for independent newsrooms in coastal states to report on climate change in their regions.
Impact: Gov. Kristi Noem has ordered the state's Department of Social Services to enact a series of wide-ranging reforms intended to improve the safety of youths sent to privately run treatment facilities across South Dakota. The governor’s announcement came in response to an investigative report published June 5 by South Dakota News Watch that uncovered a decade-long pattern of physical, sexual and psychological abuse of youths at Aurora Plains Academy, a privately run, government-funded intensive residential treatment facility in Plankinton, S.D.
Do you have news to share or want to submit a profile of your nonprofit news organization? Tell us at news@inn.org.
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