Links tracking the transformation of nonprofit journalism
Archived Articles:
New Knight study identifies 3 surprising keys to nonprofit news business success
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Oct. 18, 2011
A successful civic nonprofit news site blossoms in Charlottesville
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Oct. 14, 2011
Nonprofit news orgs wait months longer than usual for IRS approval
Julie Moos, Poynter, Oct. 13, 2011
Newspapers and Nonprofits Team Up for Investigative Journalism
Jean E. Herskowitz, Editor & Publisher, Jul. 26, 2011
Non-Profit News: Assessing a New Landscape in Journalism
Jesse Holcomb, Tom Rosenstiel, Amy Mitchell, Kevin Caldwell,
Tricia Sartor and Nancy Vogt
Project for Excellence in Journalism, Jul. 18, 2011
On nonprofit sites, ideology often mixes with news to create hidden slant, PEJ study finds
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Jul. 18, 2011
News nonprofits seeking donors take lessons from NPR’s fundraising misfortunes
Adam Hochberg, Poynter, Mar. 18, 2011
Virginia is for (news) lovers: How a Charlottesville newspaper
and non-profit make their relationship work
Justin Ellis, Nieman Journalism Lab, Mar. 14, 2011
New journalism ecosystem thrives
Charles Lewis, Investigative Reporting Workshop, Oct. 29, 2010
Seeking Sustainability, Part 2: John Thornton and others on strategies for nonprofit revenue generation
Megan Garber, Neiman Journalism Lab, Aug. 18, 2010
Diane Rehm: Assessing Non-Profit Journalism (Includes link to NPR program)
Ken Doctor, Newsonomics, Jul. 19, 2010
News Start-Ups Exchange Tips on Engaging Readers, Generating Revenue
KnightBlog, Jul. 27, 2010
(See also: Knight Foundation Report: Seeking Sustainability: A Nonprofit News Roundtable)
Lone Star Trailblazer: Will the Texas Tribune transform Texas journalism?
Jake Batsell, CJR, July/August 2010
Behind the Beacon: Frequently Asked Questions About VOSD (and Their Answers!)
Voice of San Diego, Jun. 24, 2010
Nonprofit Bay Citizen launches to provide public interest news
Emma Heald, Editors Weblog, May 26, 2010
What Nonprofit News Sites Can Learn from Grist’s ‘Save Our Journalists!’ Campaign
Mallary Jean Tenore, Poynter, Jun. 10, 2010
MinnPost’s Joel Kramer on the pull between big audience and big impact
Laura McGann, Neiman Journalism Lab, Jun. 1, 2010
T-Squared: The Six-Month Stats
Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune, May 10, 2010
Nonprofit Education News Site Launches
New site features in-depth coverage of national education issues
Press Release, Romenesko, Poynter, May 10, 2010
Nonprofit Journalism: Seeking Sustainability:
Online Nonprofit Local/Regional News Venture Roundtable
The University of Texas at Austin, Apr. 26, 2010
Non-profit journalism ethics
Deborah Potter, NewsLab, Apr. 29, 2010
Big bucks bankroll nonprofit journalism
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, Apr. 19, 2010
Investigations and explanations – two journalism tasks where nonprofits can thrive
Jason Stverak, Online Journalism Review, Apr. 13, 2010
Bay Area Emerges as Center of Nonprofit Journalism
Frances Dinkelspiel, New York Times, Apr. 10, 2010
Len Downie: For-profit news orgs won’t create enough journalism
Jim Barnett, Nieman Journalism Lab, Mar. 24, 2010
What makes a nonprofit news org legit? Three other questions to separate journalism from advocacy
Laura McGann, Nieman Journalism Lab, Mar. 11, 2010
2009: a Remarkable Year for MinnPost
Joel Kramer, MinnPost, Jan. 25, 2010
Texas Tribune Raised Nearly $4 Million In 2009 But Can’t Rest
Staci D. Kramer, paidContent, Jan. 25, 2010
Nonprofit Connecticut Mirror Targets Gaps in Political Coverage and Data
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jan. 25, 2010
A new convert to nonprofit journalism out west?
Jim Barnett, Nieman Journalism Lab, Jan. 22, 2010
Non-profit news publisher helps readers dig for stories
Elizabeth Redman, Editors Weblog, Jan. 6, 2010
Can non-profit journalism make it in Canada?
Bilbo Poynter, Posted by Regan Ray
The Canadian Journalism Project, Dec. 22, 2009
A Perception Issue
Jim Barnett, The NonProfit Road, Dec. 20, 2009
(See also: Nonprofits and Journalism: An Interview with Mark Jurkowitz
The Editors, The Nonprofit Quarterly, Fall 2009)
The man who may supersize non-profit news, Part One (Past Two)
Alan D. Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Dec. 3, 2009
(See also: The pioneers who paved way for non-profit news
Steve Katz, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Dec. 7, 2009)
The Texas Tribune: A case study on non-profit news
Jennifer Lush, Editors Weblog, Nov. 9, 2009
(See also: Nonprofit Texas Tribune Launches With Budget Covered For Two Years
Staci D. Kramer, paidContent, Nov. 3, 2009)
Part I: The Demise of the Newspaper and the Nonprofit Option (Part II)
Rick Cohen, The Nonprofit Quarterly, Nov. 4, 2009
Hechinger announces new nonprofit to cover education
Joshua Benton, Nieman Journalism Lab, Oct. 27, 2009
NY Times Chicago edition to get help from non-profit news group
Leah McBride Mensching, sfnblog.com, Oct. 22, 2009
(See also: Chicago News Cooperative begins building its base, Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune, Oct. 23, 2009)
Can Nonprofits Save Journalism? Legal Constraints and Opportunities
Marion R. Fremont-Smith, Joan Shorenstein Center, Harvard, October 2009
(See also: An Important Analysis of Nonprofit Law for Newspapers
Joshua Benton, Nieman Journalism Lab, Oct. 19, 2009)
Charlottesville nonprofit finds a path to a bigger audience: the local paper
Mac Slocum, Nieman Journalism Lab, Oct. 8, 2009
Nonprofit Journalism Comes at a Cost
Jack Shafer, Slate, Sep. 30, 2009
The Road to Non-Profit (Audio)
Bob Garfield’s Interview with Jim Barnett, On the Media, Aug. 21, 2009
Nonprofit Globe No Easy Fix
Jay Fitzgerald, Boston Herald, Aug. 3, 2009
One Newspaper, Many Checkbooks
Clark Hoyt, New York Times, Jul. 18, 2009
New York Times Considers Foundation Funding for News
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jul. 17, 2009
Deja Vu Not: Washington Post, Kaiser in Promising New Venture
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jul. 8, 2009
Nonprofit news organizations form network but bring different priorities
Lois Beckett, Nieman Journalism Lab, Jul. 7, 2009
The low-profit newspaper route
James T. Hamilton, The News & Observer, Jul. 6, 2009
Center Joins New Nonprofit Investigative News Network
Center for Public Integrity, Jul. 2, 2009)
Getting It for Free: When Foundations Provide the News on Health
Maralee Schwartz, Shorenstein Center, Jun. 2009
Group Explores National Investigative Reporting Network
David Westphal, NewsPay, Jun. 29, 2009
Will Philanthropy And Media Team Up To Create An Investigative-News Network?
David Kaplan, paidContent, Jun. 25, 2009
A.P. in Deal to Deliver Nonprofits’ Journalism
Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times Jun. 13, 2009
New Media Makers Toolkit
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism,
Knight Citizen News Network, June 2, 2009
(See also: Funding Database and Report)
Kaiser Family Foundation Launches New Non-Profit Health Policy News Service
Kaiser Family Foundation, June 1, 2009
Duke Nonprofit Media Conference
Sanford Institute of Public Policy, May 4-5, 2009
(See also: The Road Ahead for Media Hybrids)
Non-For-Profit Isn’t A Business Model For Newspapers
Lauren Rich Fine, paidContent.org, May 7, 2009
Senate Hearing Weighs Newspapers as Nonprofits
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, May 6, 2009
A Nonprofit Times?
Steve Coll, Think Tank/The New Yorker, Apr. 27, 2009
(See also: A Nonprofit Model for The New York Times?
Penelope Muse Abernathy, Duke Nonprofit Media Conference, May 2009)
Spare change for news
Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon, Apr. 13, 2009
News University Course: Reporting on Nonprofits
Suzanne Coffman and Chuck McLean, Poynter/GuideStar, Apr. 2009
A Plan to Save Our Free Press
Benjamin L. Cardin, The Washington Post, Apr. 3, 2009
Huffington Post Investigative Team a Nonprofit Model in the Making
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Apr. 2, 2009
Nonprofit Newspaper Bill: No Help for Web-Only Operations
Steve Myers, Poynter, Mar. 26, 2009
A Morning-After Take on the Nonprofit Newspaper Bill
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Mar. 25, 2009
Analysis of the Newspaper Revitalization Act
Robert G. Picard, The Media Business, Mar. 25, 2009
Editors Give Cardin Nonprofit Newspaper Proposal Mixed Reviews
Maren Wright, Southern Maryland Online, Mar. 24, 2009
Senator Cardin Introduces Bill that Would Allow American Newspapers to Operate as Non-Profits
Press Release of Senator Cardin, Mar. 24, 2009
(See also: full text of the Newspaper Revitalization bill)
Definition of Nonprofit Organization
Citizen Media Law Project, Berkman Center, Harvard University
Maryland Senator Introduces Bill Allowing Newspapers to Become Nonprofits
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Mar. 24, 2009
Businessmen Offer Help to Turn SF Chronicle Into Nonprofit
Julie Moos, Poynter, Mar. 22, 2009
It’s Time for Newspapers to Become Nonprofit Organizations
Vince Stehle, The Chronicle of Philanthropy/GFEM Mar. 12, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle: Who Would Fund America’s Largest Nonprofit Newspaper?
Ryan Tate, Valleyway, Gawker.com, Mar 10, 2009
Nonprofit Status More Tool than Solution for Mother Jones
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Mar. 7, 2009
Mother Jones Tests Nonprofit Model in Race to Survive the Recession
Tim Arango, The New York Times, Mar. 6, 2009
L3Cs a “Low-Profit” Business Model for News
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Mar. 2, 2009
A Nonprofit Panacea For Newspapers? Part Two (Part One) (Audio)
David Folkenflik, NPR, Feb. 6, 2009
ProPublica: could the non-profit model be the saviour of the newspaper industry?
Emma Heald, Editors Weblog, Feb. 6, 2009
Nonprofit Newspapers (Part Two)
Steve Coll, Think Tank: Online Only: The New Yorker, Jan. 28, 2009
Non-profit Endowments as a Future for News
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jan. 28, 2009
News You Can Endow
By David Swensen and Michael Schmidt, The New York Times, Jan. 27, 2009
Sure, Newspapers Could Just Die A Painful Death; But Here’s Another Option
Lauren Rich Fine, paidContent.org, Dec. 4, 2008
Bill Baker: Is there a nonprofit future for American journalism?
Edward J. Delaney, Nieman Journalism Lab, Dec. 2, 2008
The Nightly News, Not-For-Profit
Gilbert Cruz, Time, Jul. 9, 2008
Non-profit Groups Financing Independent Journalism
PBS Online NewsHour, June 24, 2008
MinnPost: Nonprofit News Site Reaches Six Months
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, May 8, 2008
Seeking New Ways to Nurture the Capacity to Report
Charles Lewis, Nieman Reports, Spring 2008
New Sources of Funding, New Sources of Reporting
Gilbert Cranberg, Nieman Reports, Spring 2008
Going Online With Watchdog Journalism
Paul E. Steiger, Nieman Reports, Spring 2008
Watchdog Reporting: Exploring Its Myth
Florence Graves, Nieman Reports, Spring 2008
Understanding the Value of Investigative Reporting
Bill Buzenberg, Nieman Reports, Spring 2008
When a Few Dollars Make a Big Difference
John Hyde, Nieman Reports, Spring 2008
Fund for Investigative Journalism: Practices and Policies
John Hyde, Nieman Reports, Spring 2008
Seeking Support for Investigative Projects
Rachel Schaff, Nieman Reports, Spring 2008
Good Journalism Can Be Good Business
Daniel Brogan, Nieman Reports, Spring 2008
Poynter’s St. Petersburg Times Model Not an Easy Solution for Newspapers
Carolyn Lo, Editors Weblog, Mar. 19, 2008
Nonprofit News
Carol Guensburg, AJR, Feb./Mar. 2008
Nonprofit Journalism on the Rise
Randy Dotinga, Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 12, 2008
