Talk:Institute for Nonprofit News

INN has changed its name. How do we reflect that in Wikipedia

In November, 2014 the board of INN met to conduct a strategic review. At that meeting the board decided to change the name to the Institute for Nonprofit News. The name change was announced, along with a new identity and URL, on March 10th, 2014 [please see http://inn.org/2015/03/inn-is-now-the-institute-for-nonprofit-news/]. How do I note that change on the page? How do I get the name of the page changed? Virtuakd (talk) 21:55, 10 March 2015 (UTC) Kevin Davis, Tue Mar 10 2015, 2:55 PM PDT

I just saw this and moved the page name to reflect this change. Thanks for the head's up. Safehaven86 (talk) 21:55, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Reorganization and update

Noting here that I've removed some text without secondary sources that did not seem relevant or worth constantly updating. Added in-line templates to other paragraphs that seemed like they would be good candidates to keep but need sourcing. Did some other copyediting and reorganizing as well to bring the page up-to-date. Superb Owl (talk) 09:08, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Editorial Collaborations (moved here from the main page - need secondary sources)

Editorial collaborations

INN has facilitated multiple editorial collaborations including:

Sexual Assault on Campus: A Frustrating Search for Justice – Starting in February 2009, the Center for Public Integrityfielded a team of reporters and researchers to lift the curtain on how colleges and universities respond to reports of sexual assault.

Aviation Database Reveals Frequent Safety Problems at Airports – A six-month examination of more than 150,000 reports filed by pilots and others in the aviation industry over the past 20 years reveals surprising and sometimes shocking safety breaches and close calls at local, regional and major airports throughout the country.

Deadly Patrols: Abuses of Civilians by U.S. Border Patrol Agents – This series is the result of a months-long collaboration among the newsrooms, which shared documents, reporting and interviews. The multi-platform collaborative project, coordinated by INN, documented allegations of mistreatment and investigated every death involving border agents. Reporters found that the number of fatal incidents is growing even as both assaults on Border Patrol agents and the number of immigrants attempting to cross the border illegally is in decline.

Wasted Places: EPA Program Falls Short in Toxic Site Cleanups – This is a collaborative investigation by six nonprofit newsrooms into federal and state programs designed to clean up and redevelop polluted tracts known as "brownfields". The project was reported and written by the Connecticut Health Investigative Team, City Limits, Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and INN.

Big Political Donors Give Far and Wide, Influence Out-of-State Races and Issues – This analysis of contributions by wealthy individuals in seven states shows that their giving is greater than any one cause or race reveals—with millions flowing into state, federal and even local campaigns, parties and committees far and wide.

Exhausted at School – Several INN members used mapping software to pinpoint schools that are located very close to major highways, potentially putting schoolchildren at risk of asthma and higher absenteeism rates caused by pollution. The project was supported by the Investigative Reporters and Editors and Google Ideas Data Journalism Fund and led by INN and InvestigateWest, an award-winning journalism studio in Seattle.

Hazardous materials transportation – Members including IowaWatch and MinnPost analyzed U.S. Department of Transportation data for their state to show how often there are accidents and spills involving hazardous materials. Superb Owl (talk) 08:07, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

References

Using INN membership for reliability discussions?

Since INN has guidelines for its members around reliability of their reporting in order to stay in good standing, was wondering if it might be useful to make the case to others in Wikipedia that INN is a strong (or even presumptive) indicator when evaluating the reliability of smaller news outlets that aren't likely independently going to be evaluated? After comparing the members in good standing (those listed on INN's website) with generally reliable () perennial sources list, all 7 INN members are rated as reliable (Coda Story, Mother Jones, The Intercept, The Conversation, Religion News Service, PolitiFact and ProPublica). (see also: current GIJN discussion and RFC Coda Story citation of INN) Superb Owl (talk) 09:04, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

List of Member Organizations

@Marquardtika, I included organizations that seemed most notable since they were deemed perennial WP:RS on Wikipedia or had their own Wikipedia articles (hinting at notability). Many are mentioned in articles but did not want to clutter the list with citations but can do that if necessary Superb Owl (talk) 21:47, 2 November 2024 (UTC)