Overview
The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) is a non-profit consortium of journalism organizations. The organization promotes nonprofit investigative and public service journalism through its association of member entities.
History
INN was founded as the Investigative News Network in 2009 at a summer conference held at the Pocantico Center in New York with journalists from the Center for Public Integrity and the Center for Investigative Reporting, among other newer organizations. The result of that conference was the Pocantico Declaration with the intent to share resources and collaborate on projects.
Two papers in 2010 described a trend in news media where watchdog journalism was being done increasingly outside of mainstream newsrooms.
INN was granted 501(c)(3) nonprofit status by the IRS in March 2012, 19 months after applying.
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