Nonprofit Journalism Grew in 2020—and Individual Donors Played an Increasingly Large Part

Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2021 6:40 pm

Hanaa’ Tameez | Nieman Lab

Despite the chaos and uncertainty of 2020, it was a year of journalistic and financial growth for the nonprofit news industry, leaders said at the Institute for Nonprofit News’ annual conference last week. On Tuesday, INN released its annual report with more details.

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Nonprofit Journalism Grew in 2020—and Individual Donors Played an Increasingly Large Part

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