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Signal Cleveland

Signal Cleveland is the inaugural newsroom in the Signal Ohio network of independent, community-led, nonprofit newsrooms. We’re on a mission to ensure all residents of Greater Cleveland have the local news and information they need and want. At the heart of what we do are Cleveland Documenters, a group of about 950 Greater Cleveland residents who represent almost every ZIP code in the county. We train and pay them to cover public meetings. Together, we are a primary source of information for residents who may not otherwise have access to trusted local journalism.

Verite News

Verite News, a Black-led, nonprofit newsroom, was founded in 2022 by two veterans of the Times-Picayune, Terry Baquet and David Francis. Verite has a two-fold mission: to use the power of journalism to expose and dismantle inequities that affect vulnerable populations and to educate the next generation of journalists through our news fellowship program.

Mirror Indy

Mirror Indy is the first nonprofit newsroom of Free Press Indiana, launched in December 2023, with coverage focused on community, accountability, service, and arts and culture. Our neighborhood-based reporting aims to elevate stories that too often go untold and empower residents with the local news and information they need to shape our city for the better. Mirror Indy’s readers consume our content in daily email newsletters, website, social media channels and a free texting service.

Mississippi Free Press

The mission of the Mississippi Free Press, a nonprofit statewide newsroom, is to publish deep public-interest reporting into causes of and solutions to the social, political, and systemic challenges facing all Mississippians and their communities. We interrogate and report the systems that cause inequities on the road to lasting solutions through a mixture of narrative storytelling, data reporting, historic context and community dialogue through solution circles in under-reported communities to discover report causes and roots of inequities, followed by solutions journalism.

MPR News

MPR News was launched in 1973 to offer MPR listeners fact-based news they could trust. MPR News is now the second largest news organization in Minnesota and regarded as a leader in the nation’s public media news ecosystem. MPR News maintains a strategic commitment to Local Focus First with reporting from our St. Paul headquarters and six bureaus across the state. MPR News’ journalism and programming foster dialogue and celebrate the diversity and creativity that make Minnesota civic-minded and culturally vibrant.

The Greenwood Commonwealth

The Greenwood Commonwealth was founded in 1896 by James K. Vardaman, who later became the governor of Mississippi running as a white supremacist. Although the newspaper became more moderate under subsequent ownership, it wasn't until 1973, when it was purchased by John O. Emmerich Jr., that it became the community daily newspaper it is today. The Commonwealth continues the standards Emmerich set by covering the entire community in a fair, comprehensive and aggressive manner.

VNN Oklahoma

Verified News Network (VNN) Oklahoma is a Native-owned newsroom dedicated to providing equitable news representation for Oklahoma's diverse population. Located on the Muscogee Nation Reservation, VNN Oklahoma unifies communities by disseminating verified information and filling knowledge gaps. Through collaboration with community partners and a commitment to grassroots journalism, VNN Oklahoma aims to nurture a healthy ecosystem of diverse perspectives and empower Indigenous communities.

Cascadia Daily News

Cascadia Daily News, a three-year-old news startup, is a hyperlocal, fiercely independent digital/print publication covering Northwest Washington state from a newsroom in Bellingham, WA. CDN's 14 staffers lead the region between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. in breaking news, enterprise and accountability journalism in a vibrant university city on the Salish Sea. Our collaborative team of seasoned and young journalists is consumer-focused and committed to mixing old traditions with new strategies to push local news forward.

Chestnut Hill Local

The Chestnut Hill Local (CHL) is a 66-year-old community weekly newspaper and online news site that was named Pennsylvania’s best weekly publication in 2023 and 2024 by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association. Though initially created to serve the residents of Chestnut Hill, the Local’s scope has expanded to serve Northwest Philadelphia. It provides relevant, consistent and important information across platforms and strategic initiatives including community engagement activities, collaborations, award-winning journalism, geographically-specific digital content, newsletters and a print newspaper.

Illinois Times

Illinois Times is a progressive weekly newspaper in Springfield, Illinois celebrates its 50th year in 2025. A 1978 founding member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, Illinois Times is established as a leader in breaking news, in-depth reporting and longform analysis, while also covering arts and entertainment and opinion writing.