Nine PBS

Nine PBS is a community-owned, community-driven institution providing the highest-quality, non-commercial media in its region. Nine PBS believes inspiring connection and action for the 2.8 million people in the St. Louis metro region on the platforms they prefer – whether that’s broadcast, social media or digital streaming. Through community engagement, Nine PBS works with the community to address issues that matter most to them.

100 Days in Appalachia

100 Days in Appalachia is a nonprofit newsroom that exists to detail the complex ecosystem that makes up the Appalachian region by weaving beats, including culture, health, religion, politics, environment, and tech across generations. We’re here to amplify the region’s diverse voices, celebrate our successes, investigate our failures and empower our communities – and help other newsrooms do the same.

The Baltimore Banner

The Baltimore Banner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit newsroom founded to bring high-quality local journalism to the Baltimore metro area. We are creating a vibrant, strong, trustworthy, and sustainable news organization, seeking to re-imagine the future of local news. Using a multi-platform news operation, covering a broad range of topics from local government to culture and the arts. We tell stories that reflect the community, connecting neighbors, holding government institutions accountable and making sense of the world. All this work is grounded in truth. We believe we can contribute to a more vibrant, informed and whole Baltimore, surrounding counties and state of Maryland.

Bridge Michigan

Since 2011, Bridge Michigan has pursued a mission of making Michigan better through high-quality, nonpartisan journalism and engagement. Bridge Michigan provides in-depth coverage of state government and how its policies affect people’s lives, with an emphasis on politics, education, health, business, data and the environment. In 2025, Bridge Michigan introduced two regional newsletters, offering readers localized reporting on the issues and stories most relevant to their communities.

The Journal

The Journal is a growing nonprofit, nonpartisan news site published by the Kansas Leadership Center in Wichita, Kansas. It focuses on in-depth and solutions reporting about community issues. The full-time team includes an editor, staff reporter and an engagement manager. It works closely with experienced freelancers plus Wichita’s journalism collaborative and Documenters program. The Journal's reporting, particularly its investigative work, has won honors from the Institute for Nonprofit News and the Kansas Press Association.

CivicLex

CivicLex is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen civic health in Lexington by helping our community understand and get involved in local issues, connect with their neighbors, and have a say in decision making.

The Oregonian/OregonLive

The Oregonian is the oldest continuously operating business in the state and among the most highly recognized news organizations in the United States. Our work has earned eight Pulitzer Prizes, including the Gold Medal for Public Service, the highest accolade in journalism. Our reporting has been recognized by the Investigative Reporters and Editors, the National Headliners competition, and many other professional organizations.

Grice Connect

Grice Connect is a proudly independent, locally owned news organization dedicated to strengthening and connecting our community. We provide local news, events, sports, obits, and more to residents, businesses, and community organizations. As a hyper-local resource stepping in where traditional newspapers have pulled back, we offer accessible, community-focused journalism that highlights the best of our area while keeping citizens informed about essential news and events, never behind a paywall.

The Santa Fe New Mexican/The New Mexican Public Service Journalism Fund/Searchlight New Mexico

The Santa Fe New Mexican is locally owned and independent with statewide influence on public-policy coverage. The New Mexican is the oldest newspaper in the state. The New Mexican Public Service Journalism Fund is fiscally sponsored by the New Mexico Foundation. The fund’s mission is cradle-to-grave accountability storytelling of public-policy issues. Searchlight New Mexico is a statewide investigative news nonprofit focused on high-impact journalism and an initiative of The New Mexican Public Service Journalism Fund.

Hearst Connecticut Media Group

HCMG is the state’s largest newsroom, with around 130 journalists covering breaking news, high school and UConn sports, politics and government, business, real estate and development, education, food and trending topics. We collaborate with Hearst’s DevHub on innovative data journalism.