Nonprofit News Organizations
William Baker, Ph.D., a Senior Research Fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organization at Harvard has compiled the following table.This is a draft listing of nonprofit news media organizations. These organizations produce their own content within the nonprofit framework.
How to Save the News is an article by Bill Baker in The Nation magazine on September 23, 2009.
If you have an addition or correction, please contact us.
Lindsey Medeiros, Research Assistant
Nonprofit News Media Organizations
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Name |
Type | Staff Size | Type of Staff | Budget | Years Old | Principle Medium | Measured Circulation |
| AARP Magazine | Magazine | ||||||
| American Public Media | Investigative | No News Room | $108.7 Million | 5 | Radio | 15.9 Million Listeners Per Week | |
| Associated Press | META | 3000 | Professional | $600000. | 162 Years | Everything | Half the Planet Earth |
| Center for Independent Media | Political, National,
Local, Investigative |
40 Staff+Independent Contractors | Professional | $4.1 Million | Founded May 1, 2006 | Internet | Total UV's throughout network= 1.2 Million |
| Center for Investigative Reporting | Investigative | 10 | Professional | $2.5 Million | Founded 1977 | MultiMedia | not calculated |
| Center for Public Integrity | Investigative | 39 | Professional+Fellows | $4.2 Million | 20 Years | Internet | 1.2 Million Visits
Year 1,000 News Orgs. |
|
Chi*Town Daily News
Closed in Sept 2009 |
Regional | 4 FT+Pro Freelance | Professional | $616, 263 FY 2008-2009 | 3 years | Internet | 65,000 Uv's Februar 09 |
| Christian Science Monitor | National
International |
Was print, now internet | |||||
| Colorado Independent (CIM) | Local | See CIM | Internet | ||||
| Crosscut.org | |||||||
| Consumer Union | National Consumer Magazine | 600 | Professional +Researchers | 248.8 | 1936 | Magazine
Newsletter Website |
3.3 Million web subscribers
4.1 million mag subscribers |
| DemocracyNow! | National Daily | Television/Radio | |||||
| Dollars and Sense Magazine | Bi-Monthly Economics Magazine | 5 Staff Members+ freelancers,
economists and professors |
$600000. | 35 years | 3,200 Paid subscribers | ||
| Foreign Affairs | Foreign Policy Mag | 7 Staff | All free lance, no staff reporters | $1.5 Million | 86 Years | Print/Web | 213,000 Paid Print Subscribers |
| FreePress.org | National/
Investigative progressive |
0 | Volunteers
interns students |
$12000. | 22 Years | Internet | 5,000-50,000 UVs |
| Free Speech Radio Network | Daily International
National News |
5 Paid Staff | Professional
Freelancers |
$620000. | 6 years | Radio | |
| Gotham Gazette | Policy Mag/ Daily | 5 Paid | Professional
Freelancers Interns |
300000 | 10 Years | Internet | 100,000 UV's |
| Harpers | Magazine | 25 Paid Editors | Pro+4 Interns | 159 Years | 209,000 Monthly Circ | ||
| Investigative Fund | a program of The Nation Institute
independent of The Nation magazine |
Two paid staff | 75 independent
journalists each year on a project basis |
$600,000 | founded 1996, expanded2004 | Print, online, some broadcast | 50,000 to 8 million
depending on the outlet |
| Kaiser Health Network | Health News | 16 Paid Staff | Professional + 2 interns | $2 million | 6/1/2009 | Web | n/a |
| Michigan Messenger | Local/Political/Daily | See CIM | Professional | Internet | |||
| Minnesota Independent (CIM) | Local/Political/Daily | See CIM | Professional | Internet | |||
| MinnPost.com | Local | 7 Paid Staff | 40 Freelancers | $1300000. | 1 year | Internet | 1,100 subscribers
(10/8 180,000 UV's) |
| Mother Jones Magazine | Monthly Magazine | 52 Paid | 9 Interns | $10.8 Million | 1976 33 years | Print/ Internet | |
| National Geographic | Magazine | ||||||
| National Radio Project | Investigative /Grassroots | 4 paid | Professional+ Freelancers | $290000. | 15 years | Radio | 200 Radio stations play their program |
| Natural Resource Defense Council Magazine "On Earth" | |||||||
| New Mexico Independent (CIM) | Daily/Local | See CIM | Professional | 3 years | Internet | ||
| New Haven Independent (CIM) | Daily/Local | See CIM | Internet | ||||
| National Geographic | |||||||
| National Public Radio | Professional | Radio | |||||
| Pro-Publica | Investigative | 28 Paid Staff | Professional | Sandler Foundation $1,450,000 | 1 year | Internet | Give major news stories to news organizations |
| Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | Investigative/ International | 20-25/year. | Professional | Pulitzer Foundation +Grants | 3 Years | Internet +Multimedia | Give their stories away, hard to calculate total reach |
| Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism | Investigative | Professional+Students | |||||
| Spot.us | Local/California | 1 | Professional | $170000. | less than 1 year | Internet/New Media | Expect 1,000 members/ 500 UVs |
| St. Louis Beacon | Regional/Some other | 11 Pro in News room | Professional
Also freelance and interns |
$1Million | Less than 1 year | Internet | From 8,000 in 5/08- 28,000 in 11/-8 |
| VoiceofSanDiego.org | Local | 11 | Professional | $800000. | 4 Years | Internet | 65,000-80,000 UV/Month |
| Washington Independent (CIM) | National | See CIM | Professional | Internet | |||
| World Security Institute | International | Web/Print |