The Reporters Inc. is a 501(c)(3) journalism nonprofit based in Minneapolis, though our audience is national. We're dedicated to raising social awareness, inspiring meaningful change and championing justice through the power of multimedia storytelling. We focus on subject matter that's often avoided, ignored, overlooked, misrepresented or underrepresented by other media. (For more details about The Reporters Inc., click on the "Our Mission" tab above.)
We rely on the generous, fully tax-deductible contributions of people like you to fund our reporting -- and to donate during our annual end-of-year fundraiser!
Here's what we do:
The Reporters Inc. creates and produce educational, historical, cultural and current events documentaries across the globe. Our Emmy award-winning team of journalists and videographers investigate socially relevant topics through the extraordinary stories of ordinary people.
Our projects are designed to inspire and enlighten you, to elicit meaningful dialogue, root out misinformation, dispel stereotypes and prejudices, and challenge the status quo. We tell stories that help you better understand the lives of others, and in the process, examine, analyze and reflect on your own life.
We're currently completing our documentary project, "What Really Happened to Natalie Beard?" It focuses on the story of Audrey Edmunds, a Wisconsin mother of three who was convicted in 1995 of killing a baby (Natalie Beard) in her care. She served more than 11 years in prison before the Wisconsin Innocence Project successfully fought to overturn her conviction.
Your donations help us pay our producers, videographers, researchers and writers.
For more information about all of documentary projects: www.thereporters.org/our-projects/
On our website, we publish original news analyses, feature stories, commentaries and essays, as well as exclusive book excerpts and investigations. Our articles are intended to create a community conversation for you online. We have the time, the talent, and the experience to dig deeply into a story.
Just as we do with our documentaries, we retain complete editorial control over our written journalistic work but we rely on donors like you to help us pay our freelance reporters and writers.
Just as we do with our documentaries, we retain complete editorial control over our written journalistic work. Here are some 2025 examples -- you can read them in their entirety on our website: https://thereporters.org/articles/
Nonprofit news organizations like ours strive to make a difference, but in this polarized era when the media is being labeled "fake," corrupt," or "the enemy of the people" by those who fear truth and facts, it's become increasingly difficult.
With that said, we couldn't be more thrilled to share that The Reporters Inc. has once again been selected to participate in NewsMatch—a national matching-gift campaign sponsored by the Institute for NonProfit News. It drives donations to nonprofit news organizations (like us!) around the country.
And this year, there's even more great news!
Between November 1 and December 31 2025, NewsMatch, along with an assist from the McKnight Foundation, will DOUBLE every donation The Reporters Inc. receives, up to $19,000! So, if you donate $5 we receive $10; $25 is doubled to $50; a $100 contribution jumps to $200. And on and on…
As a small nonprofit, with no salaried staffers, this is a big deal. It will enable us to double both our output and our impact.
They believe in us, and we hope you do, too. Invest in nonprofit news and independent film--and put facts before profits.
Give today and Newsmatch will double your generosity and match your donation, dollar for dollar!
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The Reporters Inc.
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Arts & Culture , Education , Environment , Health , International , Science, Tech & Business , Children & Family , Community , Economic Development , Humanitarian Aid , Volunteer , Emergencies , Ideas
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