Welcome,

The work Issue Media Group does with nonprofit organizations is some of our most gratifying. Our mission to create journalism that moves communities forward aligns closely with nonprofits serving the public good.

Three months into a new presidential administration, the landscape remains unstable for many. Our nonprofit partners are feeling uncertainty and concern about reduced federal funding and rising needs.

Nearly 70% of nonprofit leaders report federal policy changes affecting their work, and almost half lack adequate funds to deliver their programs this year.

At IMG, we focus on solutions journalism from the ground up, documenting how people are impacted. Community journalism that highlights those serving in gaps and solving challenges is essential now.

With this newsletter, we showcase how we work with nonprofits.

IMG operates on an underwriting model based on partnership with our funders. As our partners meet this moment, so will we.

To our nonprofit partners: Let us know how our storytelling can support your important work at this time.

John Montgomery
CEO
Issue Media Group

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On the front lines with nonprofit organizations

In our ongoing Nonprofit Journal project – an IMG initiative that started soon into the COVID pandemic to document the stories of challenges nonprofits faced at the time – leaders in the sector today continue to share insights and stories of coming together to think bigger, solve problems, and execute transformative projects. For this project, IMG has partnered with the Michigan Nonprofit Association, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, and Co.act Detroit.  

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Various organizations work to solve housing crisis

Affordable housing is almost a universal issue in all American cities. A mixture of governmental, nongovernmental, and quasi-governmental organizations are deploying a range of strategies to address it.

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Nonprofits and government combine to achieve climate justice

From our Tampa-area publication, 83 Degrees, we reported on how local government and a nonprofit are leveraging a federal EPA grant for infrastructure projects that increase economic opportunity, reduce pollution, protect the public health, and improve the quality of life in the at-risk neighborhood west of the University of South Florida.

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Issue Media Group leverages the power of solutions-based + narrative storytelling in partnership with community-based leadership coalitions to increase attachment to place – a foundational element to inclusive economic growth – while delivering community response to local media contraction. 

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Our Mission & Model

Through a coalition of community partners, Issue Media Group publishes weekly journalism covering sustainability, transportation, arts and culture, talent, design, neighborhood growth and revitalization, small businesses and entrepreneurship, and social innovation.

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Underwriting

Underwriting is the basis of our model as a publication. Support from underwriters allows IMG to dedicate editorial resources to cover key issue areas that are of importance to both the underwriter and IMG’s mission.

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Our Teams

Issue Media Group, a local journalism leader, publishes weekly news thanks to our editorial leadership teams operating locally and our executive leadership team.  Meet our leadership team members.

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