States Newsroom is a U.S. tax-exempt organization that serves as an umbrella organization for state-focused news outlets with

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editorial outlooks. Launched in 2019, it began as a sponsored project of the Hopewell Fund, a left-leaning nonprofit that does not disclose its donors. It grew out of

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, a progressive think tank in North Carolina founded by Chris Fitzsimon. Fitzsimon is States Newsroom's director and publisher. States Newsroom had anticipated revenue of more than $27 million by the end of 2021. It grew from five affiliates upon its 2019 launch to 19 affiliates in 2020. States Newsroom planned to have more than 80 reporters on staff by the end of 2020. In July 2020, all the publications associated with States Newsroom were included in a resource created by the

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purporting to show "hyperpartisan sites... masquerading as local news", but they were removed from the list after States Newsroom's national editor noted that the funding model is much more transparent and that many staffers for the group are longtime journalists. The

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, founded by Swiss billionaire

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, has donated to States Newsroom. Media watchdog

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said State Newsroom's journalism had been "bought by people with a political agenda", a charge States Newsroom has rebutted. In December 2021, States Newsroom announced plans to nearly double its presence from 25 states to 40 states. The organization reported raising $10 million in 2020. According to ''The Washington Post'', "Their affiliates publish opinion pieces, much like newspapers' editorial pages, that largely lean left."

Affiliates

Affiliates of States Newsroom include: * ''Alaska Beacon'' * ''Arizona Mirror'' * ''Colorado Newsline'' * ''Florida Phoenix'' * ''Georgia Recorder'' * ''Idaho Capital Sun'' * ''Indiana Capital Chronicle'' * ''Iowa Capital Dispatch'' * ''Kansas Reflector'' * ''Louisiana Illuminator'' * ''Maine Beacon'' * ''Maryland Matters'' * ''Michigan Advance'' * ''Minnesota Reformer'' * ''Missouri Independent'' * ''Daily Montanan'' * ''Nebraska Examiner'' * ''Nevada Current'' * ''New Jersey Monitor'' * ''Source NM'' * ''New Hampshire Bulletin'' * ''

'' * ''Ohio Capital Journal'' * ''Oregon Capital Chronicle'' * ''Pennsylvania Capital-Star'' * ''Tennessee Lookout'' * ''Virginia Mercury'' * ''Wisconsin Examiner''

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:States Newsroom American journalism organizations Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Organizations established in 2019 Progressive organizations in the United States 2019 establishments in the United States Nonprofit newspapers