Granite State News Collaborative

What Makes New Hampshire Different?

Many communities across the country are losing local news.

New Hampshire chose a different path.

LOCAL NEWS LIVES HERE.

And New Hampshire is working together to keep it that way.

Across New Hampshire, local news organizations are doing something unusual.

Instead of competing alone, more than 20 newsrooms, colleges, and community organizations are working together through the Granite State News Collaborative to strengthen local journalism, expand civic information, and ensure every Granite Stater has access to trustworthy local news.

The Community News Fund helps make that possible.

What Is The Community News Fund?

The Community News Fund is a statewide investment in New Hampshire's local news ecosystem.

It supports the reporting, training, innovation, and community engagement efforts that help people stay informed about the issues shaping their communities.

Because strong communities need reliable information.

What Your Support Makes Possible

More Local Reporting
Coverage of local government, schools, housing, healthcare, public safety, and community issues.

 Coverage in Underserved Communities
Helping ensure that residents in communities with limited local news coverage have access to reliable information about the issues that affect their daily lives.

Training the Next Generation
Programs that help students, community members, and emerging journalists develop reporting skills.

Innovation
New tools and technology that help local news organizations serve communities more effectively.

Community Engagement
Listening sessions, surveys, and outreach that help newsrooms understand what communities need.

Long-Term Sustainability
Resources that help local news organizations adapt, collaborate, and thrive.

Real Examples Happening Right Now

✓ Training residents to cover local government meetings through Civic Documenters

✓ Mentoring students and aspiring journalists

✓ Supporting statewide investigations into healthcare, transparency, and other issues

✓ Developing tools that allow local news outlets to share reporting and reach more people

✓ Bringing journalists and residents together through community listening events

Through the Granite State News Collaborative, local news organizations share reporting, coordinate coverage, mentor new journalists, build technology together, and collaborate on solutions that benefit communities across the state.

The Community News Fund helps strengthen those efforts while creating new opportunities for local journalism to serve New Hampshire residents.

A Community Investment in Information

Whether you care about education, housing, healthcare, business, public safety, the environment, or local government, change and good decisions start with good information.

That's why local news matters.

And that's why the Community News Fund exists.

Join Us

Help strengthen local news for every Granite Stater.

If you wish to donate by check, please make it payable to Granite State News Collaborative and send to PO Box 87, Keene, NH, 03431.

Who We Are

The Granite State News Collaborative is a collective of more than 30 local media, education and community partners working together to produce and share news stories on the issues that most impact our state. The hope is that together we can provide more information to more communities across New Hampshire than we could individually.

Our media partners include: 603 Diversity, The Berlin Daily Sun, Business NH Magazine, The Business Journal of Greater Keene, Brattleboro and Peterborough, The Concord Monitor, The Conway Daily Sun, The Eagle-Tribune, The Keene Sentinel, The Laconia Daily Sun, Manchester Ink Link, The Marlin Fitzwater Center at Franklin Pierce University, Nashua Ink Link, NH Bar News, NH Business Review, New Hampshire Press Association, New Hampshire PBS, NH Public Radio, The Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Seacoast Media Group and The Valley News. College partners include The Clock Online, The Equinox, The New Englander and The New Hampshire. Community partners include Citizens Count, The Nackey S. Loeb School for Communications, The New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute and The NH Center for Justice and Equity.