New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism

WE ARE THE FUTURE OF NEWS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

In just 10 years, our unbiased, indepth reporting has made a real difference for New Hampshire.
Paula Tracy and Garry Rayno cover the State House from every angle possible. Tracy, Rayno, Nancy West, and former editorial cartoonist Mike Marland have all been named Lifetime Achievement Award winners by the New Hampshire Press Association. We have the very best journalists in the state. Reporters Damien Fisher and Katharine Webster round out our excellent coverage of news that matters in New Hampshire.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE OF NEWS

We are in the midst of a local news emergency in New Hampshire. Just pick up your local newspaper or watch the local newscast. Journalism in the Granite State is suffering from a lack of resources, staff power, and fresh ideas. I created the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism three years ago. Our mission is to increase reporting that is expensive and time-consuming - the first stories to be left behind when there are too few reporters. Sixty-nine percent of all news jobs in New Hampshire have been lost in the last 20 years. Once, the State House had a hopping press room. No more. We will continue to shine our news light on the State House and the powerful and with your help, we will dig deeply into the stories that now often get published only via press release from those with something to gain or lose. InDepthNH.org is your future of&nbsap; local news in New Hampshire.

OUR MISSION

InDepthNH.org protects independent journalism that holds government accountable to the people. Our investigative reporting prompts civil discourse that spurs citizens to action to reclaim their government. We reveal wrongdoing, corruption and influence-peddling while giving voice to the disenfranchised. InDepthNH.org fulfills the press’ watchdog role as envisioned by the founders of our democracy.

WHO WE ARE

Nancy West founded the nonprofit New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism in April of 2015. West is the executive editor of the center’s investigative news website InDepthNH.org. West has won many awards for investigative reporting during her 30 years at the New Hampshire Union Leader. She has taught investigative journalism at the New England Center for Investigative Reporting’s summer program for pre-college students at Boston University. West is passionate about government transparency. She formerly worked as a reporter/editor at the New Hampshire Union Leader for many years.

Who We Are

We hold government accountable, give voice to marginalized people, places and ideas, and train the next generation of journalists. We share our original reporting for free with financially struggling newspapers and news outlets focusing on in-depth and investigative reporting that the others can't afford to do. We don't compete because we want to save all of the important news voices across the state and refuse to use charity dollars to further curtail legacy news. New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism publishes InDepthNH.org online because we believe democracy is threatened without a vibrant press. We report news that fully informs citizens, encourages civil discourse along with meaningful action so people can be full partners in their democracy.
Barrington, NH