Courtney Lewis

Chief of Growth Programs, Institute for Nonprofit News (INN)

Lewis was a speaker for the workshop “Strategies to optimize revenue in local news” at the 25^thISOJ. Watch the presentation here.

Courtney Lewis is the chief of growth programs at the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), a thriving network of over 425 nonprofit news organizations committed to public service. In this role, she builds and advances programs dedicated to generating revenue and fostering diverse talent for a rapidly growing nonprofit news field.

Courtney joined INN in 2020 to lead NewsMatch, the most sophisticated collaborative fundraising campaign for journalism in the U.S. The campaign has successfully raised over $300 million for nonprofit newsrooms. Previously, she led collaborative initiatives to diversify audience and revenue for Detroit’s public radio station and was Marketing Director for a bicycle manufacturing startup.