Nonprofit news organizations are playing an increasingly important role in covering state capitols, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. The number of nonprofit news reporters who cover state capitols has nearly quadrupled since 2014, and these journalists now account for 20% of the nation’s total statehouse press corps, up from 6% eight years ago. Nonprofit journalists are now the second-largest contingent of all statehouse reporters, following those who work for newspapers.
