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Recent Stories

  • Ohio lawmakers consider free meals for all K-12 students
    Ohio lawmakers consider free meals for all K-12 students By Lauren Cohen / Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi reporting for the Kent State NewsLab-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. S.B. 109, a bill that would provide free breakfast and lunch to public and chartered nonpublic Ohio school students, currently sits in the Senate's Finance Committee amid the […]
  • Ohioans urged to reset budgets during Financial Literacy Month
    Ohioans urged to reset budgets during Financial Literacy Month Ohio families dealing with the lingering effects of inflation and post-pandemic economic shifts may be looking for ways to regain control of their finances. According to Ohio United Way, many households continue to struggle with basic expenses, and nearly 40% of Ohioans live in Asset Limited, […]
  • 'Never Alone Act' seeks to ensure patients have in-person advocates
    'Never Alone Act' seeks to ensure patients have in-person advocates By Lauren Cohen / Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi reporting for the Kent State NewsLab-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. When Derek Calkins woke up in the hospital in January 2021, he couldn’t see or move. He didn’t have his glasses and his legs and arms weren’t […]
  • OH parents seek tougher sentences for fatal school-zone collisions
    OH parents seek tougher sentences for fatal school-zone collisions Parents of students killed or injured in school-zone crosswalks are backing a measure in the Ohio General Assembly to increase the penalty from a misdemeanor to a felony. The bill, entitled "Aspen Runnel's Law," was introduced after 15-year-old Aspen Runnels was struck and killed in a […]
  • National tally shows military arsenal among OH taxpayers' top expenses
    National tally shows military arsenal among OH taxpayers' top expenses Ahead of Tax Day, a national receipt shows where some Ohio tax dollars were spent in 2024. War and weaponry remain top federal expenses, with the average tax filer paying more than $3,700 to maintain America's military arsenal. Lindsay Koshgarian, program director of the Institute […]
  • New law clears path for Ohio drivers with unpaid fines
    New law clears path for Ohio drivers with unpaid fines By Rachel Dissell and The Marshall Project for Signal Cleveland.Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi for Ohio News Connection reporting for the Signal Ohio-Public News Service Collaboration A new Ohio law will lift driver’s license suspensions for people with unpaid court fines and fees, some of […]
  • Arrest of U. of Cincinnati student fuels national free speech debate
    Arrest of U. of Cincinnati student fuels national free speech debate UPDATE: A statement about the arrest from the University of Cincinnati has been added. (8:10 a.m. MDT, Apr. …(Read More)
  • Ohio's new law: What it means for educators, LGBTQ+ students
    Ohio's new law: What it means for educators, LGBTQ+ students By Vanessa Davidson / Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi reporting for the Kent State NewsLab-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. Ohio’s House Bill 8, known as the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” will take effect April 9. The bill was signed into law in January. It requires K-12 […]

Mission

Media in the Public Interest (MPI) provides news coverage on critical issues that affect the daily lives of people in the United States. MPI ensures multi-platform news content for hard-pressed media outlets and strengthens the nonprofit sector’s capacity to interact effectively with journalists and the changing media landscape overall.

Vision

Our vision is a more just, sustainable and equitable future achieved through a paradigm shift in cultural norms, ultimately leading to policy changes.

Goal

Our goal is to play a meaningful role in leading our country to that future by partnering with nonprofits and others to improve and increase the quality of public interest media. We implement a three-fold strategy to:

  • Incubate and sustain innovative media projects that report on social, economic and environmental issues
  • Assist journalists in covering the non-profit community
  • Support the non-profit sector to interact more effectively with mass media to inform the public and further a broad range of social goals