top of page

The 2025 Real News Club Cohort: Elevating Quality Journalism

    Updated: Apr 10


    In a world where information overload and misinformation compete for our attention, InPress is taking a stand for accountable journalism. We're proud to introduce the Real News Club - an exclusive collection of news outlets that have met our rigorous standards for neutrality, reliability, and accessibility.

    Why We Created the Real News Club


    InPress was founded on the idea to find innovative ways to incentivize media-literate consumption of news. Whether through matchmaking, gamification, or other creative approaches, our mission is to help quality journalism win the battle for attention against misinformation that profits from keeping the public enraged and misinformed.

    At the heart of our platform is the journalism itself. We believe that quality news sources don't tell you what to think - they provide you with accurate information that helps you think for yourself. They contribute to an informed public discourse that strengthens our democracy rather than dividing it.

    Our Rigorous Selection Process


    Curating the Real News Club was no small feat for our team. We dedicated countless hours to researching and vetting news outlets against our strict criteria. The result? Only 12% of evaluated outlets made the cut.

    We realized that meeting every one of our criteria is actually quite an accomplishment - one that news organizations should be proud of. It means their journalism is data-proven to be neutral and reliable, while remaining accessible to those who need quality information the most.

    What It Takes to be a 2025 Real News Club Selectee


    For an outlet to be selected for the 2025 Real News Club and featured on InPress, they had to meet ALL of the following criteria:

    • Proven Neutrality in Aggregate: The outlet demonstrates a data-backed track record of factual, minimally biased coverage—consistently and across their body of work.

    • Proven Reliability in Aggregate: The outlet consistently sources information from subject matter experts to support the claims in their journalism.

    • Accessible Journalism: Content is available to the public, with either no paywall or a flexible one that allows at least 3 free articles per month.

    • Reader-First Design: Advertising takes up no more than 30% of any given page. If an outlet had too many intrusive pop-ups, autoplay videos, or distracting clutter in its articles, it was disqualified.

    • English-Language Coverage: As InPress grows, we hope to include a range of languages, but for now in our early stage, we can only feature outlets with English-language content.

    • Third-Party Aggregation Compatibility: InPress sources content through third-party aggregation tools, so outlets must allow for this functionality.

    • Written News Presence: The outlet cannot be video or audio only (this is specific to the 2025 cohort and will not be a requirement for 2026).

    Supporting University Journalism


    We proudly support the excellent work being done by journalism departments across the United States. By elevating young journalist voices to our engaged audience, we're giving student reporters opportunities they might not otherwise receive.

    We vet university outlets using the same rigorous standards as larger publications, though we understand that student journalism may be less extensively documented. We're committed to elevating these journalism departments and the future journalists who are working to keep this vital craft relevant into the future.

    The 2025 Real News Club Members


    Below you'll find the complete list of news outlets, alphabetized by locale, that have met our stringent criteria and earned their place in the 2025 Real News Club:

    Arizona

    • Statewide

      • Arizona Capitol Times

    • Phoenix & Scottsdale

      • ABC 15 Phoenix

      • Ahwatukee Foothills News

      • AZ Family

      • Downtown Devil

      • East Valley Tribune

      • Fox 10 Phoenix

      • GCU News

      • The Foothills Focus

      • The State Press


    California

    • Los Angeles

      • Daily Bruin

      • Daily Trojan

      • FOX 11 Los Angeles

      • KTLA 5

      • Long Beach Post

      • Los Angeles Business Journal

      • Los Angeles Wave

      • NBC 4 Los Angeles

      • Ventura County Star

      • Voice of OC

    • Sacramento

      • ABC 10 Sacramento

      • FOX 40 Sacremento

      • KCRA 3 Sacramento

      • The State Hornet

    • San Diego

      • FOX 5 San Diego

      • La Prensa San Diego

      • Spectrum News 1

      • The Daily Aztec

      • The UCSD Guardian

      • Times of San Diego

      • inewssource

    • San Francisco

      • Berkeleyside

      • Golden Gate Xpress

      • KALW

      • NBC Bay Area

      • Palo Alto Daily Post

      • SF Gate

      • Synapse

      • The San Francisco Standard


    Colorado

    • Statewide

      • Colorado Public Radio

    • Denver

      • Aspen Daily News

      • FOX 31 Denver

      • The Denver Post

      • NBC 5 Southern Colorado


    Connecticut

    • NBC Connecticut

    • New Haven Independent

    • Stamford Advocate

    • The Charger Bulletin

    • The Daily Campus

    • The Lakeville Journal

    • The Norwich Bulletin

    • The Recorder

    • Yale Daily News


    DMV (D.C., Maryland, Northern Virginia)

    • Alexandria Times

    • ARLnow

    • East of the River/Capital Community News

    • Fort Detrick Standard

    • HillRag/Capital Community News

    • Popville

    • Street Sense Media

    • The Hilltop

    • The Hoya

    • The Washington Informer

    • The Washingtonian

    • Washington Hispanic


    Florida

    • Jacksonville

      • First Coast News

      • Florida Today

      • News 4 Jax

      • The Spinnaker

    • Miami

      • 39 WSLV

      • Dorel Family Journal

      • NBC 6 South Florida

      • Panther NOW

      • The Miami Hurricane

      • WLRN

      • WSVN 7 Miami


    • Orlando

      • Click Orlando

      • FOX 35 Orlando

      • The Valencia Voice

      • WFTV 9 Orlando


    • Tampa Bay

      • Bay News 9

      • NBC 10 Tampa Bay

      • The Oracle

      • WFLA


    Georgia

    • Atlanta

      • 11 Alive

      • Atlanta Black Star

      • Atlanta News First

      • FOX 5 Atlanta

      • The Atlanta Voice

      • The Emory Wheel


    Hawaii

    • Honolulu

      • Hawaii News Now

      • Honolulu Civil Beat

      • Ka Leo O HawaiÊ»i


    Illinois

    • Chicago

      • ABC 7 Chicago

      • Block Club Chicago

      • Chicago Business

      • Chicago Sun-Times

      • Crain’s Chicago Business

      • FOX 32 Chicago

      • NBC 5 Chicago

      • The Chicago Maroon

      • The Columbia Chronicle

      • The DePaulia

      • The Loyola Phoenix

      • WTTW


    Indiana

    • Indianapolis

      • IndyStar

      • The Reflector

      • WRTV


    Louisiana

    • New Orleans

      • Louisiana Illuminator

      • The Maroon

      • The Tulane Hullabaloo

      • WWL-TV 4


    Maryland

    • Statewide

      • Maryland Matters

    • Baltimore

      • ABC 2 News

      • Johns Hopkins Newsletter

      • The Avenue News

      • The Greyhound

      • The Towerlight

      • WBAL

      • WBFF


    Massachusetts

    • Boston

      • FOX 25 Boston

      • NBC 10 Boston

      • The Berkeley Beacon

      • The Daily Free Press

      • The Harvard Crimson

      • The Heights

      • The Huntington Times

      • The Mass Media

      • The Suffolk Journal

      • The Williams Record

      • Tufts Daily

      • WBUR


    Michigan

    • Statewide

      • MLive

      • University of Michigan News

    • Detroit

      • Click on Detroit

      • Detroit Free Press

      • Detroit Metro Times

      • Press & Guide

      • The Detroit News

      • WXYZ Detroit


    Minnesota

    • Statewide

      • MinnPost

    • Minneapolis

      • Bring Me the News

      • KARE NBC 11

      • KTSP ABC 5

      • Minnesota Public Radio

      • Sahan Journal


    Missouri

    • Statewide

      • Missouri Independent


    • St Louis

      • KSDK

      • St Louis American

      • The Student Life

      • The University News


    Nebraska

    • Omaha

      • Fox 42 Omaha

      • KETV Omaha

      • Nebraska Examiner

      • The Antelope

      • The Gateway


    Nevada

    • Las Vegas

      • ABC 13

      • Coyote Student News

      • Las Vegas Review Journal

      • The Nevada Independent


    New York

    • Statewide

      • Gotham Gazette

    • Buffalo

      • The UB Spectrum

      • WIVB 4 Buffalo

    • New York City

      • ABC7 Eyewitness News

      • Brooklyn Magazine

      • Columbia Spectator

      • Fordham Observer

      • FOX 5 NY

      • NBC New York

      • NYCity News Service

      • The Pace Press

      • The Torch

      • Washington Square News

    • Syracuse

      • The Daily Orange


    North Carolina

    • Charlotte

      • Charlotte Observer

      • The Niner Times

      • WFAE


    Ohio

    • Cincinnati

      • The News Record

      • WCPO 9 Cincinnati

      • WLWT 5 Cincinnati

    • Cleveland

      • 19 News Cleveland

      • Akron Beacon Journal

      • FOX 8 Cleveland

      • NBC 21 WFMJ

      • The Kent Stater

      • The Medina Gazette

      • The Morning Journal

      • WKBN

      • WKYC

    • Columbus

      • ABC 6 Columbus

      • NBC 4 Columbus

      • The Lantern


    Oregon

    • Portland

      • ABC 2 Portland

      • FOX 12 Portland

      • OPB

      • The Beacon

    Pennsylvania

    • Statewide

      • Spotlight PA

    • Philadelphia

      • Billy Penn

      • Metro Philadelphia

      • NBC 10 Philadelphia

      • New Philadelphia Times-Reporter

      • Philadelphia Magazine

      • Philly Burbs

      • PhillyVoice

      • The Daily Pennsylvanian

      • The Philadelphia Tribune

      • The Temple News

    • Pittsburgh

      • The Pitt News

      • The Tartan

      • WPXI

      • WPGH

      • WTAE


    Tennessee

    • Statewide

      • The Tennessean

    • Nashville

      • FOX 7 Nashville

      • The Vanderbilt Hustler

      • WKRN

      • WSMV 4


    Texas

    • Statewide

      • Texas Co-Op Power

      • Texas Public Radio

      • The Texas Tribune

    • Austin

      • Austin American-Statesman

      • CBS Austin

      • Hilltop Views

      • KXAN 36

      • The Daily Texan

    • Dallas-Fort Worth

      • ABC 8 DFW

      • CW33 DFW

      • NBC 5 DFW

      • The Cor Chronicle

      • The Mercury

      • The Rambler

      • The Shorthorn

    • Houston

      • ABC 13 Houston

      • Click 2 Houston

      • KHOU 11

      • The Daily Cougar

      • The Rice Thresher


    • San Antonio

      • My San Antonio

      • San Antonio Report

      • The Mesquite

      • The Paisano

      • The Trinitonian


    Utah

    • Salt Lake City

      • Deseret News

      • KSL

      • Salt Lake Tribune

      • The Daily Utah Chronicle


    Virginia

    • Richmond

      • ABC 8 News

      • Richmond Free Press

      • The Collegian

      • WTVR


    Washington

    • Seattle

      • FOX 13 Seattle

      • KOMO News

      • NBC King 5

      • Seattle Pi

      • The Daily

      • The Falcon


    Wisconsin

    • Milwaukee

      • CW18

      • FOX 6 Milwaukee

      • Wisconsin State Farmer

      • Wisconsin Watch

      • WISN

      • WTMJ


    National & International Outlets

    • 404 Media

    • 9 to 5 Mac

    • AARP News

    • Ad Week

    • Adventure Travel Mag

    • AFAR

    • Afro American

    • Ag Update

    • Agriculture Online

    • Air Force Times

    • American Action Forum

    • American Motorcyclist Association

    • Anti-Defamation League

    • Apple Insider

    • Archaeology Magazine

    • Architectural Digest

    • Army Times

    • Ars Technica

    • Art News

    • Asian Journal

    • Associated Press

    • Athletic Business

    • Atlas Obscura

    • Audubon

    • Automotive News

    • Aviation Week

    • Axios

    • Ballotpedia News

    • Barron’s

    • BBC News

    • BBC Sport

    • Beef Magazine

    • bellingcat

    • BET

    • Bicycling

    • Big Think

    • Billboard

    • Birdwatching

    • BNO News

    • Bon Appetit

    • Breaking Defense

    • Brookings

    • C-SPAN

    • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

    • Center for Public Integrity

    • CFO

    • Chalkbeat

    • Channel News Asia

    • Climbing

    • Comic Book Resources

    • Complex

    • Conde Nast Traveller

    • Cosmos

    • Craft Beer & Brewing Mag

    • DAWN

    • Deadline

    • Defense One

    • Democracy Chronicles

    • Deutsche Welle

    • Digiday

    • Digital Trends

    • Discover Magazine

    • DOGO News

    • Drone DJ

    • DVM 360

    • Earth.com

    • EatingWell

    • Editor & Publisher

    • EdSurge

    • Education Week

    • Electrek

    • Energy Voice

    • Engadget

    • Engineering News Record

    • Entertainment Weekly

    • ESPN

    • ET

    • Euronews

    • Factcheck.org

    • Farm Progress

    • Federal News Network

    • Field and Stream

    • Financial Buzz

    • Financial Times

    • Fine Woodworking

    • Focus Taiwan

    • Footwear News

    • Forbes

    • Foreign Policy

    • France 24

    • Gallup

    • Gardeners World

    • GeekWire

    • Geo News

    • Good News Network

    • Governing

    • Government Executive

    • Grunge

    • Harvard Business Review

    • Harvard Nieman Lab

    • Healio

    • Health

    • Healthline

    • HillRag

    • History

    • History Today

    • Hollywood Reporter

    • Horse & Rider

    • HR Executive

    • IFL Science

    • Indie Wire

    • Inked Magazine

    • Inside Edition

    • InsideHook

    • International Business Times

    • Just Security

    • Krebs on Security

    • Land Line

    • Landscape Architecture

    • Latin Times

    • Lead Stories

    • Lifehacker

    • Literary Review

    • Live Science

    • London Evening Standard

    • Lonely Planet

    • Maclean’s

    • Medical Daily

    • Metropolis Magazine

    • Military Times

    • MorningBrew

    • Motor Trend

    • National Affairs

    • National Parks Conservation Association

    • Native News Online

    • Navy TimesNew Scientist

    • News Medical

    • NextGov

    • NPR

    • Nutritional Outlook

    • Onmanorama

    • Open Secrets

    • Oxygen

    • Paddling Magazine

    • PBS Newshour

    • People

    • PetaPixel

    • Pew Research Center

    • Philosphy Now

    • Phys Org

    • Pitchfork

    • Poetry Magazine

    • Pointe Magazine

    • Police1

    • Politico

    • Politifact

    • Pop Smoke Media

    • Popular Mechanics

    • Popular Science

    • Powermag

    • Prevention

    • Propublica

    • Psychology Today

    • PsyPost

    • Punchbowl News

    • QSR

    • Quanta Magazine

    • Quartz

    • Real Clear Politics

    • Real Simple

    • Reuters

    • Reveal

    • Roll Call

    • RTE Ireland

    • Runner’s World

    • Science

    • Science News

    • Science News Explores

    • SciTech Daily

    • SCOTUSblog

    • Scripps News

    • Security Magazine

    • Semafor

    • Sky & Telescope

    • Sky Sports

    • Slash Gear

    • Smart Her News

    • Smithsonian Magazine

    • Snopes

    • Social Media Today

    • Space

    • Space Explored

    • Space News

    • Sporting News

    • Sports Illustrated

    • Spudman

    • Stacker

    • Stars and Stripes

    • Straight Arrow News

    • Study Finds

    • Supply Chain DiveSwimming World

    • Sydney Morning Herald

    • Taiwan News

    • Tech Xplore

    • Techcrunch

    • Technology Review

    • techradar

    • The 74

    • The Balance

    • The Block

    • The CATO Institute

    • The Center Square

    • The China Project

    • The Conversation

    • The Deal

    • The Diplomat

    • The Drive

    • The Fiscal Times

    • The Haitian Times

    • The Hill

    • The Infatuation

    • The Irish Times

    • The Korea Times

    • The Maritime Executive

    • The Markup

    • The Media Line

    • The Motley Fool

    • The National Law Review

    • The Points Guy

    • The Register

    • The Scientist

    • The Tico Times

    • The Verge

    • The Weather Channel

    • Thomas Net

    • Threads Magazine

    • Transport Topics

    • Travel + Leisure

    • Travel Weekly

    • U.S. News & World Report

    • Undark

    • United Nations Human Rights

    • Universe Today

    • UPI

    • Upworthy

    • Urban Institute

    • Variety

    • VegNews

    • Vera Files

    • Verywell Mind

    • War on the Rocks

    • Water Online

    • Weather Underground

    • Wine Spectator

    • Woman’s World

    • Women’s Wear Daily

    • World Politics Review

    • World Resources Institute


    Together with these trusted outlets, we're building a platform where factual engagement powers both learning and connection. We’re proud to include each of these institutions in our quest to make accountable information more appealing and profitable than misinformation and bias online. We look forward to elevating the content from each and every one of these outlets to continually educate, entertain, and connect our society. 

    To the future of the industry, cheers, and congratulations. 



    bottom of page