Local news is vanishing.
Climate coverage is shrinking.
Disinformation is flourishing.

We are a non-competitive space for newsrooms to build trust, form editorial partnerships, co-publish stories, expand audiences and pool data that no one newsroom could do alone.

We provide shared content tools, technical infrastructure, operational best practices and coordinated fundraising that reduce redundancy and build the capacity of member newsrooms.

We create, and tirelessly build, the field-wide case for dedicated climate journalism funding through research, donor education, and recommendations.

Reporting from The Xylom, finalized in partnership with Floodlight’s veteran investigative editor and Drilled’s audio reporting team, resulted in Texas regulators finalizing the installation of the first air pollution monitor in San Patricio County, Texas, where oil export and refinery infrastructure is rapidly developing and toxic chemical risk increased by 17 times in the past half decade. The story was also a Best Investigative Journalism Award finalist in the 2026 Nonprofit News Awards.

A joint newsletter tool turns a single reader interaction into shared subscriptions across multiple CNTF newsrooms. The tool multiplies reach without multiplying cost. You can join it using the sign-up box below.

Information exchange between outlets leads to new reporting. For example, Sentient’s Food & Farming Journalism Network gets advance access to new data from Grist, enabling stories that none of the outlets could produce independently.