Outlet profile

North Dakota Monitor

U.S. center-left

Owned byNonprofit affiliate of States Newsroom, the nation's largest state-focused nonprofit news network

FundingGrants and reader/philanthropic donations funneled through States Newsroom's 501(c)(3) structure; no corporate donations accepted; no advertising or subscriptions

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Background

North Dakota Monitor launched December 12, 2023, as the 39th outlet in the States Newsroom network, led by longtime North Dakota journalist Amy Dalrymple, former editor of the Bismarck Tribune, as editor-in-chief. States Newsroom itself was founded in 2019 after spinning off from an incubation period tied to the Hopewell Fund, a fund associated with left-leaning donors, which drew early criticism about partisan origins. Since becoming independent, States Newsroom has diversified its donor base, publishing contributions above $1,000 and stating it accepts no corporate money, though it does not disclose the roughly 100,000+ smaller individual donations. The Monitor and its sister sites focus on statehouse and policy reporting — energy, agriculture, education, health care — often filling gaps left by shrinking local newsrooms. Media Bias/Fact Check rates the outlet as "Left" in bias with "High" factual reporting, citing story selection and framing choices even as sourcing is considered reliable. The outlet describes itself as nonpartisan and maintains local editorial independence from the States Newsroom network, but its ownership and donor history place it within the broader landscape of donor-funded, left-leaning nonprofit state news operations.

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Profile compiled 2026-09-30; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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