Nonprofit news sites are built to generate impact — but these are also generating audiences

Nonprofit news sites are built to generate impact — but these are also generating audiences

Last week, we published the first of our new monthly rankings: the top 25 local U.S. newspapers on the web, based on their traffic. (All hail the conquering Advance Local!) Today, it’s time for the second: the top 25 nonprofit news sites in the United States. Nonprofit news sites have an interesting relationship with web traffic. Many of them were founded specifically to do the sorts of journalism that aren’t likely to trigger Chartbeat spike al…