Answers received
That is 65 percent of the 330 newsrooms in the invented network.
Invented count of answers, collected between March and May 2026. The trend covers 2018 to 2026.
Partner briefs
Five things the 2026 partner survey found
A one-page brief on what 214 invented partner newsrooms said they need next.
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The invented 2026 partner survey ran from March to May 2026 and drew 214 answers from a network of 330 partner newsrooms. Partners asked for the same three things they asked for in 2024: staff time, translation, and somebody else to handle the data. The change since 2024 is that 41 partners now share a reporter with another newsroom, against 12 two years ago. Every number on this page is invented.
The results
Five results from the partner survey
Named staff time as the top barrier
Staff time beat money for the third survey running.
Invented share of the 214 answers, from a single-choice question asked in 2026.
Now share a reporter
Twelve partners shared a reporter in the 2024 survey.
Invented count of partners in a shared reporting arrangement in May 2026.
Median time to fill a coverage request
A partner asks the network to cover something. This is how long an answer takes.
Invented median across 640 requests logged in the 12 months to May 2026.
Want help with translation
Spanish first, then Portuguese, then Haitian Creole.
Invented share of the 214 answers, from a multiple-choice question asked in 2026.
What partners asked for
Support partners asked for most
Measured in percent of partners.
Translation was asked for by 88 percent of the 214 invented partners, and audience research by 22 percent, between March and May 2026.
Invented data for this showcasecenterforcooperativemedia.org
Invented values. Partners could choose more than one, so the shares do not sum to 100.
Show the data
| Category | Value |
|---|---|
| Translation | 88% |
| Data analysis | 64% |
| Shared reporter | 57% |
| Legal review | 39% |
| Audience research | 22% |
What happens next
Three things the Center will do with this
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Open the translation pool to every partner.
The pool now covers 30 partners. It opens to all 330 in January 2027, with Spanish and Portuguese first. Haitian Creole follows in April 2027, when the second translator starts.
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Publish the shared reporter agreement.
The 41 partners who share a reporter use 9 different agreements. One model agreement goes out in November 2026.
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Cut the coverage request to one form.
The median request took 18 hours to fill. Most of that was three emails deciding who would answer. One form with a named editor on the other end should take the median under 6 hours by May 2027.
What changed
Shared reporting grew. Forty-one partners share a reporter with another newsroom, against 12 in the 2024 survey.
Answer rates rose. The invented survey drew 214 answers from 330 partners in 2026, against 176 from 312 partners in 2024.
Data help moved up. Sixty-four percent of partners asked for data analysis in 2026, against 48 percent in 2024. The rise came from partners with 5 or fewer staff.
What did not change
Staff time is still the top barrier, named by 62 percent of partners in 2026 and 60 percent in 2024.
Translation is still the most requested support, at 88 percent in 2026 and 86 percent in 2024. The languages asked for did not change order.
Money is still the second barrier, named by 54 percent of partners in both surveys. No partner named equipment.