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North Dakota Monitor

U.S. center-left

Owned byStates Newsroom, a national nonprofit network of state-level news outlets
FundingDonor-funded, 501(c)(3) nonprofit; grants from progressive-leaning foundations (including the Wyss Foundation) and individual donors; no advertising, no paywall, no subscriptions
On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

The North Dakota Monitor launched in December 2023 as the 39th outlet in the States Newsroom network, which describes itself as the largest state-focused nonprofit news organization in the United States. States Newsroom was founded in 2017 and initially used the Hopewell Fund, a left-leaning fiscal sponsorship organization managed by Arabella Advisors, as its incubator before receiving its own IRS 501(c)(3) designation in 2019. A key early funder of States Newsroom was the Wyss Foundation — tied to Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, described by the New York Times as a major donor to left-leaning advocacy groups — which gave $1 million in 2020. The Monitor is led by Editor-in-Chief Amy Dalrymple, a 20-year North Dakota journalism veteran who previously served as editor of the Bismarck Tribune. The outlet publishes with no ads and no paywall, relying entirely on donations and foundation grants. Media Bias Fact Check rates the Monitor as 'Left' in story selection and editorial framing, while crediting it with high factual accuracy. Since the start of the Trump administration's second term in January 2025, the Monitor's coverage has focused on impacts to North Dakota of federal policy changes — including DOGE-related cuts to rural health care, immigration enforcement actions, agricultural trade disruptions from tariffs, and rollbacks of clean-energy funding — with coverage generally framing these developments in terms of harm to state residents.

Sources

  1. About • North Dakota Monitor
  2. States Newsroom Launches North Dakota Monitor To Close Out Groundbreaking Year
  3. North Dakota Monitor - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
  4. States Newsroom - Wikipedia
  5. States Newsroom (Newsroom Network) - Influence Watch
  6. States Newsroom: A Tip of the 'Dark Money' Iceberg - Capital Research Center
  7. North Dakota Monitor launching nonprofit news outlet - InForum
  8. Poll: Trump, DOGE policies see strong support among likely North Dakota voters • North Dakota Monitor

Profile compiled 2026-07-02; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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