MEDIA COVERAGE

 

2023

03.27.23

The Times of Northwest Indiana covers a screening of “The Working Hungry” documentary.

03.10.23

WIMS radio covers a screening of “The Working Hungry” documentary.

02.15.23

WFYI interviews Dave Miner about “The Working Hungry” documentary.

02.09.23

WRTV Interviews Alex Sindorf about how Community Compass can help those facing food insecurity. 

2022

12.08.22

WTHR interviews Alex Sindorf on how Community Compass can help people find food assistance.

07.19.22

Indy Star publishes an article by Kate Howe, Dave Miner, and Eugene Cho on hunger solutions in Indianapolis and the need for bipartisan support.

07.15.22

WRTV Interviews Alex Sindorf about how Community Compass can help those facing food insecurity. 

07.05.22

Inside Business Indiana reports on relief funds that were awarded to 14 Indianapolis organizations including IHN. 

07.05.22

WFYI reports on relief funds that were awarded to 14 Indianapolis organizations including IHN.

04.15.22

Fox59 interviews IHN’s Food Assistance Programs Manager about how to use food pantries. 

03.03.22

The Indianapolis Star covers the end of emergency EBT allotments. 

03.03.22

TheStatehouseFile.com reports on the new Indianapolis Community Food Access Coalition.

01.18.22

The Plainfield-Guilford Library reports on the statewide expansion of Community Compass.

01.18.22

My Wabash Valley WTWO covers the statewide expansion of Community Compass. 

2021

12.30.21

WISHTV covers the expansion of Community Compass.

12.13.21

WFYI reports on the statewide expansion of Community Compass.

12.13.21

Indiana Public Media reports on the statewide expansion of Community Compass.

12.09.21

Kaiser Health News shares the annoucement about the expansion of Community Compass.

12.08.21

The Indianapolis Star announces the statewide expansion of Community Compass.

11.30.21

CBS4Indy covers IHN’s 2021 Hunger Study.

11.22.21

WFYI reports on the results from IHN’s 2021 Hunger Study.

11.19.21

The Indianapolis Star reports on the results of IHN’s 2021 Hunger Study.

11.18.21

An IHN press release announces the completion of the 2021 Hunger Study.

10.14.21

Fox59 reports on IHN’s 2021 Grant Program for Food Pantries.

07.22.21

TheStatehouseFile.com reports on the launch of the Community Compass web platform.

07.22.21

The Weekly View covers Community Compass, including information about the web platform.

07.20.21

The Indianapolis Star reports on Community Compass, highlighting the web platform’s availability in multiple languages.

05.05.21

The Telekinetic podcast features IHN’s Director of Advocacy to discuss the issues of food insecurity and food access.

04.29.21

Public News Service interviews IHN’s Executive Director on the importance of Pandemic EBT (P-EBT).

01.28.21

The Indianapolis Star reports on local efforts to address food deserts, with support from the Indy Hunger Network.

01.25.21

An IHN board member explains the findings of IHN’s Meal Gap Study in an Op-Ed for Inside Indiana Business.

01.21.21

The Weekly View reports on the Meal Gap Study and on local projects aimed at addressing food insecurity issues.

01.21.21

The Indianapolis Recorder covers the passage of Proposal 337, which will form the Division of Community Nutrition and Food Policy in Indianapolis.

01.05.21

WRTV reports on the home delivery program run in partnership by IHN, Gleaners, Second Helpings, and 913 Sports.

2020

12.07.20

The Indianapolis Star reports on food insecurity during the pandemic, based on findings from IHN’s 2020 Meal Gap Studies. 

11.16.20

WFYI covers the results of IHN’s 2020 Meal Gap Studies.  

11.06.20

The Indianapolis Business Journal reports on Food Secure Indy, a new hunger relief coalition of corporate, nonprofit, and government organizations.

10.19.20

The Indianapolis Star reports on SNAP benefits in Indiana and the growing need for assistance. 

10.10.20

IHN’s Executive Director has a conversation on Now Hear This about coordinating food relief efforts in Indianapolis.

10.01.20

Fox 59 reports on the Spanish version of Community Compass. 

09.28.20

WFYI covers the newest features available on Community Compass.

09.28.20

WISH-TV covers the new features available on the Community Compass app. 

09.28.20

WISH-TV reports on a local food distribution and the growing need for food assistance.

06.25.20

The Southside Times reports on pantries’ collaborative egg orders from HATCH for Hunger, which began in IHN’s Food Pantry Network.

05.01.20

A video from WRTV about Community Compass, along with a demonstration on using the app.

03.27.20

WYFI reports on how local hunger relief providers have adapted their operations to distribute food during the pandemic.

03.31.20

The Indianapolis Star covers the launch of Community Compass.

03.31.20

The Indianapolis Star reports on focus group testing prior to the release of Community Compass.

03.27.20

WTHR reports on FSSA’s map of food assistance programs, developed in partnership with IHN and Feeding Indiana’s Hungry. 

2019

12.27.19

WRTV covers IHN’s SNAP calculator project, contributed to by Butler University students. 

12.09.19

Ivy Tech Community College reports on its Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Month events, featuring a panel that IHN’s Executive Director spoke on.

11.12.19

TheStateHouseFile.com covers the 9th annual Million Meal Marathon. IHN’s Executive Director spoke at the event.

11.05.19

IHN’s Executive Director talks with WFYI about the causes of food insecurity.

03.21.19

Jump-IN for Healthy Kids shares information following IHN’s 2019 Food Pantry Networking Summit. 

03.14.19

Fox59 reports on the 2019 Food Pantry Networking Summit.

03.07.19

Transport Topics covers the goals and expansion of Food Drop.

01.22.19

Goodnet reports on how the Food Drop program works.

 

2017-2018

10.23.18

WTHR reports on the expanded Food Drop program. Watch the video

10.23.18

RTV6 The Indy Channel reports on the Food Drop program expansion.

10.23.18

CDL Life News reports on the expansion of the Food Drop program.

10.23.18

WBAA reports on the success of the Food Drop pilot program and its recent expansion.

10.23.18

The Indianapolis Star reports on the expansion of the Food Drop pilot program.

06.26.18

An Indianapolis Star op-ed by IHN board member Dave Miner and Mark Fisher, chief policy officer for the Indy Chamber, on using innovation to combat Indy’s widespread hunger.

06.17.18

The Indianapolis Business Journal reports on the Indy Civic Hack, a 24-hour event that challenged participants to create a Food Compass app to help those in need learn where they can find food assistance.

04.19.18

A segment on Fox 59 featuring Cooking Matters classes at Gleaners.

03.20.18

WISH-TV covers IHN’s 2018 Food Pantry Summit.

02.16.18

The Indianapolis Star interviews IHN board member Dave Miner and Executive Director Kate Howe about proposed USDA food boxes.

08.17.17

A WFYI piece on Cooking Matters for Kids class.

03.23.17

IHN partners Midwest Food Bank, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, St. Vincent De Paul, and Second Helpings team up to rescue truckloads of quality, nutritious food headed to landfills.