About Mirror Indy
Mirror Indy is a part of Free Press Indiana, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to ensuring all Hoosiers have access to the news and information they need. Free, free press. Local, community news should be free. Free to consume, and free from influence.
Publishing Content — Partners
Content partners are free to republish media originally produced/published by Mirror Indy. Please email Lisa Renze, managing editor for partnerships and projects at lisa.renze@freepressindiana.org to alert us to the usage, as well as to obtain (when needed) hi-res files, etc., for your publication. See a full explanation of guidelines below.
Unless otherwise noted, Mirror Indy stories are free to republish through a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
General republishing guidelines:
1. Ideally, republishing sources should be a Mirror Indy/Free Press Indiana partner. To enter a partnership, please contact Lisa Renze, managing editor for partnerships and projects, at lisa.renze@freepressindiana.org. Republication rights for other external news organizations are likely to be approved, but will be considered by request, on a case-by-case basis.
2. When requested, republishing sources will share analytics with Mirror Indy/Free Press Indiana about how the content performed on the partner’s site.
3. Publication of Mirror Indy content, except in rare circumstances, can occur immediately after original publication on the Mirror Indy website. If content will be embargoed for any reason, the managing editor for partnerships/projects will alert partners prior to publication. In very rare circumstances, some Mirror Indy content will not be available for republication. This will be noted at the top of the story.
4. Outlets/partners cannot sell the work, nor do republishing sites have the authority to grant republication access/usage to other sources. Please direct third-party outlets to Mirror Indy/Free Press Indiana for permission.
5. Partners should strive to include all the hyperlinks contained in the original story.
6. All Mirror Indy content must be republished in its integrated entirety. Substantive edits for content or length without express approval prior to republication are not allowed, HOWEVER, partners may edit Mirror Indy content to conform to individual outlet style. Partners may also change date indicators (“yesterday” to “last week,” for example) and orientation language to account for the time of republication and local readership habits/needs.
7. If partners wish to localize Mirror Indy content, or produce a sidebar/accompanying materials, those materials must be clearly labeled.
8. If partners wish to make substantial changes, please contact Lisa Renze managing editor for partnerships and projects, so she can assist with your request.
9. Some of the above conditions may be waived with advance permission.
10. Mirror Indy/Free Press Indiana will strive to alert partners in the event content has been updated/corrected.
Specific guidelines:
• Outlets/partners should strive to republish the whole story, credit Mirror Indy, and the individual journalists (writers, photographers, graphic artists, etc.) and, if republishing Mirror Indy stories online, must include a link to the original publication page using this text at the top of the republished story: This article was originally published by Mirror Indy [link to article], and is republished through our partnership with Free Press Indiana.
Social media guidelines:
• Please tag Mirror Indy when sharing republished content on social media.
Sources: Capital Chronicle, Chalkbeat Indiana, Montana Free Press, The StatehouseFile.com.
Updated: March 2024