TheStar.com: Alternative funding avenues for investigative journalism
February 3rd, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Journalism
The Toronto Star’s John Honderich looks at five options for funding investigative stories in Canada. These are already relatively well-known examples among journalist/media commentators and bloggers, but Honderich’s post is an interesting read.
- Government funded or subsidised journalism
- Independent non-profit newsrooms, a la ProPublica.
- Using private foundations, such as Philip Stern’s the Fund for Investigative Journalism
- Participatory investigative journalism, e.g Spot.us
- Journalism students working in tandem with investigative reporters
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- What would a UK-based ProPublica look like?
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February 6th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Good find. Thanks for posting.