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June 30, 2009

News-Media Organizations Meet to Plan Nonprofit Investigative Network

In a column that appeared on PoynterOnline, a former newspaper executive analyzes the prospects for foundation-supported journalism as more than two-dozen news-media organizations meet this week to discuss forming a national nonprofit investigative network.

“To a degree that has surprised many people, foundations and philanthropy have ramped up in multiple ways to fill fast-emerging information gaps or create entirely new ways of producing news that citizens need,” writes David Westphal, a senior fellow at the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy.

Representatives from National Public Radio, Huffington Post, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and other prominent news-media outlets and nonprofit groups gathered on Tuesday for Watchdogs at Pocantico, a three-day conference at a former Rockefeller estate in upstate New York.

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1. I would love to see a vehicle where candidates running for office have equal levels of coverage. The amount of money spent on campaigns even at the local level is outrageous. Many talented public servants would not consider entering a race when they have to raise so much money to be a candidate. I believe this would be one of many possible applications for a national investigative network.

   — Kathy Deschner    Jul 9, 03:04 PM    #

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