ProPublica
Summary
ProPublica is a non-profit corporation based in New York City. It describes itself as an independent non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. In 2010 it became the first online news source to win a Pulitzer Prize, for a piece written by one of its journalists and published in the New York Times Magazine as well as on ProPublica.org. ProPublica's investigations are conducted by its staff of full-time investigative reporters and the resulting stories are given away to news 'partners' for publication or broadcast. In some cases, reporters from both ProPublica and the news partners work together on a story.
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Public and private solutions for journalism's future business model
In the second part of their essay on future business models for journalism, Professor Stephan Weichert and Peter Littger discuss the different models - from content marketing to state funding - that could preserve public service journalism in the ever-changing media economy, in Germany and beyond.
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Data science, commoditized backends, and the need to know code: A roundup of NICAR 2013
The annual Computer Assisted Reporting conference, known colloquially as NICAR, wrapped Sunday. Of all the journalism conferences held throughout the year, this is the only one to specifically focuses on the needs and interests of reporters and editors who work in investigative news and data journalism. It’s a tremendous three and a half days of classes, panels and camaraderie.
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Project Argo, meet Project Largo: Open source code finds new use in the sites of nonprofit news orgs
The Lens, the nonprofit news site in New Orleans, announced a major redesign recently. Editor Steve Beatty wrote that the new site would feature responsive design for easier mobile reading, a more intuitive navigation, enhanced readability with highlighting of “important facts and figures,” and more, including a feed from ProPublica’s Muckreads.
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Journalism startups struggle to get nonprofit designation
As for-profit journalism's revenues have shrunk, nonprofit organizations have increasingly stepped up to provide local communities with the kind of investigative accountability journalism that's become too expensive otherwise. Propublica's probably the most well-known, but a quick look at CJR's Guide to Online News Startups shows several smaller organizations that do similar work.
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#Tip of the day for journalists: News app guidance from ProPublica
ProPublica has published a group of guides on GitHub, a great resource for those interested in building news applications. In a post, ProPublica’s Scott Klein said the resources “represent what we’ve learned and our best advice for designing consistent, social-optimised and impactful apps in a sane dev environment”.
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ProPublica releases style guide for news apps
News applications editor Scott Klein has written a “ProPublica News Apps Style Guide” that codifies “the typographic and technical best practices” its developers follow.
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ProPublica shines a light on dark money
Over the last two years, political reporters have shined a glaring spotlight on super PACs and their funders. Just ask super PAC mega-donor Harold Simmons; The Wall Street Journal went as far as reporting where he buys his underwear. But journalists haven't managed to shed nearly as much light on the inner workings of so-called "dark money" nonprofit groups--which,.
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How to use social media in investigations
Investigative reporting used to be a secretive business--think Woodward and Bernstein meeting anonymous sources in parking garages. But according to ProPublica's social media producer Blair Hickman and senior engagement editor Amanda Zamora, the days of anonymous sources and top secret reporting are not gone, exactly, but can be supplemented by a new type of investigative journalism, one that is done.
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Cover Sandy recovery and get money
Hey Jersey journalists: There’s a big opportunity in New Jersey to cover the Hurricane Sandy recovery and get support from a group of foundations to get started and build a media business.
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How journalists can create better explainers
Explainers are one way for journalists to give audiences the knowledge they need to better understand the news or the world around them. Crafting an effective explainer requires savvy news judgment, inquisitive reporting and the skills to tell a strong … Read more.
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