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1. Guide to Online News Startups

   Center For Investigative Reporting

   January 5, 2011 06:54 PM

   BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — In the world of American investigative nonprofits, the Center for Investigative Reporting is the oldest and one of the best recognized.... Continue reading

2. Guide to Online News Startups

   ProPublica

   January 5, 2011 06:26 PM

   NEW YORK, NEW YORK — In the world of investigative nonprofit news organizations, ProPublica is a giant. Its staff of nineteen reporters has broken... Continue reading

3. Guide to Online News Startups

   iWatch News (The Center for Public Integrity)

   January 5, 2011 04:38 PM

   WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — The Center for Public Integrity celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2010 with a YouTube video detailing its... Continue reading

4. Guide to Online News Startups

   InvestigateWest

   January 5, 2011 04:26 PM

   SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — Seattle's InvestigateWest may have a small budget and a tiny newsroom--but the organization's impact consistently belies its size. Founded in 2009,... Continue reading

5. Guide to Online News Startups

   FairWarning

   January 5, 2011 04:17 PM

   LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — As the Los Angeles Times newsroom braced itself for another round of buyouts in 2008, Myron Levin, an investigative reporter who had... Continue reading

6. Guide to Online News Startups

   The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University

   January 5, 2011 03:54 PM

   WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS — In 2004, former Washington Post reporter Florence Graves founded The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University, thereby creating the... Continue reading

7. Guide to Online News Startups

   Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

   January 4, 2011 03:26 PM

   MADISON, WISCONSIN — In just under two years, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has broken over twenty-five major stories, ranging from the <a... Continue reading

8. Guide to Online News Startups

   Investigative Newsource

   January 4, 2011 02:10 PM

   SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA — Investigative editor Lorie Hearn does it all. She runs the business, raises the funds, edits the stories, does the books, and dusts... Continue reading

9. Guide to Online News Startups

   I-News

   January 4, 2011 01:59 PM

   DENVER, COLORADO — On December 16, 2010, Laura Frank, the executive director of I-News (formerly known as the Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network), delivered... Continue reading

10. Guide to Online News Startups

    New England Center for Investigative Reporting

    January 4, 2011 01:33 PM

    BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — In less than two years and with an annual budget of less than $500,000, the New England Center for Investigative Reporting... Continue reading

11. Guide to Online News Startups

    Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting

    January 4, 2011 01:20 PM

    HALLOWELL, MAINE — As the number of reporters covering Maine state government dropped from twenty in 1989 to fewer than ten today, a wife-and-husband duo, two... Continue reading

12. Guide to Online News Startups

    Investigative Reporting Workshop

    January 3, 2011 06:21 PM

    WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop is one of sixteen university-based investigative journalism centers, but the only one in the... Continue reading

13. Guide to Online News Startups

    California Watch

    December 30, 2010 02:09 PM

    BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — In less than two years, California Watch has become a force in American journalism, distributing its content to over eighty different... Continue reading

14. Bio

    Colin Fleming

    Colin Fleming is a contributor to CJR.