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nonprofit journalism
Boom’s time?
The promising nonprofit quarterly, Boom: A Journal of California, aims to bridge academia and journalism, reach beyond California—and stay afloat.
By John Mecklin Jun 26, 2013 at 11:00 AM
SANTA BARBARA, CA -- Nonprofit journalism is now central to the American national news ecosystem; ProPublica, the Center for Investigative... More
Audit Notes: Fukayama on the Crisis, WSJ on Exec Pay, Nonprofit News
By Ryan Chittum Jan 27, 2012 at 06:14 PM
The Browser has a great interview with Francis Fukayama on his five favorite financial-crisis books. Here he is on whether... More
How Wisconsin’s watchdogs kept their home
Investigative newsroom drew on a network of allies in successful bid for governor’s veto
By Anna Clark Jul 1, 2013 at 07:00 AM
DETROIT, MI -- The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism scored a big win over the weekend, as Gov. Scott Walker,... More
Left, Right, and Off Target
PEJ report’s misguided focus on “ideology” in nonprofit journalism
By Greg Marx Jul 19, 2011 at 12:15 PM
A new report on non-profit news startups from the Project for Excellence in Journalism has been attracting a little bit... More
New Knight Foundation Report
How local news nonprofits search for sustainability
By Alysia Santo Oct 18, 2011 at 09:19 AM
Quality journalism is not a sound business plan; even if you have a good-size audience and mind-blowing stories, it’s not... More
Nonprofit News and the Tax Man
The IRS questions whether journalism startups qualify for tax-exempt status
By Ryan Chittum Nov 17, 2011 at 02:28 PM
The future of nonprofit news organizations has hit an unexpected roadblock in the agency that determines their tax-exempt status: The... More
ProPublica and How to Support Investigative Journalism
By Felix Salmon Apr 19, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Paul Steiger is rightly proud of his latest Pulitzer -- the second for ProPublica in as many years. He's right,... More
Roddy Boyd exposes a hedge-fund fraud
A scam for the social-media age
By Ryan Chittum Jul 18, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Roddy Boyd has the business read of the week with his dynamite investigation into Anthony Davian, the social-media loving hedge-fund... More
The Ford Foundation’s unprecedented grant to The Los Angeles Times
And what for-profit/ nonprofit partnerships mean in the age of Sam Zell
By Michael Meyer May 22, 2012 at 01:53 PM
On Thursday, Los Angeles Times editor Davan Maharaj announced that his paper, once a profit engine for multi-billion dollar corporate... More
The IRS and the Chicago News Cooperative (UPDATED)
By Ryan Chittum Feb 22, 2012 at 03:23 PM
I wrote back in November that the tax man was making it harder for the nonprofit-news movement to flourish or... More
What’s Your Hypothesis?
Why my news startup went the for-profit route
By Josh Kalven Feb 18, 2011 at 11:40 AM
CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past columns by... More
Will the IRS Derail Nonprofit Journalism?
At a crucial moment, the taxman drags his feet on granting tax-exempt status
By Steven Waldman Nov 21, 2011 at 11:32 AM
In an era of newspaper closings and reporter layoffs, there has been one significant bright spot: an explosion of local,... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
