Investigative Journalism

Media Veterans Get in on the Nonprofit News Boom

Journalism heaven may not exist but donor-supported news ventures do present a journalistic haven.

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Greenpeace Turns to Investigative Journalism

The environmental NGO's UK division is making investigative journalism into a key part of its global campaign

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Anti-Lynching Journalist, Ida B. Wells, Commemorated With Today’s Google Doodle

Today, Ms. Wells's legacy is remembered on her 153rd birthday with a simple Google Doodle showing her at work at her typewriter. It's fitting that the Internet is recognizing her contributions to social justice and journalism, because if she were alive today she would no doubt be active online. In many ways, that's where her legacy lives on. Her doodle is visible on the Google homepage to users in the United States today.

By Brady Dale

<em>The Daily News</em> Shockingly Pans <em>The New York Post</em> Bus Tour

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Search Public Documents Online With Document Cloud

By Adrianne Jeffries

Huffington Post Investigative Arm Merges with Nonprofit Center

By Nate Freeman

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