| Investigative Journalism Being Reborn Through the Web? |
| from the i-don't-want-to-go-on-the-cart dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 30, @15:22 (The Media) |
| http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/30/1625200 |
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Combating the stigma that investigative journalism is dead or dying, the
Huffington Post has just launched a new venture to [0]bankroll a group of
investigative journalists to take a look into stories about the nation's
economy. "The popular Web site is collaborating with The Atlantic
Philanthropies and other donors to launch the Huffington Post
Investigative Fund with an initial budget of $1.75 million. That should
be enough for 10 staff journalists who will primarily coordinate stories
with freelancers, said Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief
of The Huffington Post. Work that the journalists produce will be
available for any publication or Web site to use at the same time it is
posted on The Huffington Post, she said. The Huffington Post Web site is
a collection of opinionated blog entries and breaking news. It has seven
staff reporters. Huffington said she and the donors were concerned that
layoffs at newspapers were hurting investigative journalism at a time the
nation's institutions need to be watched closely. She hopes to draw from
the ranks of laid-off journalists for the venture."

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0. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/29/huffington-post-launches-_0_n_180498.html