Knight Invests $15 Million to Sustain Investigative Journalism
This from a Knight Foundation press release:
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $15 million initiative to help develop new economic models for investigative reporting on digital platforms.
Alas all but $3 million has already been granted.
The three newest grants were awarded to:
- Center for Investigative Reporting ($1.32 million): to launch a new multimedia investigative reporting project in California that encourages print, digital and student journalists to collaborate on stories;
- Sunlight Foundation ($565,000): to develop web tools so the public can easily access information on Congressional lawmakers, from their campaign contributions and votes;
- ProPublica ($1.01 million): to help the investigative reporting organization create a sustainable business model
Former grants include:
- News21 ($4.87 million): to help 12 university-based investigative reporting projects look for a model of self-sustainability;
- Boston University ($250,000): to create a regional, university-based investigative reporting unit that draws on reporters from the local print, broadcast and digital press;
- Center for Public Integrity ($454,000): to improve the center’s expertise in multimedia content and to pioneer new ways to raise money for investigative projects directly from the public;
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ($1.5 million): to endow a Knight Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting;
- Investigative Reporters and Editors ($2 million): to create an endowment to permanently train journalists in the areas of watchdog and computer assisted journalism;
