The New Journalism Ecosystem
The traditional news industry is reeling from shrinking budgets and staff cutbacks, but a new breed of nonprofit media organizations has been growing to fill that void. This list of players in the "new journalism ecosystem" is "an expanding roster profiling the most interesting and credible nonprofit online publishers in the United States," writes Charles Lewis. In a new story, he finds that the "recent momentum of the new nonprofit journalism phenomenon is continuing despite the difficult U.S. economy."
All Organizations
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| Name | Location | Fulltime Staff | Begun | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Reporters | Washington, D.C. | 2 | 2011 | $150,000 |
| Aspen Journalism | Aspen, Colo. | 1 | 2011 | $55,000 |
| Broward Bulldog | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | 8 | 2009 | $25,000 (2010) |
| California Healthcare Foundation Center for Health Reporting | Alhambra, Calif. | 8 | 2009 | $1.2 million |
| Capitol News Connection | Washington, D.C. | 6 | 2003 | $1.1 million (2011) |
| Center for Investigative Reporting | Berkeley, Calif. | 31 | 1977 | $5.2 million |
| Center for Public Integrity | Washington, D.C. | 52 | 1989 | $5.2 million (2010) |
| Center for Responsive Politics | Washington, D.C. | 14 | 1983 | $1,217,718 (2010) |
| Centro de Periodismo Investigativo | Hato Rey, Puerto Rico | 0 | 2007 | $36,000 |
| Chicago Innocence Project | Chicago, Ill. | 3 | 2011 | Not Available |
| Chicago News Cooperative | Chicago, Ill. | 11 | 2009 | $1.4 million |
| Chicago Talks | Chicago, Ill. | 0 | 2006 | $7,000 |
| Christian Science Monitor | Boston, Mass. | 80 | 1908 | Approximately $10 million |
| City Limits | New York, N.Y. | 5 | 1976 | $700,000 |
| Common Language Project | Seattle, Wash. | 3 | 2005 | $85,000 (2009) |
| Connecticut Health Investigative Team (C-HIT) | New Haven, Conn. | 1 | 2005 | Total 2009 expenses on 990 for Online Journalism Project: $346,427 (C-HIT is listed under the Online Journalism Projects, C-HIT's umbrella organization.) |
| Consumer Reports | Yonkers, N.Y. | 600 | 1936 | $43.1 million |
| Crosscut.com | Seattle, Wash. | 5 | 2007 | Not available |
| Education News Colorado | Denver, Colo. | 3 | 2008 | Approximately $500,000 |
| Fair Warning | Sherman Oaks, Calif. | 4 | 2009 | $380,000 |
| Florida Center for Investigative Reporting | Miami, Fla. | 2 | 2010 | About $150,000 |
| Health News Florida | St. Petersburg, Fla. | 6 | 2007 | Approximately $300,000 (approved by the Board) |
| High Country News | Paonia, Colo. | 20 | 1970 | $1.8 million |
| InvestigateNY | Larchmont, N.Y. | 1 | 2011 | Not available yet |
| Investigate West | Seattle, Wash. | 3 | 2009 | $225,000 |
| Investigative Newsource | San Diego, Calif. | 2.5 | 2009 | $360,000 |
| Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism | Berkeley, Calif. | 2 | 2006 | $1,000,000 |
| Investigative Reporting Workshop | Washington, D.C. | 8 | 2008 | $1.7 million (2011) |
| Kaiser Health News (KHN) | Washington, D.C. | 18 | 2009 | $2.5 million |
| Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting | Hallowell, Maine | 2 | 2010 | $170,000 |
| Medill Innocence Project | Evanston, Ill. | 2 | 1999 | "Not disclosed" |
| Medill National Security Journalism Initiative | Washington, D.C. | 5 | 2009 | Not available |
| Michigan News Center | Southfield, Mich. | 2 | 2010 | "Under development" |
| Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | Prairie Village, Kan. | 1 | 2010 | $20,000 |
| MinnPost.com | Minneapolis, Minn. | 14 | 2007 | $1.5 million (2011) |
| Mother Jones | San Francisco, Calif. | 31 | 1976 | $9,300,400 (2011) |
| National Institute on Money in State Politics | Helena, Mont. | 20 | 1999 | $1,500,000 |
| National Security Archive | Washington, D.C. | 27 | 1985 | $3 million |
| Nation Institute Investigative Fund | New York, N.Y. | 4 | 1998 | $600,000 |
| New America Media | San Francisco, Calif. | 25 | 1996 | $5.5 million |
| New England Center for Investigative Reporting | Boston, Mass. | 2 | 2009 | $350,000 - $400,000 |
| New Haven Independent | New Haven, Conn. | 9 | 2005 | $575,000 |
| Newsdesk.org | San Francisco, Calif. | 1 | 2002 | $10,000 from individual donors |
| Oakland Local | Oakland, Calif. | 0 | 2009 | $120,000 |
| Oklahoma Watch | Norman, Okla. | 3 | 2010 | $225,000 |
| ProPublica | New York, N.Y. | 42 | 2008 | $10 million (2010) |
| San Francisco Public Press | San Francisco, Calif. | 2 | 2009 | $80.000 |
| Spot.us | Oakland, Calif. | 3 | 2008 | $137,737 |
| Stateline.org | Washington, D.C. | 11 | 1999 | Approximately $2 million |
| St. Louis Beacon | St. Louis, Mo. | 20 | 2008 | $1 million |
| Texas Watchdog | Houston, Texas | 6 | 2008 | Not available |
| The Alicia Patterson Foundation | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 1965 | $204,126 (2009) |
| The American Independent News Network | Washington, D.C. | 22 | 2006 | $2.4 million (2011) |
| The Austin Bulldog | Austin, Texas | 1 | 2009 | "Raising money for $25,000 challenge grant recieved April 1, 2011; if obtained, total budget will be about $65,000." |
| The Bay Citizen | San Francisco, Calif. | 30 | 2010 | $4 million |
| The Chicago Reporter | Chicago, Ill. | 7 | 1972 | Not available |
| The Connecticut Mirror | Hartford, Conn. | 7 | 2010 | $800,000 |
| The Crime Report.org | New York, N.Y. | 1 | 2009 | $749,500 (FY 2010) |
| The Fund for Investigative Journalism | Washington, D.C. | 0 | 1969 | $193,000 (2008) |
| The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism | Iowa City, Iowa | 0 | 2010 | $133,200 (91 percent volunteer service) |
| The Lens | New Orleans, La. | 4 | 2009 | Not available |
| The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR) | Columbia, Mo. | 2 | 1989 | $1.5 million |
| The Philadelphia Public School Notebook | Philadelphia, Pa. | 5 | 1994 | $625,719 |
| The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | Washington, D.C. | 9 | 2006 | $1.7 million |
| The Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network (I-News) | Denver, Colo. | 3 | 2009 | $200,000 (2010) |
| The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism | Waltham, Mass. | 5 | 2004 | Not Available |
| The Texas Observer | Austin, Texas | 11 | 1954 | $1 million |
| The Texas Tribune | Austin, Texas | 29 | 2009 | $3.6 million (approximate amount raised; budget not available) |
| Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism | New York, N.Y. | 1 | 2006 | $500,000 |
| Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) | Syracuse, N.Y. | 6 | 1989 | $800,000 |
| Voice of San Diego | San Diego, Calif. | 14 | 2005 | $1.1 million (2010) |
| VTDigger | Hardwick, Vt. | 0 | 2009 | $187,000 (2011) |
| Watchdog New England | Boston, Mass. | 2 | 2010 | $169,200 |
| Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism | Madison, Wis. | 3 | 2009 | $255,000 (2011) |
| Wyofile.org | Casper, Wyo. | 3 | 2010 | Not available |
| Youth Today | Washington, D.C. | 4 | 1992 | $850,000 |
