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New Orleans Police Shot 10 Civilians, 4 Of Whom Died, After Katrina, New Probe Finds

ProPublica | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pbs, New Orleans Police, New Orleans, Crime, Police, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Times Picayne, Katrina, Media, Propublica, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Frontline, Department of Justice, Police Shootings, Times-Picayune, Justice Department, Times Picayune, Politics News

During the turbulent days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New Orleans police shot 10 civilians, at least four of whom died, according to interv...

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Traditional Media Falters While Non-Profit Journalism Grows

John Mecklin | Posted 10.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Bay Area News Project, Evan Smith, Nonprofit Journalism, Herb Sandler, Warren Hellman, Propublica, Journalism, Texas Tribune, Knight Foundation, Media News
John Mecklin

What sustains a not-for-profit magazine is a balanced approach to revenue that includes advertising, subscriptions, charitable donations and, as goody-goody as it may sound, a real belief that the journalism being done is important, and would not be done otherwise.

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Nerds, News and Neat Stuff

Jan Schaffer | Posted 12.01.2009 | Technology

Read More: New York Times, Sunlight Foundation, Propublica, Online Media, Knight-Batten-Awards-for-Innovations-in-Journalism, Technology News
Jan Schaffer

Documents and data are becoming key ingredients for creating entry points into the news.

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Bay Area News Project: Room for All

Geri Spieler | Posted 11.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Propublica, San Francisco Chronicle, Non-Profit, Bay Area News Project, New York Times, San Francisco, Kqed, F. Warren Hellman, Journalism, Future of Newspapers, Non-Profit Journalism, Media News
Geri Spieler

Is it possible that the future of real journalism is in the form of a non-profit entity?

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Officials Develop Plan For Distributing Scarce Ventilators During A Severe Pandemic

Posted 11.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Pandemic, Ventilators, Propublica, Home News

By Sheri Fink, ProPublica This story was produced by ProPublica under a Creative Commons license. With scant public input, state and federal offici...

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Stimulus Transparency Watchdog Won't Release Federal Contract Details

ProPublica | Christopher Flavelle | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Smartronix, reovery.gov, Federal Contracting, Propublica, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, Transparency, Business News

Back in July, a software company named Smartronix landed an $18 million contract to build a Web site where taxpayers could easily track billions in fe...

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The New Media Epiphany

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media

Read More: The Internet, Dave Troy, Free Press, Myspace, Personal Democracy Forum, AT&T, Josh Silver, Dave Weinberger, Alec Ross, Twitter, James Assey, Danah Boyd, Cultural Divide, Facebook, Amanda Michel, Transparency, Mayhill Fowler, Gina Bianchini, Broadband, Propublica, Net Equality, Andrew Rasiej, Micah L. Sifry, Internet, Jeff Jarvis, Ning, Randy Zuckerberg, Hank Hultquist, New Media, Google, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

Two years ago, I had a personal epiphany at the Personal Democracy Forum: New media could change everything... From communications to politics to culture. At PDF '09: more revelations.

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California State Crime Lab Escapes Budget Cuts

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess and Emily Witt | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crime, California Budget Cuts, Propublica, California Budget Crisis, California Crime Lab Saved, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Politics News

This post was co-published with ProPublica. Good financial news out of California is rare these days, but one key crime-fighting agency has emerged f...

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The New Walter

Lee Schneider | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Natalie Portman, Harrison Ford, Miley Cyrus, TV News, Ellen Degeneres, Walter Cronkite, Journalist, Twitter, Jeff Goldblum, Propublica, Walter Cronkite Dead, Media News
Lee Schneider

Now that everybody's got their own mic, you have to fact check everybody. You need to know their motivations and who's paying them. You have to be your own Walter.

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Take ProPublica's Health Care Survey

ProPublica | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Propublica, American Public Media, Politics News
ProPublica

How will proposed changes affect consumers who rely on the system for their health? To find the answer, we're asking readers to tell us about their greatest concerns about our health system.

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Think Again: The End of Local Reporting

Eric Alterman | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Layoffs, Newspapers, Local News, Los Angeles Times, Reporters, Death of Newspapers, Investigative Journalism, Propublica, David Simon, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Eric Alterman

With much of the world of journalism focusing on the trials and tribulations of our great national newspapers, it's easy to forget the importance of Tip O'Neill's old adage: "All politics is local."

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Problem Nurses Stay on the Job As Patients Suffer

ProPublica | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: California Board of Registered Nursing, Propublica, California, Living News
ProPublica

Five years after his daughter's death, the nursing board weighed in, saying in a letter to Glaubach that an outside expert found the treatment "within the standards of care" under state law.

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Corporate Jet Group Tries To Block ProPublica Freedom Of Information Act Request

ProPublica | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Foia, Freedom of Information Act, Propublica, FOIA Requests, National Business Aviation Association, Media News

That got ProPublica interested in how many other companies had asked the FAA to excise their planes' tail numbers from records tracking private flight...

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A.P. In Deal To Deliver Nonprofits' Investigative Journalism

New York Times | Richard Perez-Pena | Posted 07.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Associated Press, Nonprofit Journalism, Ap, Investigative Journalism, Propublica, Media News

Four nonprofit groups devoted to investigative journalism will have their work distributed by The Associated Press, The A.P. will announce on Saturday...

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National Zoo In DC Using Stimulus Funds Despite Ban

ProPublica | Michael Grabell | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Zoo Stimulus, Economic Stimulus Package, Propublica, Animals, Stimulus Package, Politics News

Soyono the Sumatran tiger will get her enclosure spruced up under the federal stimulus bill. So will Luke the Lion. But forget about Miss B., the old ...

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AIG, Others Routinely Denying Care To Contractors Injured In Iraq, Afghanistan

ProPublica | T. Christian Miller and Doug Smith | Posted 05.18.2009 | Business

Read More: War Contractors Insurance, Iraq War Contractors, Aig, Aig War Contractors, Propublica, Aig Denying Insurance to War Contractors, Business News

Civilian workers who suffered devastating injuries while supporting the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan have come home to a grinding battle fo...

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Stimulus Money Has Public Interest Groups On Edge

ProPublica | Michael Grabell | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meadowlands, Propublica, Stimulus, Stimulus Package, Xanadu, Economy, Politics News

Once upon a time, at a news conference that now seems long, long ago, there was word that a dazzling paradise would rise from the swamps of New Jersey...

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How To Fix American Journalism

Sara Catania | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Newspapers, Non-Profits, Nonprofits, Mainstream-Media, New Media, Columbia-University-Journalism, Media, Media News, Journalism, Propublica, Center for Public Integrity, Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press, Fund-for-Independence-in-Journalism, Media News
Sara Catania

If American journalism is to save itself, it must look to non-profits and universities for funding and support.

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SEC Watched Porn, Ran Private Businesses Instead Of Catching Madoff, Report

ProPublica | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Ponzi Scheme, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Propublica, Bernie Madoff, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Business News

The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a drubbing these days for its abject failure―despite detailed tips―to catch Bernie Madoff in what...

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Underlying Questions Remain About Natural-Gas Drilling

Susan Cosier | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Natural Gas Drilling, Marcellus Shale, DEC, Schlumberger, Bj Services, Haliburton, Epa, Benzene Contamination, Safe Drinking Water Act, Natural Gas, New York State Department of Conservation, Propublica, Groundwater Contamination, Green News
Susan Cosier

The race to drill for natural gas has never been so furious as it has been over the last few years. Yet, still lingering is the question of whether the process could contaminate groundwater.

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