Huffington Plans Investigative Journalism Venture.

[elleng]

Source: AP/NYT

'The Huffington Post said Sunday that it will bankroll a group of investigative journalists, directing them at first to look at 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.'



Read more: http://nytimes.com/aponline/2009/03/29/us/AP-Investigative-Journalists.html

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Promising, very promising.

This is the kind of new initiative we need to replace thedegenerate old news media, both hard copy and boob toob.

[Mari333]

2. great ! god knows we could use some real investigative journalism

that delves into the murky waters of what corporate shill did what and what CEO did what and who owns the politician and where did the money go and whose pocket is being lined...you wont find it in the MSM....

[silverweb]

3. Excellent!

This is a wonderful development and many, many people will be watching with great interest to see how this venture unfolds.

[tomm2thumbs]

4. just as long as they don't lose credibility along the way, this is great

the minute folks smell any kind of bias or slanted reporting, it'll lose its luster. At least their direction of investigation can be aimed in a direction, it's the reporting that is done from it that will have to be stellar

Good idea too.

[Politicalboi]

5. Aren't they

8 years too late? Like why do Americans vote for an under achiever who can't speak a sentence.

[farmboxer]

6. We need it.

Good luck to her.

[defendandprotect]

7. Now there's a great idea . . . !!!! Thank you, Arianna !!

[vanboggie]

8. Awesome!

Real Dan Rather, Greg Palast-style journalism? Thank you Huffington Post!!!

[wroberts189]

9. Its amazing ..Arianna used to belong the dark side of the force. nt

[jmondine]

10. Wow... actual Journalism

In this day and age, sadly, it has become a rare thing. I wish them all success.

[onehandle]

11. Oh, that will look swell with the shock and naked people articles at the Post.

The world will swoon with respect.

I love how often they work the words porn, naked, and decapitation into article headlines.

[canineunits]

12. It's about time.The HuffPost has been looking like a tabloid rag lately...sorry

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. Why not, since no one else seems to be doing it. nt

[Tempest]

15. Someone else is doing it already

I can't remember the name of the web site, but they started up a while back. They're hiring laid off newspaper reporters to carry out the investigations.

Here's a talk on online investigative reporting:
http://fora.tv/2008/04/26/Crisis_in_News_Investigative_Reporting_on_the_Web#chapter_01

[primavera]

14. "Investigative journalism"? What's that?

That term sounds so familiar, like something I heard a long time ago... :shrug:

[Tikki]

16. They used to make movies about reporters...

who actually did amazing jobs of investigative reporting.

Now many or most reporters seem to feel they've
reached their pinnacle of professionalism when they appear
somewhere, with someone in People magazine.

Tikki

[azul]

17. Yay! It's a good start. And about time.

Hope it evolves into a news service to rival and shame AP and Rooters, but done as a non-profit with no corporate backing.

Set the standard for investigative reporting with no conflict of interest in ownership and no distortional blending of news and editorials and advertising.

And no government propaganda please, make it a more serious crime, why don't we?