Propublica Investigative Journalism And News In The Public Interest

Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the victim’s mother has come to support his release. Texas created a $1.4 billion fund to help pay for projects to guard against destructive flooding. But after learning that so many local communities turned down the money, two lawmakers who approved the program acknowledged it was flawed. Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules. As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.

A quiet battle has played out in court over money that “sanctuary” states say is needed to fight true extremist threats from both ends of the political spectrum. A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supercharging the system. ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust—and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account. With a team of more than 150 dedicated journalists, ProPublica covers a range of topics including government and politics, business, criminal justice, the environment, education, health care, immigration, and technology.

We focus on stories with the potential to spur real-world impact. Among other positive changes, our reporting has contributed to the passage of new laws; reversals of harmful policies and practices; and accountability for leaders at local, state, and national levels. Investigative journalism requires a great deal of time and resources, and many newsrooms can no longer afford to take on this kind of deep-dive reporting. As a nonprofit, ProPublica’s work is powered primarily through donations. The vast bulk of the money we spend goes directly into world-class, award-winning journalism. We are committed to uncovering the truth, no matter how long it takes or how much it costs, and we practice transparent financial reporting so donors know how their dollars are spent.

ProPublica was founded in 2007–2008 with the belief that investigative journalism is critical to our democracy. Our staff remains dedicated to carrying forward the important work of exposing corruption, informing the public about complex issues, and using the power of investigative journalism to spur reform. ProPublica, Inc. (/proʊˈpʌblɪkə/),[3] is a nonprofit investigative journalism organization based in New York City. ProPublica's investigations are conducted by its staff of full-time reporters, and the resulting stories are distributed to news partners for publication or broadcast. In some cases, reporters from both ProPublica and its partners work together on a story.

ProPublica has partnered with more than 90 different news organizations and has won several Pulitzer Prizes.[4][5] In 2010, ProPublica became the first online news source to win a Pulitzer Prize; the story chronicled the urgent life-and-death decisions made by one hospital's exhausted doctors when they were cut off by the... ProPublica was the brainchild of Herbert and Marion Sandler, the former chief executives of the Golden West Financial Corporation, who have committed $10 million per year to the project.[11] The Sandlers hired Paul Steiger,... At the time ProPublica was set up, Steiger responded to concerns about the impact of the left-leaning political views of the Sandlers, saying on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer: Coming into this, when I talked to Herb and Marion Sandler, one of my concerns was precisely this question of independence and nonpartisanship ... My history has been doing "down the middle" reporting.

And so when I talked to Herb and Marion I said, "Are you comfortable with that?" They said, "Absolutely." I said, "Well, suppose we did an exposé of some of the left leaning organizations... This article is part of The Poynter 50, a series reflecting on 50 moments and people that shaped journalism over the past half-century — and continue to influence its future. As Poynter celebrates its 50th anniversary, we examine how the media landscape has evolved and what it means for the next era of news. Before ProPublica won seven Pulitzer Prizes, before it exposed power abuses at every level of government, before it ushered in a wave of nonprofit startups hoping to replicate its success — in short, before... It was November 2006, and Marion and Herbert Sandler had just sold Golden West Financial for $25.5 billion. They were looking to expand their philanthropy, and investigative journalism — a field struggling amid newsroom cutbacks — caught their interest.

“They were interested in donating $10 million a year to support investigative reporting, and they were talking to everyone they knew in journalism … to get advice on what to do,” said Paul Steiger,... Steiger, then the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, was “thrilled” to be consulted. He grabbed one of his wife’s business envelopes and sketched what would become the core structure of ProPublica: a web-based investigative newsroom that would make its stories freely available to other news organizations. ProPublica announced the selection of three reporters from its Local Reporting Network partner newsrooms to focus solely on investigative reporting. Reporters Rafael Carranza of Arizona Luminaria, Ashad Hajela of the New York Amsterdam News and María Inés Zamudio of Invisible Institute will collaborate with ProPublica’s editors and specialized teams on investigations for a three-year... This project is made possible by a grant from the John S.

and James L. Knight Foundation. “These exciting new partnerships underscore ProPublica’s commitment to investigative reporting about, and on behalf of, diverse communities,” said Sarah Blustain, assistant managing editor for local at ProPublica. “We’re grateful for the opportunity to forge longer-term relationships and deeper reporting with these newsrooms.” Rafael Carranza, Arizona LuminariaCarranza is a bilingual multimedia reporter born in Mexico and raised in Arizona who has covered the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and immigrant communities for the past 15 years. He previously worked as a border and immigration reporter for The Arizona Republic and the USA Today Network, where he led several multimedia projects, including an investigative podcast about a cross-border shooting in Arizona.

Carranza was part of the reporting team awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for “The Wall” and received an Emmy for his video reporting on the project, which looked at the impacts of the construction... Ashad Hajela, Amsterdam NewsHajela is a data and investigations reporter at the New York Amsterdam News. He previously covered youth, race and justice at Connecticut Public Radio. There, he scrutinized Connecticut’s prisons and youth justice system. Hajela won a Society of Professional Journalists award for his coverage of educational attainment behind bars. Before that, he covered rural affairs for Spotlight PA through Report for America and public safety at The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.

María Inés Zamudio, Invisible InstituteZamudio is an award-winning journalist investigating racial inequalities and underlying policies. Her coverage of Chicago’s water affordability crisis led to a freeze on water shutoffs and millions of dollars in new assistance programs for low-income homeowners. Recently, Zamudio helped document for the first time how prolonged exposure to toxins in post-disaster worksites affects the health of workers rebuilding American cities. The reporting exposed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s lax enforcement policy for monitoring post-disaster worksites and documented how the loosely regulated disaster restoration industry often takes advantage of immigrant workers. The investigation was recognized with a Sigma Delta Chi Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award.

Zamudio has also helped expand the ranks of investigative journalists of color in Chicago, co-creating the FOIAFest Boot Camp to help train and mentor early reporters working on investigative projects with public records. To expose abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust by government, business, and other institutions, using the moral force of investigative journalism to spur reform through the sustained spotlighting of wrongdoing. ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to... With a team of more than 150 dedicated journalists, ProPublica covers a range of topics including government and politics, business, criminal justice, the environment, education, health care, immigration, and technology. We focus on stories with the potential to spur real-world impact.

Among other positive changes, our reporting has contributed to the passage of new laws; reversals of harmful policies and practices; and accountability for leaders at local, state and national levels. Investigative journalism requires a great deal of time and resources, and many newsrooms can no longer afford to take on this kind of deep-dive reporting. As a nonprofit, ProPublica’s work is powered primarily through donations. The vast bulk of the money we spend goes directly into world-class, award-winning journalism. We are committed to uncovering the truth, no matter how long it takes or how much it costs, and we practice transparent financial reporting so donors know how their dollars are spent. ProPublica was founded in 2007–2008 with the belief that investigative journalism is critical to our democracy.

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