US: Huffington website to fund investigative projects
Posted by Rosemary D'Amour on November 19, 2008 at 10:55 AM
The Huffington Post's news and commentary website could be raising money to fund "investigative journalism projects," according to a Reuters blog by Robert MacMillan.
Founder Arianna Huffington made the announcement at a panel discussion yesterday, saying that further details wouldn't come for at least three months.
Huffington's website is "small compared with big professional publishers," but, MacMillan reports, "she's latching on to a growing trend."
Online investigative journalism "ventures," such as Mark Cuban's sharesleuth.com and bailoutsleuth.com, or ProPublica.org, a privately funded operation directed by Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Paul Steiger, take on a watchdog role that is difficult to fund at "traditional media outlets" in a financially failing industry. Time will tell if these news sites will have staying power.
Source: Reuters blog
Founder Arianna Huffington made the announcement at a panel discussion yesterday, saying that further details wouldn't come for at least three months.
Huffington's website is "small compared with big professional publishers," but, MacMillan reports, "she's latching on to a growing trend."
Online investigative journalism "ventures," such as Mark Cuban's sharesleuth.com and bailoutsleuth.com, or ProPublica.org, a privately funded operation directed by Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Paul Steiger, take on a watchdog role that is difficult to fund at "traditional media outlets" in a financially failing industry. Time will tell if these news sites will have staying power.
Source: Reuters blog
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