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Related: About this forumTexas Tribune joining forces with ProPublica to investigate Texas -- and spending more than $8.5M
Were joining forces with ProPublica to investigate Texas and spending more than $8.5 million to do itby Evan Smith, Texas Tribune
Im excited to report that The Texas Tribune is joining forces with ProPublica, the award-winning nonprofit news org that is our longtime collaborator, to publish world-class investigative journalism in and about Texas for the next five years. Together were hiring an 11-member team, including a lead editor and seven reporters, for the purpose of overturning rocks in the realms of politics and public policy. Well focus on waste, fraud and abuse, public corruption, agency malfeasance, campaign finance shenanigans and the like. Well produce traditional narratives, multimedia, data visualizations and every other kind of content imaginable.
Best of all: Were committing to spend a truly extraordinary amount of money on this vital work. This will be a more than $8.5 million investment in the kind of in-depth, time-intensive journalism that is not nearly enough in evidence these days. And of course, in classic Texas Tribune style, were giving this incredible reporting away for free. In addition to publishing on our platform and ProPublicas, well make the byproducts of this partnership available at no cost to any print, digital or broadcast outlet that wants to republish, repost or re-air it.
Why are we doing this? Because no place is more in need of watchdogging than Texas a target-rich environment if youre in the business of holding people in power and institutions accountable. The resources available to realize this worthy mission are never enough, but teaming up with the very best investigative outfit in the country expands the limits of whats possible and serves the public interest in ways that will make our state better. This is a big win for all Texans.
How are we paying for it? By fundraising over and above the annual ask for operations of each entity. Were thrilled to have received a $5.75 million lead gift from Houston-based Arnold Ventures, whose principals, Laura and John Arnold, believe in and have a distinguished history of funding serious, independent, impactful journalism. Weve also secured generous donations from the Energy Foundation, the Catena Foundation, the Charles Butt Foundation, Lyda Hill Philanthropies, and the attorneys Marc Stanley of Dallas and Mikal Watts of San Antonio. We still have a few million to raise, but were confident that well receive the remaining support we need once were up and running.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/10/15/texas-tribune-propublica-investigative-unit/
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Texas Tribune joining forces with ProPublica to investigate Texas -- and spending more than $8.5M (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Oct 2019
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(25,132 posts)1. We need it.
Much corruption to uncover