The Pocantico Declaration: Creating a Nonprofit Investigative News Network
WatchdogsAtPontantico.com, July 2, 2009
Investigative reporting, so crucial to a functioning democracy, is under threat from economic pressures and failing newspaper models. An Investigative News Network of nonprofit news publishers throughout the United States has been formed to "nourish and sustain the emerging investigative journalism ecosystem to better serve the public."
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