ProPublica has launched its nonprofit news web site — “an investigative publishing platform that will produce original stories focusing on betrayal of the public trust and abuse of power.” The site launched in tandem its first big story, “The investigation of Al Hurra,” which it did in partnership with “60 minutes.
In addition to the site’s own investigations, the site says:
We offer what we hope will be a thorough, thought-provoking look at investigative stories that are breaking elsewhere.
- Each business day, under the heading “Breaking on the Web,” we’ll aggregate (assemble, digest and link to) all the investigative journalism we can find being produced in the U.S. in English. Whether you’re a reporter, editor, or just an interested reader, we welcome your help in compiling the stories. Please send suggestions to @propublica.org" target="_blank">suggestions@propublica.org.
- In some cases, we’ll analyze, comment and follow up on these stories. Eric Umansky and Paul Kiel will lead this effort on our staff, assisted by our reporting and research team.
- We have tried to make our stories and those from elsewhere easily sortable. For example, if you want to focus on articles about national security, you can get an RSS feed — or soon an email — with only those stories.
- We’re also starting a feature we’re calling “Scandal Watch”. It will track the top five investigations (other than our own) at any given moment, selected by our editors and ranked by intensity of coverage.
- Soon, the Web site will also feature our own investigations, some of them in short-form, some much more ambitious. Our longer “deep dive” stories will most often be published in cooperation with one or more partners. These stories will usually debut on our partners’ sites, but we’ll link to their treatment of the stories, and often supplement them with additional materials for the web.
