ABSTRACT
Founded in New York just a decade earlier, ProPublica is in the vanguard of a vibrant not-for-profit journalism movement that has sprung up across the country as newspapers have faded away. Before its collaboration with the Chicago Tribune, ProPublica had already won dozens of prestigious journalism awards, prizes and other enviable recognition, notably for investigations outing official misconduct and other nefarious dealings from Washington, D.C. to cities and states across the nation. Journalism not-for-profits,some of them decades-old, are gaining strength—professionally and financially—in audience support, philanthropy and extensive coverage of state, local and national affairs. Money is critical to continuing operation of any news organization, no matter how fine its product.
