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Innovative and pioneering
journalistic ventures

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. ProPublica’s Sheri Fink won a 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for her coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina at New Orleans’ Memorial Medical Center.

Spot.us is an open source project to pioneer “community powered reporting,” through which the public can commission and participate with journalists to do reporting on important or overlooked topics.

Open Media Foundation exists to put the power of the media and technology in the hands of the people in order to enable every person to actively engage in their community and bring about the change they wish to see in the world. Additionally, they empower organizations working for social change to leverage new media
 and carry out their mission and vision, providing the classes, personalized training, and state of the art equipment required to be effective in all areas of media.

CPN is a Donor funded, PBS broadcaster that reports on “Colorado news and issues that are essential for informed citizens to run a healthy democracy and thriving economy.” The Colorado Trust has granted Colorado Public News $386,250 over three years for healthcare reporting and support.

Project Epic is a multi-disciplinary, multi-university, multi-lingual research effort to support the information needs by members of the public during times of mass emergency. They bring behavioral and technical knowledge of "computer mediated communication" to the world of crisis studies and emergency response. The project is committed to careful study of socio-technical transformation and building human-centered computation.

Farai Chideya and the team of journalists at Pop and Politics are working to deliver fresh news and reporting about our times, our trends, our lives, the issues that divide us, and the people who work hard to bring us back together.