Bill Birnbauer

The Rise of Nonprofit Investigative Journalism in the United States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the growth, impact and sustainability of not-for-profit investigative reporting and its impact on US democracy. It addresses key questions of the sustainability of foundation funding, the agendas of foundations, and the independence of philanthropically funded journalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780367582333
• ISBN-10: 0367582333
• Artikelnr.: 69892693

Autorenporträt

Bill Birnbauer is an award-winning journalist and academic. He is a long-standing member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Monash University, Australia. He was a metropolitan newspaper reporter and editor for three decades, has coproduced documentaries for public television and has written academic book chapters and journal articles as well as two other books.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword (Michael Schudson)
Chapter 1. Introduction: the changing face of watchdog journalism
Chapter 2. New collaborations: a mutual benefit
Chapter 3. Crashing through the firewall
Chapter 4. Saving journalism and democracy during the financial crisis
Chapter 5. Funding nonprofit accountability journalism
Chapter 6. Secondary factors promoting the creation of nonprofit
accountability news centers
Chapter 7. Case studies of four national nonprofit investigative reporting
centers
Chapter 8. On the ground with smaller nonprofit news organizations
Chapter 9. Ethical issues in foundation funding of journalism
Chapter 10. Flash in the pan or a sustainable business model?