Paul Steiger on the Future of Journalism

March 23, 2009

The Future of News (March 16, 2009)

Paul Steiger runs the nonprofit ProPublica, which produces and publishes investigative reporting and distributes it free of charge to news outlets. ProPublica stories have been picked up by 60 Minutes, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Politico, Salon, and Slate, among other venues.

Steiger recently gave a lecture about new business models for reporting, their strengths and weaknesses, and what it takes to produce high-quality journalism.

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