Sunday, March 29, 2009

Strange Bedfellows

Paging Sy Hersh, Arianna Huffington has an offer for you. Well, not exactly, but close.

It seems the Huffington Post is taking to heart the criticism that it's profitting from the journalism world without giving back. The publication plans to work in tandem with donors to fund the work of about 10 investigative journalists who will focus on economic reporting. You'll be able to see the work on HuffPo's Web site as well as on other sites.

From the AP story:

Huffington said she and the donors were concerned that layoffs at
newspapers were hurting investigative journalism at a time the nation's
institutions need to be watched closely. She hopes to draw from the ranks of
laid-off journalists for the venture.

"All of us increasingly have to look at different ways to save
investigative journalism," she said.

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