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Seeking Support for Investigative Projects

By Features March 15, 2008

These foundations and centers offer financial support for journalists. Alicia Patterson Foundation www.aliciapatterson.org This Washington, D.C.-based fund provides six-month and one-year grants to working investigative reporters who want to pursue independent investigative projects. Grants can … Read more

Future Possibilities

Journalist’s Trade June 15, 2002

Walter Bender is the executive director of the MIT Media Lab, where he directs the Electronic Publishing Group and is a member of the laboratory’s News in the Future consortium. He also directs Gray Matters, a group that focuses on … Read more

The Tug of Wall Street

Journalist’s Trade June 15, 2002

Few words were uttered more often during this conference than “Wall Street.” What follows are edited excerpts from various sessions, all of which focus attention on the tug that Wall Street’s demand for high profits and short-term outlook exerts on … Read more

What Does Quality Mean?

Journalist’s Trade June 15, 2002

Quality can be an elusive term. It is one that conference participants struggled to explain, define and find ways to put into practice. What follows are edited excerpts that speak to various ways in which quality journalism is sought and … Read more