The non-profit formula of investigative journalism: a risky experiment or a natural alternative? Cover Image

Dziennikarstwo śledcze w formule non profit: ryzykowny eksperyment czy naturalna alternatywa?
The non-profit formula of investigative journalism: a risky experiment or a natural alternative?

Author(s): Wojciech Adamczyk
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: investigative journalism; crowdfunding; non-profit; the media

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with new phenomena that emerged on the media market during a crisis in the printed press sector. The author searches for an answer to the question of whether the new forms of financing investigative journalism in the USA have a chance of developing, in particular crowdfunding and broadly understood non-profit activity. He discusses the main forms of financing the new types of entities in the media market and characterizes the examples of the most representative investigative organizations that operate online thanks to gathering funds in the above manners: ProPublica, The Center for Investigative Reporting, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Spot.US, Voice of San Diego and The Texas Observer.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 93-110
  • Page Count: 18