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A fund for investigative journalism

For the first time in Europe. Not in Italy yet, but in the UK.

Although the Anglo-Saxon journalism seems to have returned to prominence after the publication of private expenditure for Members with public money and English ministers, journalists themselves think that a healthy does not do more investigative journalism for a long time.
That investigation had come out of sifting through some documents-public-but the real scoop because there was a 'mole' within the government that won-certainly not without expecting something in return, the precise figures for newspapers.

The New York Times published the story of Elaine Potter , journalist, author of a number of surveys from the 70s in England. Complaining that the newspapers fill the pages of press releases and photos to gossip, he rolled up his sleeves and gave birth to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Agency (Investigative Journalism), based in London. With the help of her husband, David Potter, founder of a software house, which helped pay two million pounds to start and stabilize the activity.

The inspiration came from the creation two years ago, ProPublica, a nonprofit organization in New York which resulted in investigations for several U.S. newspapers, including the New York Times. Much of the funding of ProPublica has come from the foundation of Herbert and Marion Sandler, who got rich thanks to the business of savings and loans.

Iain Overton, a documentary filmmaker and former BBC journalist, was hired as Executive Director of the Agency. He hired 15 journalists who will work with the organization, primarily as a freelance .

Overton said he has already managed to snatch some agreements cone newspapers to publish stories of its reporters. The Financial Times, for example, has agreed to share the costs of an investigation by the agency, and publish the results on its pages.

criticisms fall on the project, of course, that a philanthropic organization that funds these investigations may influence the outcome of the same, but the Potters have promised full editorial independence.

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Alex
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