Fund-Raising for Future Woodwards & Bernsteins

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Uncoverage.com, a new commercial Website developed by Israel Mirsky, will enable journalists and nonprofits to solicit crowdsource funding to back investigative journalism, the New York Times reported today.

The nonprofit Center for Public Integrity is a partner on Uncoverage and its efforts will be featured on the site, according to the Times article. Uncoverage will take 5 to 7 percent of each transaction, but will provide services to the reporters, such as fact-checkers, according to the Times article.

Mirsky says the site is geared toward veteran investigative reporters, not newbie journalists. "TUOL" gets a headache just thinking about the confidential source/reporter privilege issues raised by this new outlet. Details to come.

New Investigative Journalism Website Debuts This Month

Image via WikipediaiWatch News, an investigative journalism Website launched by the Center for Public Integrity ("CPI"), goes online April 12, according to a story in today's New York Times.

An editorial staff of 37, bolstered by freelancers and backed by the Investigative News Network and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, will update iWatch content daily with up to a dozen original investigative stories and aggregated content on topics ranging from health care and national security to politics and the environment.  The new site will sell advertising and continue to rely on contributions such as the $1.7 million grant from the Knight Foundation received last year and $250,000 Huffington Post Investigative Fund money doled out by The Huffington Post's investigative arm with whom the CPI merged last year.

CPI also will continue its collaborative efforts with the New York Times, NPR, ABC and other mainstream news outlets to produce and distribute stories.