| Description: | A nonprofit, multimedia production house that reports news from around the world about the people affected by key social justice issues, with a specific focus on stigmatized regions and peoples underrepresented in the traditional media. The Common Language Project sees the change in our industry as an opportunity to redefine journalism for the 21st century, using multimedia technologies and new distribution models to bring our profession back to the fundamentals of investigating power, giving voice to the voiceless, and fostering an informed and engaged citizenry that feels empowered to participate in a thriving democracy. |
| Begun: | 2005 |
| Website: | http://clpmag.org/ |
| Office Location: | Box 353740, Room 121 Seattle, WA |
| Structure: | 501 (c)(3) organization |
| Founder: | Alex Stonehill, Jessica Partnow and Sarah Stuteville |
| Executive Director: | Sarah Stuteville (executive editor) |
| Approximate number of full-time staff: | 3 |
| Number with prior professional journalism experience: | 3 |
| Annual operating budget: | $85,000 (2009) |
| Annual salaries posted, or accessible via 990 form: | No |
| Editorial/ethics policy statement: | The Common Language Project follows the SPJ code of ethics |
| Diversity statement: | No |
| IRS 990 form posted on website: | No |
| Major donors disclosed: | Yes |
| INN Member: | Yes |
| Awards: | Knight Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism in Interactive Narratives (2008), Society of Professional Journalists Award, First Place in Business Reporting (2008), Edward R. Murrow Region 1 New Series (2008), Unity Awards in Media, Reporting of Economics (2008), Knight Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism in International News (2006), Independent Press Association Award for Best Feature (2006) |
| Contact: | info@clpmag.org; http://clpmag.org/ or 206-685-7177 |
New Economic Models
Investigative News Network
This group of more than 20 nonprofit news organizations was formed in July 2009 to organize the best investigative reporting sites out there. Workshop executive editor Charles Lewis, one of the original four board members, announces the group's first CEO, Kevin Davis.
World Investigative Reporting Enterprises
Inside the iLab, we are incubating WIRE, a new, online social utility platform bringing together the best investigative journalists in the world. WIRE will publish original, multimedia work. This highest quality journalism will be organized, made digitally accessible and searchable and disseminated in an entirely new way, via social networks.
iLab Projects
Citizen journalists work undercover in North Korea to show daily life
Japanese journalists have been training citizens in North Korea to take audio and video recordings of everyday life in an effort to document the hardships, including food shortages, prevalent there. Meet the man behind the training, Jiro Ishimaru.
