| Description: | A daily guide to local and Northwest news, and a forum where writers and citizens with many points of view can report and discuss local news. Crosscut is a general-interest news site, with coverage ranging over politics, business, arts and lifestyle, and the world of ideas. |
| Begun: | April 2007 |
| Website: | http://crosscut.com/ |
| Office Location: | 105 S. Main St., Suite 330 Seattle, WA |
| Structure: | 501(c)(3) organization (Crosscut Public Media) |
| Founder: | David Brewster (editor) |
| Executive Director: | David Brewster (executive editor) |
| Approximate number of full-time staff: | 5 (FTE is 7.5) |
| Number with prior professional journalism experience: | 6 (not including freelancers) |
| Annual operating budget: | Not available |
| Annual salaries posted, or accessible via 990 form: | No |
| Editorial/ethics policy statement: | Yes |
| Diversity statement: | No |
| IRS 990 form posted on website: | No |
| Major donors disclosed: | Yes |
| INN Member: | No |
| Awards: | SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards (2009) 3rd place for Arts/Entertainment/Lifestyle, 1st place for Business, 1st and 2nd place for Commentary |
| Contact: | editor@crosscut.com or 206-382-6137 |
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.
