| Description: | A news service devoted to continuing, in-depth coverage of education policymaking in the legislature and state government and to comprehensive coverage and serious analysis of such issues as school choice, accountability and education reform. |
| Begun: | January 2008 |
| Website: | http://www.ednewscolorado.org |
| Office Location: | Education News Colorado, c/o Public Education Business Coalition, 1244 Grant St. Denver, CO |
| Structure: | Part of the Public Education Business Coalition (http://www.pebc.org/) |
| Founder: | Alan Gottlieb (publisher) |
| Executive Director: | Todd Engdahl (Capitol editor); Nancy Mitchell (news editor) |
| Approximate number of full-time staff: | 3 |
| Number with prior professional journalism experience: | 3 |
| Annual operating budget: | Approximately $500,000 |
| Annual salaries posted, or accessible via 990 form: | No |
| Editorial/ethics policy statement: | Yes (privacy policy; comment policy) |
| Diversity statement: | No |
| IRS 990 form posted on website: | Not applicable (part of PEBC) |
| Major donors disclosed: | Yes |
| INN Member: | Yes |
| Awards: | 2010 SPJ mountain region first-place, overall website excellence; first and second place, investigative/enterprise education reporting; first-place general education reporting |
| Contact: | EdNews@ednewscolorado.org or 303-861-8661 |
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.
