| Description: | InvestigateWest is a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Seattle that focuses on regional investigative journalism, with emphasis on environmental, health and social issues reporting. |
| Begun: | 2009 |
| Website: | http://invw.org/ |
| Office Location: | 600 N. 36th St., Suite 316 Seattle, WA |
| Structure: | 501(c)(3) organization |
| Founder: | Rita Hibbard, Robert McClure, Carol Smith |
| Executive Director: | Rita Hibbard (executive editor) |
| Approximate number of full-time staff: | 3 |
| Number with prior professional journalism experience: | 3 |
| Annual operating budget: | $225,000 |
| 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: | Yes |
| Awards: | Three Society for Professional Journalists 2010 Northwest Excellence in Journalism awards; first place for online video for “Voices from the Street”; first place for online special report/enterprise for “Generation Homeless”; third place for an online graphic or interactive resource for “Homeless Students by School District (a map)." Nominated for a Northwest Emmy for "Lifesaving Drugs, Deadly Consequences" (with KCTS). “Lifesaving Drugs, Deadly Consequences” received second place, nationally in the National Association of Healthcare Journalists annual award for excellence in medical coverage. Special recognition from Portland’s Bruce Baer Awards judges for a series of articles focusing on sexual assault on college campuses. InvestigateWest's work was cited directly by lawmakers who sponsored the legislation; legislation: Stories on the dangers of chemotherapy resulted in the passage of two laws — one improving worker safety and the other creating an occupational cancer registry; stories on toxic pavement sealants resulted in legislation that made Washington the first state in the nation to ban their use. |
| Contact: | http://invw.org/contact; rhibbard@invw.org |
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.
