| Description: | The American Independent News Network investigates and disseminates news that impacts public debate and advances the common good. Our reporting emphasizes the positive role of democratically elected government in securing the common good and social welfare, and the continuing benefits of our founding culture of egalitarian government by the people, for the people. |
| Begun: | May 2006 (originally founded as the Center for Independent Media; changed to its current name in January 2010) |
| Website: | http://tainews.org/ |
| Office Location: | 1825 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 625 Washington, DC |
| Structure: | 501(c)(3) organization |
| Founder: | David Bennahum (President and CEO) |
| Executive Director: | Blake de Pastino (executive editor) |
| Approximate number of full-time staff: | 22 |
| Number with prior professional journalism experience: | 17 |
| Annual operating budget: | $2.4 million (2011) |
| Annual salaries posted, or accessible via 990 form: | No |
| Editorial/ethics policy statement: | Yes |
| Diversity statement: | Yes (although it is not listed on AINN’s website) |
| IRS 990 form posted on website: | No |
| Major donors disclosed: | Yes |
| INN Member: | No |
| Awards: | Four 2011 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (Minnesote, DC Metro); three 2010 awards form Society of Professional Journalists (Minnesota); five 2010 awards form the Association of State Capitol Reporters and Editors, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico; the ACLU of New Mexico's 2010 "First Amendment" award; two 2009 awards from teh Association of State Capitol Reporters and Editors, Iowa, New Mexico; four 2009 Society of Professioal Journalists awards (Minnesota); and numerous others. |
| Contact: | 202-387-3669 |
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.
