| Description: | Independent, nongovernmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. It systematically tracks U.S. government agencies and federal records repositories for documents that either have never been released before, or that help to shed light on the decision-making process of the U.S. government and provide the historical context underlying those decisions. |
| Begun: | 1985 |
| Website: | http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ |
| Office Location: | 2130 H St. N.W., Suite 701 Washington, DC |
| Structure: | 501(c)(3) organization |
| Founder: | Ray Bonner and Scott Armstrong |
| Executive Director: | Thomas S. Blanton |
| Approximate number of full-time staff: | 27 |
| Number with prior professional journalism experience: | 10 |
| Annual operating budget: | $3 million |
| Annual salaries posted, or accessible via 990 form: | No |
| Editorial/ethics policy statement: | Yes |
| Diversity statement: | Yes (but not online) |
| IRS 990 form posted on website: | No (but biannual, audited financial reports are posted online) |
| Major donors disclosed: | Yes |
| INN Member: | No |
| Awards: | Numerous, including a 2005 Emmy Award, USA TODAY's “Hot Site” award and the 1999 George Polk Award. |
| Contact: | nsarchiv@gwu.edu or 202-994-7000 |
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.
