| Description: | A nonprofit, nonpartisan, public media organization. Our mission is to promote civic engagement and discourse on public policy, politics, government and other matters of statewide concern. |
| Begun: | 2009 |
| Website: | http://www.texastribune.org/ |
| Office Location: | 823 Congress Ave., Suite 210 Austin, TX |
| Structure: | 501(c)(3) organization |
| Founder: | John Thornton, Evan Smith and Ross Ramsey |
| Executive Director: | Evan Smith (editor-in-chief) |
| Approximate number of full-time staff: | 29 |
| Number with prior professional journalism experience: | 12 |
| Annual operating budget: | $3.6 million (approximate amount raised; budget not available) |
| Annual salaries posted, or accessible via 990 form: | Yes |
| Editorial/ethics policy statement: | No |
| Diversity statement: | No |
| IRS 990 form posted on website: | Yes |
| Major donors disclosed: | Yes |
| INN Member: | No |
| Awards: | National Edward R. Murrow Award: Online News Operation for Best Use of Video and Web Site; General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site from the Online News Association |
| Contact: | http://www.texastribune.org/contact/ |
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.
