Bill Birnbauer is an award-winning journalist and academic. He is a long-standing member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Monash University, Australia. He was a metropolitan newspaper reporter and editor for three decades, has coproduced documentaries for public television and has written academic book chapters and journal articles as well as two other books.

'Birnbauer’s [book] belongs on the shelf for anyone who wants to study and understand the nonprofit --phenomenon' --Rick Edmonds, media business analyst'Birnbauer shines his own investigative light on one of the more important developments in the production of investigative reporting – foundation-supported, non-profit news outlets. He appropriately outlines the symbiotic relationship between legacy media and non-profit outlets. But he doesn’t pull punches, raising legitimate concerns about the independence of foundation-sponsored investigative journalism.' --James Aucoin, University of South Alabama, USA'Birnbauer’s book, which draws from a deep dive into previous research about nonprofit journalism, as well as case studies of the Center for Investigative Reporting, ProPublica, Mother Jones, and Center for Public Integrity, overflows with valuable—and often surprising—information about news nonprofits. Birnbauer’s book does not function so much as a typical, argument-driven text as it does a de facto encyclopedia for all things related to nonprofit journalism.' --Jacob L Nelson, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, from Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly'Michael Schudson describes this book as a ‘gift’ to journalism studies. I agree. It will inform the international debate about philanthropic journalism into the future. Bravo!' --Penny O’Donnell, University of Sydney, from Australian Journalism Review

• Foreword (Michael Schudson)Chapter 1. Introduction: the changing face of watchdog journalismChapter 2. New collaborations: a mutual benefitChapter 3. Crashing through the firewallChapter 4. Saving journalism and democracy during the financial crisisChapter 5. Funding nonprofit accountability journalismChapter 6. Secondary factors promoting the creation of nonprofit accountability news centersChapter 7. Case studies of four national nonprofit investigative reporting centersChapter 8. On the ground with smaller nonprofit news organizationsChapter 9. Ethical issues in foundation funding of journalismChapter 10. Flash in the pan or a sustainable business model?

Bill Birnbauer is an award-winning journalist and academic. He is a long-standing member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Monash University, Australia. He was a metropolitan newspaper reporter and editor for three decades, has coproduced documentaries for public television and has written academic book chapters and journal articles as well as two other books.

'Birnbauer’s [book] belongs on the shelf for anyone who wants to study and understand the nonprofit --phenomenon' --Rick Edmonds, media business analyst'Birnbauer shines his own investigative light on one of the more important developments in the production of investigative reporting – foundation-supported, non-profit news outlets. He appropriately outlines the symbiotic relationship between legacy media and non-profit outlets. But he doesn’t pull punches, raising legitimate concerns about the independence of foundation-sponsored investigative journalism.' --James Aucoin, University of South Alabama, USA'Birnbauer’s book, which draws from a deep dive into previous research about nonprofit journalism, as well as case studies of the Center for Investigative Reporting, ProPublica, Mother Jones, and Center for Public Integrity, overflows with valuable—and often surprising—information about news nonprofits. Birnbauer’s book does not function so much as a typical, argument-driven text as it does a de facto encyclopedia for all things related to nonprofit journalism.' --Jacob L Nelson, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, from Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly'Michael Schudson describes this book as a ‘gift’ to journalism studies. I agree. It will inform the international debate about philanthropic journalism into the future. Bravo!' --Penny O’Donnell, University of Sydney, from Australian Journalism Review

• Foreword (Michael Schudson)Chapter 1. Introduction: the changing face of watchdog journalismChapter 2. New collaborations: a mutual benefitChapter 3. Crashing through the firewallChapter 4. Saving journalism and democracy during the financial crisisChapter 5. Funding nonprofit accountability journalismChapter 6. Secondary factors promoting the creation of nonprofit accountability news centersChapter 7. Case studies of four national nonprofit investigative reporting centersChapter 8. On the ground with smaller nonprofit news organizationsChapter 9. Ethical issues in foundation funding of journalismChapter 10. Flash in the pan or a sustainable business model?

Bill Birnbauer is an award-winning journalist and academic. He is a long-standing member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Monash University, Australia. He was a metropolitan newspaper reporter and editor for three decades, has coproduced documentaries for public television and has written academic book chapters and journal articles as well as two other books.

'Birnbauer’s [book] belongs on the shelf for anyone who wants to study and understand the nonprofit --phenomenon' --Rick Edmonds, media business analyst'Birnbauer shines his own investigative light on one of the more important developments in the production of investigative reporting – foundation-supported, non-profit news outlets. He appropriately outlines the symbiotic relationship between legacy media and non-profit outlets. But he doesn’t pull punches, raising legitimate concerns about the independence of foundation-sponsored investigative journalism.' --James Aucoin, University of South Alabama, USA'Birnbauer’s book, which draws from a deep dive into previous research about nonprofit journalism, as well as case studies of the Center for Investigative Reporting, ProPublica, Mother Jones, and Center for Public Integrity, overflows with valuable—and often surprising—information about news nonprofits. Birnbauer’s book does not function so much as a typical, argument-driven text as it does a de facto encyclopedia for all things related to nonprofit journalism.' --Jacob L Nelson, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, from Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly'Michael Schudson describes this book as a ‘gift’ to journalism studies. I agree. It will inform the international debate about philanthropic journalism into the future. Bravo!' --Penny O’Donnell, University of Sydney, from Australian Journalism Review

• Foreword (Michael Schudson)Chapter 1. Introduction: the changing face of watchdog journalismChapter 2. New collaborations: a mutual benefitChapter 3. Crashing through the firewallChapter 4. Saving journalism and democracy during the financial crisisChapter 5. Funding nonprofit accountability journalismChapter 6. Secondary factors promoting the creation of nonprofit accountability news centersChapter 7. Case studies of four national nonprofit investigative reporting centersChapter 8. On the ground with smaller nonprofit news organizationsChapter 9. Ethical issues in foundation funding of journalismChapter 10. Flash in the pan or a sustainable business model?