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The Investigative Reporting Workshop is a professional journalism center at American University’s School of Communication.

The Workshop conducts multimedia investigative reporting projects in partnership with major news outlets, such as msnbc.com, Frontline, and the McClatchy newspapers.

It was created in 2008 by Charles Lewis, who also founded the Center for Public Integrity.

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Video: Lewis, on founding the Investigative Reporting Workshop

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March 24, 2010 / Megan Garber
FairWarning: A beat-focused model for a nonprofit investigative startup — It’s a cliché because it’s true: Investigative reporting is the core of the journalism that democracy requires to thrive. It’s good news, then, that this morning brings the launch of another nonprofit news outlet ...
Aug. 20, 2009 / Jim Barnett
What’s keeping news organizations from trying the “low-profit” model? — With so many journalism luminaries focused this week on new business models at Aspen Institute’s FOCAS09 conference, I was a little surprised not to hear more about the potential for the low-profit limited liabilit...
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