See The Chronicle of Philanthropy to read about ProPublica not-for-profit news organization that would provide original, investigative reporting for free to other news outlets:
“The number and variety of publishing platforms are exploding in the Internet age,” Mr. Steiger said in a statement. “But very few of these new entities are engaged in original, in-depth reporting. In short, sources of opinion are proliferating, but sources on facts on which those opinions are based are shrinking.”
