Spotlight PA

Founded	2019
Type	Nonprofit
Purpose	Investigative journalism
Location	Harrisburg, PA;
Area served	Pennsylvania
Method	Foundation and member-supported
Key people	Christopher Baxter, executive director & editor in chief
Parent organization	The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Website	Spotlight PA

Spotlight PA is a nonprofit, investigative reporting partnership of Pennsylvania news organization based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and founded in 2019.^[1]^[2] It bills itself as "an independent, nonpartisan and statewide newsroom dedicated to producing investigative journalism about Pennsylvania government ..."^[3] Spotlight PA's founding partners were The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and PennLive/The Patriot-News.^[1] In 2020, WITF Public Media in Harrisburg joined the collaborative, folding its existing PA Post project into Spotlight PA.^[4]

Spotlight PA was built on the foundation of a 2009 collaboration between the Post-Gazette and the Inquirer.^[5] As of November 2020, fifty-three Pennsylvania newsrooms were affiliated with Spotlight PA.^[6]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "PennLive & The Patriot-News join Spotlight PA as founding partners". Spotlight PA. August 29, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
^ Minow, Martha (2021). Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech. New York: Oxford UP. p. 16. ISBN 978-0190948436.
^ "Frequently asked questions". Spotlight PA. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
^ "PA Post Combines with Spotlight PA to Create Largest Statewide News Organization in Pennsylvania". WITF Public Media. August 17, 2020.
^ Gannon, Joyce (December 18, 2018). "Post-Gazette editor David Shribman to step down at end of the year". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
^ Tornoe, Rob (November 2020). "Improving Representation: Spotlight PA creates database filled with experts of color". Editor & Publisher. Curated Experiences Group. p. 22.

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[SPAPR-1] "PennLive & The Patriot-News join Spotlight PA as founding partners". Spotlight PA. August 29, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2021.

[2] Minow, Martha (2021). Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech. New York: Oxford UP. p. 16. ISBN 978-0190948436.

[SPAFAQ-3] "Frequently asked questions". Spotlight PA. Retrieved November 6, 2021.

[4] "PA Post Combines with Spotlight PA to Create Largest Statewide News Organization in Pennsylvania". WITF Public Media. August 17, 2020.

[5] Gannon, Joyce (December 18, 2018). "Post-Gazette editor David Shribman to step down at end of the year". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 6, 2021.

[6] Tornoe, Rob (November 2020). "Improving Representation: Spotlight PA creates database filled with experts of color". Editor & Publisher. Curated Experiences Group. p. 22.

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