Spotlight PA
Founded | 2019 |
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Type | Nonprofit |
Purpose | Investigative journalism |
Location |
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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.
- Investigative journalism
- Non-profit organizations based in Pennsylvania
- Organizations established in 2019
- American journalism organizations
- 2019 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Organizations based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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