<blockquote><strong>The </strong><a href="http://investigativenewsnetwork.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Investigative News Network</strong></a><strong> is a collaborative organization made up of [60] </strong><strong>nonprofit investigative journalism outlets</strong><strong>.</strong>

The network was <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2009/07/investigative_news_network_formed_by_non.php" target="_blank">founded by 25 nonprofit news organizations</a> at a <a href="http://cpublici.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">summer 2009 conference</a> organized by <a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/" target="_blank">The Center for Public Integrity</a> and <a href="http://www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org/" target="_blank">The Center for Investigative Reporting</a>. Those two organizations, along with the <a href="http://investigativereportingworkshop.org/" target="_blank">Investigative Reporting Workshop</a> and <a href="http://www.propublica.org/" target="_blank">ProPublica</a>, had previously initiated a <a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-latest-marriage-of-philanthropy-and-media-a-possible-investigative-/" target="_blank">six-month collaborative pilot project</a>, though ProPublica is <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/07/nonprofit-news-organizations-form-network-but-bring-different-priorities/" target="_blank">not a member of the group</a>.

The group was formed <a href="http://cpublici.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/the-pocantico-declaration-creating-a-nonprofit-news-network/" target="_blank">as a way for nonprofit investigative outlets to collaborate</a> on anything from <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/07/nonprofits-mull-mobile-strike-force-of-journalists/" target="_blank">reporting</a> to administration to fundraising. In February 2010, it <a href="http://www.investigativenewsnetwork.org/about/network-members-launch-first-major-collaborative-effort" target="_blank">released its first collaborative report</a>, on sexual assaults on college campuses." <strong>Source</strong>: <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/investigative-news-network/" target="_blank">Nieman Journalism Lab</a>
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	<li>"The Investigative News Network (INN) is dedicated to helping our member non-profit news organizations produce and distribute stories with the highest impact possible, and to become sustainable nonprofit organizations.</li>
	<li>We are a consortium of high quality, award-winning watchdog journalistic organizations serving the public interest to benefit our free society.</li>
	<li>We aim to provide premier support for our members, by incubating and fostering new non-profit newsrooms, providing opportunities for editorial collaboration and creating distribution channels to reach the widest audience possible.</li>
	<li>To qualify for the extensive benefits and services of INN, our members are not-for-profit news organizations that are transparent in their funding and non-partisan in their approach to investigative and public service reporting." <strong>Source</strong>: <a href="http://www.investigativenewsnetwork.org/about/about-inn" target="_blank">Investigative News Network</a></li>
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