As we ask Who’s in charge of news?, today, we’re exploring non-profit news organizations focused on hard-hitting investigations and statehouse reporting. We’re joined by representatives from Pro-Publica, the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, and Capitol News Illinois.
GUESTS:
Brant Houston
Journalism Professor, Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Steve Mills
Deputy Midwest Editor, ProPublica
Jerry Nowicki
Bureau Chief, Capitol News Illinois
Tony Briscoe
Reporter, ProPublica – reported the story Conservationists See Rare Nature Sanctuaries. Black Farmers See a Legacy Bought Out From Under Them
Prepared for web by Owen Henderson
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