ProPublica rounds up investigative journalism

In an era of shrinking budgets and manpower, many news organizations have come to view investigative journalism as a luxury they can't afford. But can our society afford the loss of this type of in-depth reporting?

Enter ProPublica, an independent, non-profit, non-partisan online newsroom dedicated to producing investigative journalism serving the public interest. Recent stories have given us the details on the 21 legislators so far from the 109th Congress who have been investigated for corruption, outlined how the FDA failed to implement a plan designed in 2007 to keep events such as the tomato-related salmonella outbreak from happening and explored how two U.S. senators received preferential treatment on their mortgages from Countrywide Financial.

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