ProPublica (propublica.org)

🔗 https://www.propublica.org/
Posted on Jan 1, 1

🌍 Overview & Context

📅 Founded: 2007 • 📍 Location: New York City • Type: Independent nonprofit newsroom :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
With a staff of over 100 journalists, ProPublica focuses on deep, investigative reporting that exposes abuses of power and drives real-world impact.

🎯 Mission & Approach

  • Publishes high-impact investigative stories often in partnership with major outlets.
  • Investigations have led to new laws, policy reforms, and increased accountability at all levels of government.
  • Operates under a Creative Commons license, ensuring transparency and reuse of public-interest content.

🏆 Recognition

  • First online news outlet to win a Pulitzer Prize (2010) for “The Deadly Choices at Memorial.”
  • As of 2024, the organization has won 7 Pulitzer Prizes, including one for Supreme Court gifts reporting.

📚 Signature Projects

  • Machine Bias (2016): Exposed racial disparities in the COMPAS prison assessment algorithm.
  • Documenting Hate (2017): Crowd-sourced project tracking hate crimes in the U.S.
  • Surgeon Scorecard (2015): Interactive tool evaluating surgeon complication rates.
  • Secret IRS Files series: Revealed how ultra-wealthy avoid taxes using the “Buy, Borrow, Die” strategy.

📚 Citation

ProPublica Staff. (2008–2025). ProPublica. Retrieved from https://www.propublica.org/
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