Paul Steiger on Pro Publica at NYU: Nation of 300 Million Bloggers 'Not a Nation I Want to Live In'

Pro Publica general manager Dick Tofel with president and editor-in-chief Paul Steiger

If you’re currently studying journalism — or if you’re several decades too employed for that — you had plenty of reason to be riddled with j-envy last night*, as NYU Journalism chair Brooke Kroeger and her esteemed colleagues feted their department’s new space at 20 Cooper Square. No stranger himself to nascent endeavors, Pro Publica editor-in-chief Paul Steiger took the stage to share some crucial specifics on his yet-to-launch nonprofit journalism venture with the 200+-strong crowd.


ProPublica, according to Steiger, would launch in January as “an independent newsroom staffed at levels unprecedented for a nonprofit journalism organization,” committed to running “truly important stories.”

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