Spotlight PA

Spotlight PA is a nonprofit, investigative reporting partnership of Pennsylvania news organization based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and founded in 2019.[1][2] It bills itself as "an independent, nonpartisan and statewide newsroom dedicated to producing investigative journalism about Pennsylvania government ..."[3] Spotlight PA's founding partners were The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and PennLive/The Patriot-News.[1] In 2020, WITF Public Media in Harrisburg joined the collaborative, folding its existing PA Post project into Spotlight PA.[4]

Founded2019
TypeNonprofit
PurposeInvestigative journalism
Location
Area served
Pennsylvania
MethodFoundation and member-supported
Key people
Christopher Baxter, executive director & editor in chief
Parent organization
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
WebsiteSpotlight PA

Spotlight PA was built on the foundation of a 2009 collaboration between the Post-Gazette and the Inquirer.[5] As of November 2020, fifty-three Pennsylvania newsrooms were affiliated with Spotlight PA.[6]

References
  1. "PennLive & The Patriot-News join Spotlight PA as founding partners". Spotlight PA. August 29, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  2. Minow, Martha (2021). Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech. New York: Oxford UP. p. 16. ISBN 978-0190948436.
  3. "Frequently asked questions". Spotlight PA. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  4. "PA Post Combines with Spotlight PA to Create Largest Statewide News Organization in Pennsylvania". WITF Public Media. August 17, 2020.
  5. Gannon, Joyce (December 18, 2018). "Post-Gazette editor David Shribman to step down at end of the year". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  6. Tornoe, Rob (November 2020). "Improving Representation: Spotlight PA creates database filled with experts of color". Editor & Publisher. Curated Experiences Group. p. 22.


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