AP in Deal to Deliver Nonprofits' Journalism

Starting on July 1, The Associated Press will deliver investigative journalism by the Center for Public Integrity, the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and ProPublica to the 1,500 American newspapers that are AP members, which will be free to publish the material. The AP called the arrangement a six-month experiment that could later be broadened to include other investigative nonprofits, and to serve its nonmember clients, which include broadcast and Internet outlets. The deal will greatly expand the potential audience for the four nonprofit groups and help newspapers fill the gap left by their own shrinking resources.