Verah Okeyo and Anne Mawathe were frustrated with newsroom constraints and envisioned producing deeply reported stories that communities and policymakers could not ignore.
There are myriad number of reasons why reporters decide launch their own news sites, but these enterprising journalists often face a series of new, daunting challenges.
The Kyiv Independent was launched just months before the start of the war in Ukraine. In her keynote address at the CIJ summer conference, the outlet’s editor-in-chief spoke about the challenges of running an investigative project in the midst of conflict, and how the team have battled to make the organization sustainable.
Veteran Mexican journalist Alejandra Xanic shares the lessons she learned in setting up an investigative nonprofit, from how to move beyond prioritizing survival to the importance of administrative support.
