San Diego, USA | Founded in 2009 | Member since September 2020

CEO, Editor and Founder: Lorie Hearn

Policies 

Ethics: inewsource will conduct its business with the highest standards of decency, fairness and accuracy, also adhering to high standards of editorial independence [more].

Corrections: When we make errors, we correct them. Corrections and clarifications are included at the bottom of stories and dated [more].

Unnamed sources: In the rare case in which  inewsource publishes information from an anonymous source, inewsource will explain to readers, in as much detail as possible, why we agreed to anonymity [more]. 

Diverse Voices: inewsource believes that reflecting societal differences in reporting leads to better, more nuanced stories and a better-informed community [more].

Funding

Accurate, inclusive reporting requires financial investment. Trustworthy news organizations maintain a clear firewall between news coverage decisions and all sources of revenue. Here’s how we fund our work: 

Grant-funded nonprofit [more].

Our journalism is free to users. inewsource is funded primarily by individual contributions and foundation grants, which we disclose on our site [more].

Mission

inewsource is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom in San Diego committed to exposing wrongdoing and holding powerful people and institutions accountable. inewsource launched in 2009, amid a deep recession and a catastrophic downsizing of newspapers and network media in San Diego and across the country. Some of the greatest casualties of the disruption were investigative journalists, bulldogs in the industry whose passion was uncovering wrongs and wrongdoers in the name of the public good. Local news, especially investigative reporting, is essential to a functioning democracy. Our work brings to light inequity, injustice and government’s failure to protect the public. Our journalists help to prevent malfeasance and corruption. We’re proud of the work we do and honored when it is recognized by our peers. Since we began publishing in 2009, inewsource has received multiple national and regional awards.

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