Foundation for Public Interest Journalism

The Foundation for Public Interest Journalism is an Australian non-profit media groups which was announced in June 2009.

Board of Directors
The foundation board of directors are :
 * Michael Bromley: Head of the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Queensland.
 * Bronwen Clune: Director of Norg Media (http://www.norg.com.au/)
 * Chris Graham: Co-founder and editor of the National Indigenous Times newspaper.
 * Jonathan Green: Editor, Crikey
 * Steve Harris: Strategic consultant
 * Elaine Henry OAM: Chief Executive Officer, The Smith Family,
 * Chris Masters : Freelance reporter and author, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland
 * Gerard Noonan: Freelance business journalist, chair of Media Super, and active in the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees.
 * Julianne Schultz AM: Founding editor of Griffith REVIEW, and a professor at Griffith’s Centre for Public Culture and Ideas, a member of the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Arts Minister’s Creative Australia Advisory Group.
 * Margaret Simons: Freelance journalist, author and lecturer at Swinburne University, Simons has published seven books and numerous essays and articles over her 29 year career as a professional journalist.
 * Melissa Sweet, Freelance journalist and author, with adjunct positions at University of Sydney School of Public Health and University of Notre Dame’s medical school (Sydney campus)
 * Julian Thomas, Director of the Institute for Social Research and Professor of Media and Communications at Swinburne University.

Contact details
Website: http://www.sisr.net/cac/projects/journalismfoundation.htm

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Citizen journalism

Media releases

 * "Public interest journalism board announced", Medial release, August 17, 2009.

Media articles

 * Sally Jackson, "Experiment in community-funded professional journalism", The Australian, December 1, 2008.
 * Margaret Simons, "Public Interest Journalism – New Models", The Content Makers, June 1, 2009.
 * Judith Townend, "Q&A: Foundation for Public Interest Journalism in Australia - 'Our focus is on getting the journalism done'", Journalism.co.ok, June 6, 2009.
 * Margaret Simons, "The Foundation for Public Interest Journalism – Board Announced", The Content Makers, August 17, 2009.
 * Melissa Sweet, 'Foundation for Public Interest Journalism Launches", Open Forum, August 24, 2009.
 * David Cohn, "Community-funded reporting: bringing a new transparency to journalism", Crikey, August 25, 2009.
 * "Journalism foundation reveals first projects", Mumbrella, October 26th, 2009.