Welcome to TFIJ

Abraham Lincoln once said, "I'm a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."

Today, many media corporations are reducing their commitment to journalism. That plus litigation against unwanted scrutiny and historic challenges to openness, freedom of information, and government oversight all stand in the way of bringing the public the "real facts."

The Fund for Independence in Journalism, a 509 (a)(3) nonprofit, tax exempt organization, was created in 2003 to foster independent, high quality public service journalism in the United States and around the world.

The Fund's primary purpose is providing legal defense and endowment support for the largest nonprofit, investigative reporting institution in the world, the Center for Public Integrity, and possibly other, similar groups. This core mission and our related activities illuminate the fundamental role of the press, the public's right to know, and accountability in a democratic society.

 

 

 

 

 

Iraq - The War Card

The Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism unveil the first comprehensive analysis of pre-war rhetoric that chronologically tracks top Bush administration officials Iraq-related public pronouncements.

To view the report go to the Center for Public Integrity.

The Reporters Without Borders 2006 Worldwide Press Freedom Index ranked the United States 53rd out of 168 countries surveyed, with the U.S. falling another nine places from its 2005 rankings. Botswana, Croatia and Tonga are tied with the U.S. in the 53rd position.³¹

Click here to read "The Nonprofit Road" published in the Sept./Oct. 07 edition of the Columbia Journalism Review.

Click here to read the Harvard Shorenstein Center discussion paper by Fund President Charles Lewis.