Can Journalism's Impact Be Measured?

By: Kevin Davis | Net News Check

There has been much discussion of late on the topic of impact measurement of the press and, in particular, nonprofit investigative news organizations.

And for good reason: foundations and philanthropists have been making sizable investments to help start and maintain hundreds of nonprofit newsrooms around the country and the globe; both in reaction to the alarming pull-back in commercial media and in an attempt to reinvigorate journalism in service of a free democracy.