The Trust-Fund Newspaper

By: Ryan Chittum | CJR

The Guardian, which until not that long ago was respected but little-read outside the UK, is now in the front ranks of English-language newspapers and one of the most important and influential journalistic organizations in the world.

Led by its seminal editor, Alan Rusbridger, the paper broke the Murdoch hacking scandal, led the Snowden revelations last year, and played a prominent role in the Wikileaks wave of 2010, among other blockbusters.