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Medill Innocence Project blinks: student interviews thrown out of court

For everyone following the story of the Cook County Prosecutor who subpoenaed records from student journalists investigating a murder case, here’s the latest…  The Chicago Sun Times reports a judge has accepted an amended bid for a new trial for a man who’s spent the last 30 years in prison and claims he’s innocent.  But this comes [...]

Challenges ahead for Bay Area News Project

Even a well funded news startup has big challenges.  The Bay Area News Project, slated to launch in a few months, has $5 million in seed money, donated office space, paid student interns from Berkeley, a deal with the New York Times, and a CEO making $400,000 a year.  An optimistic business plan predicts the Project will make [...]