In a piece about ProPublica - the US-based online not-for-profit investigative news outfit - The Independent details its high-profile successes.
It also notes that facsimiles of the Pro-Publica model are springing up across the States, such as The Bay Citizen in San Francisco, and others from San Diego to Minneapolis.
But, in British terms, ProPublica's greatest protégé, so to speak, has been the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. In its short life span, it has already chalked up a couple of great stories.
