A merger between two online investigative units in the United States will create a huge newsroom with a staff of more than 50 journalists.
That's the result of the link between two non-profit bodies, the Centre for Public Integrity (CPI) and the Huffington Post Investigative Fund.
As part of the deal, HuffPo will transfer $2m (£1.3m) in grants and financing to the joint outfit. The CPI has financial support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which recently gave it a $1.7m (£1.1m) grant to complete a digital newsroom transformation.
William Buzenberg, CPI's executive director, said the merger would double the centre's operations, which is expected to file 500 investigative reports this year.
Among the other US-based non-profit investigative journalism outlets are ProPublica, the Bay Area News Project, Oakland Local, the Texas Tribune, the Chicago News Cooperative and California Watch.
Sources: HuffPo/New York Times
