Foundation-funded journalism: Reasons to be wary of charitable support

Journalism Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 889-903

  Browne, Harry ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Foundations; Investigative journalism; Journalism sociology; Journalistic bias; Philanthropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960285319     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2010.501147     Document Type: Article

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