Northwest Regional News Project
Funds to expand an existing regional reporting cooperative involving eight public radio institutions and reaching key underserved regions of the Pacific Northwest. Two one-person news bureaus will be established in important population centers that lack adequate local/regional public radio coverage. An additional roving news correspondent will provide coverage in rural areas of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, and an existing Olympia, Washington bureau will increase its output. The project's innovative revenue model will also demonstrate the benefits of cooperative fundraising and cost-sharing to finance regional news coverage.