The Marshall Project
| Available in | English |
|---|---|
| Created by | Neil Barsky |
| Editor | Bill Keller |
| Website | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | November 2014 |
The Marshall Project is a nonprofit nonpartisan online journalism organization focusing on issues related to criminal justice in the United States, led by former hedge fund manager Neil Barsky and former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller.
The Marshall Project began as an idea of Neil Barsky, a former hedge fund manager, in November 2013. When writing an op-ed in the New York Times, Barsky thought it might be a good opportunity to plug the idea, so he included a brief description of the project and the website URL in his byline. Within a few weeks, he was contacted by several criminal justice organizations that offered funding support. In February 2014, the New York Times reported that Bill Keller, who had been executive editor at the New York Times from July 2003 to September 2011, was going to work for the Marshall Project.
The Marshall Project publishes journalistic and opinion pieces on its own website, and also collaborates with news organizations and magazines to publish investigations. Its first two investigations were published in August 2014 (on its own website and in the Washington Post together) and in October 2014 (on its own website and in Slate Magazine).
The project officially launched in November 2014.
As of February 2015, the Marshall Project had a staff of 21.
The Marshall Project is funded 100% by donations from foundations and individuals. In July 2014, Capital New York quoted Barsky as saying that the project would have an annual budget of $5 million, the budget was close to half-committed for the first two years, including three major institutional commitments that Barsky declined to specify, plus individual donors including himself. In November 2014, the Huffington Post reported that Barsky was responsible for 20% of the project's funding.
As of May 2015, the founding partners listed on the website include the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, Timothy and Michele Barakett Foundation, Neil Barsky and Joan S. Davidson Foundation, Charles K. Edmondson, Jr. Foundation, Ford Foundation, Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation, and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Other supporters listed on the website include the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Family Fund, and many more.
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