Huffington Post’s attempts at real journalism off to an embarrassing start
A Rocky Start For HuffPo’s Investigative Journalism Fund
There was another seasoned reporter from Newsday (who was a pulitzer investigative reporting winner) that they jacked around – she bailed on them early May.
I think Nick Pennington either doesn’t really have the cash – they were only paying up to $1,000 for a feature – or considering he doesn’t really have a print background (he does video news and covers politics) he has no idea what he’s doing to try and cover the econ crises.
The first editor they stuck me with was Alison Silver, who they got rid of two weeks ago, was an Op-ed editor. No business background or investigative reporting skills.
Nick did manage to lure WAPO’s investigative editor. That comes on in July – which could help – but then he shouldn’t be hiring writers now and placing them on the street to report.
Think about it they are a news agregator with very little orginal reporting – do they really think they can go up against propublica – which Nick plans to do?
I simply have never had a more unprofessional experience.
