Why ProPublica Focuses on Issues You May Not See on Cable News

ProPublica: Idaho schools are crumbling, leaking, falling apart.

Gov. Brad Little announced his plan to spend $2 billion rebuilding Idaho ’s schools.

In the past few months , our reporting has prompted a broad array of institutions, businesses and political leaders to vow to “do better”.

Last month , Philips Respironics agreed to stop selling sleep apnea machines in the U.S. after a series of stories by ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .

The last few months have been brutal for the American media, punctuated by layoffs at some of journalism’s most storied newsrooms.

The potential to spur impact won’t fix the industry’s broken business model, but it is a sign of health in our democracy.