Investigative story pitch

THE BUREAU for Investigative Journalism (BIJ) has now opened for business, based at City University, with an initial grant of £2 million over five years to fund investigative stories that would otherwise not see the light of day. The BIJ's website invites journalists "with a story you think the Bureau should be investigating" to get in touch with them via www.thebureauinvestigates.com/contact. For more on the BIJ, and similar non-profit "foundation models" of financing journalism, see our report on a talk by Gavin McFadyen BIJ's co-founder, at www.londonfreelance.org/fl/1002ways.html