The Marshall Project, a new nonprofit news organization focused on the American criminal justice system went live over the weekend, promising daily articles on news events, writings from inmates, a newsletter, and ambitious projects.
With a team of 25 full time employees, the startup run by Bill Keller, a former executive editor of The New York Times has high aspirations:
“There are almost no limits to where you can go with the criminal justice angle,” Mr. Keller said, “because, you know, the institutions, law enforcement, the courts, the correctional facilities, but you’ve also got immigration, you’ve got drug policy, you’ve got race, you’ve got economic inequality.”
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