• The Washington Post, Monday, April 19, 2010 11:43 PM

There was a time when most major journalistic investigations were carried out by newspapers, when revenue was abundant and "I-teams" were all the rage. But with nearly all papers hurt by cutbacks and some in bankruptcy, ambitions have been downsized. And that's left a vacuum for enterprise reporting.

Two years after setting up shop in lower Manhattan, ProPublica has earned respect and a top-tier list of partners: It's written nine stories with The Washington Post, 27 with the Los Angeles Times, eight with USA Today, six with the Chicago Tribune, six others with The New York Times, 13 with Politico and 10 with the Huffington Post. Other partners have included ABC, CNN, CNBC, "60 Minutes," Newsweek, Salon, Slate and PBS' "Frontline."

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