Lauren Seaton is a second-year master’s degree candidate in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to graduate school, she spent five years with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC, working as a Food and Beverage Manager in Avon, Colo. A New Hampshire native, she graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a Bachelor of Arts degree in writing and studio art. For the past seven years she has called Colorado home.
Jordan Wirfs-Brock is a master’s degree candidate in environmental journalism …

The reporting team for the campus sexual assault investigation includes the journalists below, and was made possible with a grant from the McCormick Foundation.

President — John Temple, former editor and publisher of the Rocky Mountain News
Vice President — Brant Houston, Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting at the University of Illinois, chairman of the National Investigative News Network steering committee and former director of Investigative Reporters and Editors
Secretary/Treasurer — Paul Voakes, Dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado
I-News currently is expanding its board of directors. If you know someone who is passionate about public affairs, please recommend that person to I-News.

The I-News business plan is like a four-legged stool, each representing a diverse stream of revenue:
* partnerships with media outlets to deliver content
* grants and donations
* corporate underwriting
* non-journalism products and services (such as training seminars and specialized data analysis)

I-News is a founding member of the national Investigative News Network.
This national group includes nonprofit investigative journalism organizations from across the nation — from Voice of San Diego to the Center for Public Integrity, from NPR and PBS to the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
Collaborating on both reporting and the business of operating a nonprofit, network members are able to leverage resources and make their dollars — and their reporting — go farther.

I-News has raised more than a third of its Phase I budget from in-kind, pro bono and grant donations.
Director Laura Frank currently is supported by a Ted Scripps Fellowship at the University of Colorado.
Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, one the nation’s leading media law firms, is providing pre-publication vetting of stories.
Kendall, Koenig & Oelsner, a top business law firm in Denver, is providing nonprofit startup legal services.
The University of Colorado is providing significant grant and in-kind contributions. I-News is a partner in the new CU Digital Test Kitchen, helping find …