NPC Luncheon: Paul Steiger

Photo Credit: Paul Steiger, the editor-in-chief of ProPublica and the 2007 winner of the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award takes questions from NPC president, Alan Bjerga during a June 15, 2007 Press Club Luncheon. Mr. Steiger explained how ProPublica used its distributed reporting model to ask 375 members of congress if they were attending the Super Bowl, and further to determine how much each was spending and if the event was being used for fundraising purposes. NPC Luncheon: Paul Steiger

Photo Credit: Paul Steiger, the editor-in-chief of ProPublica, discusses "Collaborating and Competing in Journalism's New Era" at a June 15, 2010 National Press Club luncheon. Mr. Steiger stated, "I don't talk about newspapers. I talk about journalism because the important thing is maintaining the professionalism and the teams that do journalism of a sort that we do." NPC Luncheon: Paul Steiger

Photo Credit: Paul Steiger, the editor-in-chief of ProPublica, discusses "Collaborating and Competing in Journalism's New Era" at a June 15, 2010 National Press Club luncheon. Mr. Steiger agreed that, "There are risks to democracy in the loss of investigative reporting, without question," But also cautioned that government may not be the solution. NPC Luncheon: Paul Steiger

Photo Credit: Paul Steiger, the editor-in-chief of ProPublica and managing editor of the Wall Street Journal from 1991 to 2007, speaks at a June 15, 2010 National Press Club Luncheon. Mr. Steiger discussed the risks and benefits of "Collaborating and Competing in Journalism's New Era." NPC Luncheon: Paul Steiger