IU media school gets $6 million gift to start investigative reporting center

The Media School at Indiana University will launch a center for investigative reporting next fall, with the help of a $6 million gift — the largest in the history of the century-old journalism program.

The Michael I. Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism will open in the fall of 2019 thanks to the donation from Arnolt, a 1967 graduate of IU Bloomington now living in Indianapolis.

"We are all immensely grateful to Michael Arnolt for this gift," said IU Bloomington Provost and Executive Vice President Lauren Robel, in a news release. "Investigative journalism is critical to a healthy democracy and healthy civil society. We need to ensure that we continue to give future journalists the education and the tools to work in our communities so we can be better-informed, better-equipped citizens. This gift makes that possible at The Media School."

The center will conduct multimedia investigative reporting on issues of importance to the residents of Indiana, including matters that reach beyond the state's borders. The work will be available at no cost to local, regional and national news outlets and will seek to supplement their reporting at a time when many are losing newsroom staff, according to the university.

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