The name of one of Spain’s notable survival stories in public-service journalism–infoLibre–contains the essence of its guiding principle. It literally means “free  information”–that is, free of undue influence from political and  business interests.

It has a network of celebrity friends and supporters who have kept it going for eight years despite almost 2 million euros in losses (2.4 million dollars.)

More detail and graphics showing financial results are available at this link to my website, Entrepreneurial Journalism (versión en español aquí).

infLibre’s story brings to mind the successes of other European media  that focus on public service to their communities, accountability  journalism, and a digital first philosophy. Here are profiles of some of  them: Il Post of Italy, elDiario.es of Spain, Talking Points Memo in the US, Krautreporter in Germany, Mediapart of France, and De Correspondent in Holland.

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