The Raw Story

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The Raw Story is a left-leaning news and politics weblog founded in 2004. Updated continuously, it is known primarily for its speedy investigative reporting. In addition to breaking news, Raw Story has pointed out fraudulent and manipulated news stories carried by other web sites, such as the Drudge Report.^[1] The Raw Story currently covers daily local, world and economic news and publishes its own editorials and investigative pieces. Raw was the first US media outlet to publish the Downing Street memo, an account of secret meetings between US and UK officials in the lead-up to the Iraq war, and the first to reveal the Iran-related work of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson.^{[citation needed]}

According to their own masthead, Raw Story has been reported and featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, LA Weekly, the New York Post, the Toronto Star, The Hill, Rolling Stone, The Advocate, Roll Call, and Hustler.^[2]

Screenshot of Rawstory.com

Boasting an average 3.6 million readers, the site is described by Newsweek as, "Muck, raked: If you're looking for alleged GOP malfeasance, the folks at rawstory.com are frequently scooping the mainstream media."^[3]

1 Content and layout
2 Current masthead
- 2.1 Correspondents
- 2.2 Wire Services
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Content and layout

Since its inception, Raw Story has tested at least two distinct layouts, finalizing on its current format that ensures its readers get access to the information they need, while also enabling the site to cover all aspects current events on its front page.

Breaking news stories appear atop the middle of the page, typed in red or black boldface. The top four stories appear below the breaking headlines; all others are catalogued into groups depending on their subject:

Nation - covers news related to the United States.

World - covers news related to global events.

Biz|Tech - economic and business news, as well as the latest on cutting-edge technology and science.

Blogs/Media - covering the web's expanding blogosphere both left and right.

Features - Raw's own editorial columns and stories of interest.

Mojo - off-site links to political stories.

Readers are allowed to comment on each story reported. Registration is not required for posting.

[edit] Current masthead

Toby Slingerland - Publisher
John Byrne - Editor
Larisa Alexandrovna - Managing Editor, Investigative News
Ron Brynaert - Executive Editor
Michael Roston - Associate Editor
Mike Sheehan - Assistant Editor
David Edwards - Video Editor
Muriel Kane - Research Director
Adam Doster - Site Updater
Nick Langewis - Site Updater
Greg Wasserstrom - Site Updater
Daniel O'Connor - Business Development
Chris Tackett - Advertising Sales
Diane Sweet - Human Resources
Chad Smith - Webmaster

[edit] Correspondents

Adam Alexander - Africa
Christian Avard - Vermont
Miriam Raftery - San Diego
Kate Raiford - Chicago
Hannah Selinger
Jennifer Van Bergen - Florida

Contributing writers have included well known and respected journalists and political/historical scholars as well as elected officials, including Nafeez Ahmed, Michael Smith, and John Conyers.