Steiger's advice on collaborative journalism perhaps most relevant for Canadian journos

Joseph Brean caught up with ProPublica's Paul Stieger during his visit to Toronto last week for the Samara-Massey journalism seminars, and Brean's interview featured as the National Post's Saturday interview.

Of particular interest are Steiger's descriptions of how his non-profit, foundation-funded investigative newsroom so successfully collaborates with mainstream news publications, both print and broadcast (which, unsurprisingly, want to work differently with ProPublica).

As Brean notes at the end of his piece, unless something drastic occurs in the Canadian economy or with Canadian philanthropy, the ProPublica model is unlikely to be reproduced north of the border. As a result, Steiger's experiences with collaborative journalism might well be the most practical and immediate take-aways for Canadian journalists looking to advance their own work.