
How is the cost of a proposal calculated?Įach project is individually costed based on how much work we anticipate will be involved. In order to fund the work detailed in our proposals, we look for community support through crowdfunding. Proposals are investigative projects based on the ideas and suggestions we receive from the general public. The Office of the President is entirely exempt from such information access laws. The same goes for organisations like the Data Protection Commissioner and NAMA. Detailed statistical information on for example crime in your local neighbourhood may not be available and An Garda Síochána are only subject to Freedom of Information law in a very limited way. There are also certain types of stories that are extremely difficult to do, much as we would like to do them. Sometimes, this is not possible due to our legal system and the exceptional costs involved. You may have seen stories written in other countries that you would like to see done in Ireland. It is also important to keep in mind that Ireland has some of the strictest defamation laws in the world.

In other cases, the ideas do not stand up to further investigation. In some cases, we have not been provided with enough detail or the idea is too general. We receive many suggestions each month and it is simply not possible to do them all. This will allow us to resource projects that we feel are important but where we are not yet in position to release detailed information publicly. If you would like to support stories like this, you can contribute to our general fund here . In cases like this, Noteworthy will work to tell those stories in partnership with The Journal or other media organisations. At other times, there could be significant legal risks involved with creating a proposal before the research has been completed. On occasion, it would give too much away to release partial details of the idea and it would be better kept private until publication. Not every story will be suitable for a publicly-funded proposal. In some cases, we might also partner with newsrooms - especially regional ones - to publish. In cases where it would take too long to work up a proposal and seek public funding, we will work with The Journal to tell those stories quickly.
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