What investigative journalism costs

Mother Jones asked the New York Times to provide a cost breakdown of the major investigative piece in the magazine this past weekend, done in collaboration with ProPublica: 2 years of reporting by a staff writer, full-time: 200kEditing for that period by 2 ProPublica editors: 30kLawyering hours at ProPublica: 20KEditing hours at the Times magazine over past year (from me to copy editors, 5