Greenwald debuts Omidyar-backed The Intercept [View all]
Source: USA Today
The journalistic venture started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and former Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald launched its first news site Monday, promising more stories based on intelligence documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
The Intercept -- at TheIntercept.org -- is the first of several sites that will be published by First Look Media. While announcing the formation of First Look in October, Omidyar said he is contributing $250 million to pursue independent journalism, and tapped Greenwald to lead editorial operations.
Greenwald, who used Snowden's documents to break the story on the extent of the National Security Agency's mass surveillance activities, left the Guardian in October and has recruited several journalists to join First Look, including war correspondent Jeremy Scahill and documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras.
"We decided to launch now because we believe we have a vital and urgent obligation to this story, to these documents, and to the public," wrote Greenwald, Poitras and Scahill on TheIntercept.org Monday morning. "We are determined to move forward with what we believe is essential reporting in the public interest."
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