Return of The Muckraking Age?

Flip on the local evening news and it's likely the same stories will be covered on every channel. As the saying goes "If it bleeds, it leads." But what happens when a business scams senior citizens or when insurance companies don't want to pay up? Most of the time people stay quiet, look the other way and feel helpless.

Rarely seen on the evening news or in newspapers are stories uncovering misdeeds. So, what can people do? Who can they turn to for help? Thanks to an up and coming nonprofit group called Pro Publica justice may very well be on its way.

As struggling newspapers across the country cut back on investigative reporting, a new kind of journalism venture is hoping to fill the gap.

Pro Publica plans on having 24 journalists. Its founders are Herbert M. and Marion O. Sandler who are Democrats and critics of President Bush.