https://www.ap.org/ap-in-the-news/2022/climate-grant-illustr...
The Associated Press said Tuesday that it is assigning more than two dozen journalists across the world to cover climate issues, in the news organization’s largest single expansion paid for through philanthropic grants.
The announcement illustrates how philanthropy has swiftly become an important new funding source for journalism — at the AP and elsewhere — at a time when the industry’s financial outlook has been otherwise bleak.
For many years, Journalists and philanthropists were more wary of each other. News organizations were concerned about maintaining independence and, until the past two decades, financially secure enough not to need help. Philanthropists didn’t see the need, or how journalists could help them achieve their goals.
Nonprofit news organizations like ProPublica and Texas Tribune led the way in changing minds
Both sides had things to learn.
For Carovillano, it was getting used to the idea that funders weren’t just being generous; they had their own goals to achieve. “This is a mutually beneficial arrangement,” he said.
Note that all 20 of the new hires are tasked to "focus on climate change’s impact" - i.e. impact is assumed, and then they go looking for stories to support this narrative. Something they explicitly aren't funded to investigate: whether the science is robust.
As always, the loudest shrieking about corruption comes from the most corrupt people.