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This non-traditional entry does not single out one project. Rather it identifies a process for not just maintaining but increasing high-quality investigative and enterprise efforts in an environment where many news organizations are cutting back. The collaboration is guided by a new statewide projects coordinator working with community news directors at “hubs” in 10 cities to identify high-interest topics. The position is unique in the company: combining the traditional roles of project editor, investigative reporter and back-end production coordinator. It was developed as MLive merged separate newspapers into a single entity that emphasizes content across many digital platforms, at the same time it wanted to boost watchdog and investigative reporting