From the website:
"The Media Consortium is a network of leading progressive independent journalism organizations. building smart, powerful, and passionate journalism that changes the terms of the American political and cultural debate. We're redefining “independent progressive media” so that it reaches and serves the audience of the 21st century. That means creating a cooperative infrastructure that supports a sustainable future for all of us—and that gets the message out to millions of Americans looking for honest, fair, and accurate journalism."
Links:
[1] http://progressivecommunicators.net/en/drupalit/count-vote/71/1
[2] http://www.themediaconsortium.org/