Andy Lack, former chair of NBC News and MSNBC, is investing $7 million in nonprofit journalism, one of the largest contributions to nonprofit local journalism made by a single individual in recent memory. The funds will be used to expand investigative reporting and digital video journalism, with around $3 million towards the launch of a new Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center. The center will support full-time investigative journalists, data reporters and fellows from the New York Times and will be co-published by the organization and made available to other local news organizations. Approximately $4 million of the new $7M investment has yet to be allocated.