In 2005, Evelyn Pringle was freelancing articles to the Dayton Daily News. When she wanted to write an article critical of TeenScreen, a national effort to get primary care providers to check for signs of depression, she found no takers. So the former drug and alcohol abuse counselor hit on an innovative way to finance her investigations into the pharmaceutical industry. She contacted law firms handling class action suits against drug companies. "They're looking for clients; I explained that my work would give publicity to the harms of the drugs," she says. She found enough takers to make a ... Read More