Remember them?

The non-profit foundation

which promotes, develops and sustains free and independent journalism

run under the leadership of former editor of the Independent Simon Kelner and supported by the Lebedev family, owner of the Independent and Evening Standard.

I had a brief dalliance with them as they started up, less said about that the better.

The 'foundation' lasted less then 12 months but hung around on the internet until very recently. Now even the internet has consigned this short lived project to the grave and now the http://www.thejournalismfoundation.com/ 404s

RIP The Journalism Foundation 5 December 2011 - 13 November 2013