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Articles tagged Kickstarter (28)

Christine SchmidtNovember 5, 2018

2018 has been a record-breaking year for journalism Kickstarters (though only about 1 in 5 actually get funded)

Kickstarter is also walking away from its attempt at Patreon-like recurring support: “You and I both know it’s going to take more than a drip of money to help journalism.”

Christine SchmidtMarch 5, 2018

Could local news driven by residents who pay fees in a special service district…work?

It’s how many communities fund libraries, build airports, or pay for hospitals. Could it also pay for local news?

Christine SchmidtFebruary 8, 2018

DNAinfo Chicago will be reborn as Block Club Chicago, relying on blockchain and subscriptions instead of billionaires

“We wanted to focus on neighborhoods and we wanted to have a membership model. We didn’t get to do it our way at DNA, at least on the business side. So we said, ‘Let’s just do it our way now.'”

Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 17, 2018

“We stepped in and started doing it”: How one woman built an award-winning news outlet from her dining room table

“This is all going on in my apartment. My kids were small and running around, there were always interns here. And then that spring, we were nominated for a really big award.”

Shan WangDecember 11, 2017

Former Gawker employees are crowdfunding to relaunch a Gawker.com that’s owned by a nonprofit and funded by readers

A Kickstarter campaign aims to raise $500,000 before January 8 to try to buy back and relaunch Gawker.com, which will be owned by a newly established nonprofit Gawker Foundation.

Laura Hazard OwenNovember 15, 2017

Kickstarter’s new product, Drip, lets people charge subscriptions for ongoing projects

The platform focuses on ongoing support rather than one-time projects.

Laura Hazard OwenMay 1, 2017

Amid the wreckage of fallen startups, Longreads is increasing the original reporting it funds

A lot of startups have wanted to be “a great place for writers.” Longreads appears to actually be succeeding at this.

Ricardo BiltonOctober 5, 2016

Building off online, new print mag Anxy wants to help normalize conversations about mental health

“We want to use print as a public statement…to create something that people are proud to be seen with in public.”

Joseph LichtermanApril 27, 2016

The American Bystander is trying to revive the humor magazine with a reader-supported business model

“Our idea was that we were going to create one of these things in a classic format and see if there was enough interest to sustain it.”

From Kihansi spray toads to Wendy Davis livestreams, Kickstarter journalism projects are getting more dollars and more donors

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