Tagged: journalism

January 5, 2014 @ 5:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mission is to create new, innovative and flexible system of funding for independent media. The media landscape is scattered with traditional companies attempting to adapt to a future where their culture is the biggest obstacle.  Then there are the digital entrepreneurs building new models to… Read More

December 11, 2013 @ 12:54 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Andrew Gregory, Mike Saunders and Ben Everard produce a podcast called Linux Lifestyle. They were also all writers at Linux Format, a news source for Linux enthusiasts and those passionate about free software. Earlier this year the trio quit in order to bring a new publication… Read More

December 7, 2013 @ 4:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

As PBS MediaShift continues to focus on crowdfunding this week, The Mediatwits held a Google+ Hangout with various players from the crowdfunding space. They include… Slava Rubin, Indiegogo CEO Ernst-Jan Pfauth of news magazine De Correspondent Todd Ruppert, co-producer of the upcoming musical “Happy Days” Zak Piper, co-producer… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 12:16 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

CNN Money | How IBM bypasses bureaucratic purgatory IBM has an in-house crowdfunding platform that they use to allow employees to vet and evaluate their colleagues’ ideas. It’s an effort to “improve the way we do things internally” according to the head of IBM’s CIO… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 11:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently reported on an Indiegogo campaign for The Young Turks that had succeeded in meeting a $250,000 goal on Indiegogo. The goal of the campaign is to crowdfund a new studio for a program touted as “the largest online news show in the world.”… Read More

December 4, 2013 @ 10:15 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This week, PBS MediaShift is running a series of articles on various aspects of the topic of crowdfunding. The first article, a birds-eye view of proposed rules for equity crowdfunding, was published today by Paul Spinrad. RELATED | How the SEC Listened to the Crowd for… Read More

November 29, 2013 @ 11:21 am By Charles Luzar  |  

I was feeling a little festive yesterday and didn’t get to a roundup, so we’re making up for it today with a big roundup of things we’ve found throughout the week. My turkey coma has thankfully worn off. Forbes | Britain’s Crowdfunders Plot World Domination… Read More

November 5, 2013 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Vourno, a crowdfunding platform and independent news network for video journalism, has announced the launch of an exciting new feature, “Upload A Video”. Journalists worldwide now have the ability to directly upload any news story to vourno.com. Before this feature, journalists could only post stories… Read More

October 24, 2013 @ 3:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Vourno, a crowdfunding platform for video journalism, has announced their first “Vourno”, creator Charles Choice, has completed and published his news story, “Kids For Cash,” which premiered on their site today. The project is a 9 minute feature where he explores some of the contributing factors that drive… Read More

October 3, 2013 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding portal and independent news network for video journalism Vouno, has officially launched a referral program designed to build their user base. Running from today until December 31, 2013, anyone who refers a journalist to Vourno has the opportunity to receive 5% of the total amount that… Read More

September 25, 2013 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Plans Further Growth into Australia, Belgium, France and The Netherlands. Independent journalism crowdfunding portal, Vourno has announced their expansion into a new market having launched in Ireland.  Having only launched this past May, the company had previously expanded their US based operation into Canada and… Read More

August 27, 2013 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Bronx, New York based Vourno, a crowdfunding platform that provides tools for journalists to raise capital  has announced its expansion into the United Kingdom. As of today, journalists with a valid UK bank account have the ability to create projects and participate in this crowdfunding… Read More

July 23, 2013 @ 5:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

    Vourno, a crowdfunding platform and independent news network for video journalism, has launched an explanatory video about their platform. The  video provides journalists with a comprehensive overview of how the Vourno platform works as well as the many benefits to participating. “At this early… Read More

July 19, 2013 @ 9:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA or FOY-ah) is a US law dating back to the Lyndon B. Johnson administration that facilitates the disclosure of information. The law is designed to hold the US government accountable for disclosing information. Additionally, it outlines the consequences of… Read More

July 9, 2013 @ 10:59 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Vourno now allows Canadian project creators and backers to fund projects and ideas. Vourno is a crowdfunding platform for funding video journalism projects. Project creators, or “Vournos” as they’re called, can run campaigns in Canadian dollars (CAD) and accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express credit card payments… Read More

June 8, 2013 @ 7:26 am By Journalism UK  |  

At US investigative non-profit ProPublica, the public is able to be very much involved. In editorial, for example, the community is encouraged to feed into investigation research, supported by the launch of an online page centred on opportunities to ‘Get Involved’. And when it comes… Read More

June 2, 2013 @ 11:11 am By Turnstyle  |  

It always surprises me when people seem agog at the very concept of crowdfunding. It is as if that individual has never watched Sesame Street or heard of NPR. At it’s heart the crowdfunding model is a twist on the public media one. Heck, you might even… Read More

June 1, 2013 @ 10:47 am By Poynter  |  

While handwringing over financial support for journalism is nothing new, it’s been especially fraught recently. From the Nate Thayer/Atlantic dustup to the possibility that the Tribune papers may be sold to the Koch brothers, everyone in media seems worried about funding the Fourth Estate. One hopeful sign for… Read More

May 28, 2013 @ 1:00 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

ProPublica is an independent non-profit journalistic organization based in New York that prides itself on publishing investigative journalism in the public’s interest. One of the next topics the folks at ProPublica want to tackle is the proliferation of unpaid internships in America. They’ve launched a… Read More

May 19, 2013 @ 8:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The much anticipated journo crowdfunding site Vourno is on track to launch live on Monday, according to a recent tweet from their twitter account. Vourno hopes to be world’s largest funding platform and independent news network for video journalism.  A crowdfunding platform where news is… Read More