NEWS STARTUPS
Why Bellingcat wants to teach normal people to be investigative journalists
It's been said that intrepid reporters burn a lot of shoe leather. Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins built a news startup and burned his fair...
Knight Foundation to match $1.5 million in donations to news outlets across U.S.
The Miami-based Knight Foundation announced today that it will match donations made to some of the best-known news startups, investigative outfits, and nonprofit newsrooms...
Former Medium editors are creating a magazine about mental health so they started by sharing their own stories
During a crowdfunding campaign and before the release of a single issue of Anxy, editors of the magazine shared their own trauma, abusive behavior,...
When dinner inspires dreams: How City Bureau wants to change journalism in Chicago
What started out as an idea over dinner has now raised more than $13,000 for a public newsroom.
City Bureau, the Chicago-based journalism lab, was...
The biggest crowdfunding campaigns in Kickstarter history happened in the past month
Through the Cracks has not shied away from saying Kickstarter is important, but it's not the only crowdfunding platform. As I said in a piece...
Video: Crowdfunding journalism beyond money
I went to the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) recently and it was everything a news nerd like me could hope for.
In 15-20 minute intervals,...
FEATURED
Why Bellingcat wants to teach normal people to be investigative journalists
It's been said that intrepid reporters burn a lot of shoe leather. Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins built a news startup and burned his fair...
Knight Foundation to match $1.5 million in donations to news outlets across U.S.
The Miami-based Knight Foundation announced today that it will match donations made to some of the best-known news startups, investigative outfits, and nonprofit newsrooms...
DOCUMENTARY
Photos: What resilience in America’s Heartland looks like
There are pretty pictures whose color or composition catch your eye, and then there are pictures with deeper meaning. Real pictures can changes lives...
The biggest crowdfunding campaigns in Kickstarter history happened in the past month
Through the Cracks has not shied away from saying Kickstarter is important, but it's not the only crowdfunding platform. As I said in a piece...
WATCHDOG
Why Bellingcat wants to teach normal people to be investigative journalists
It's been said that intrepid reporters burn a lot of shoe leather. Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins built a news startup and burned his fair...
Knight Foundation to match $1.5 million in donations to news outlets across U.S.
The Miami-based Knight Foundation announced today that it will match donations made to some of the best-known news startups, investigative outfits, and nonprofit newsrooms...
When dinner inspires dreams: How City Bureau wants to change journalism in Chicago
What started out as an idea over dinner has now raised more than $13,000 for a public newsroom.
City Bureau, the Chicago-based journalism lab, was...
Italian newspaper tries to revive and keep its war reporting alive
As the media industry continues to evolve, news organizations throughout the globe search for new ways to stay in the game.
Unfortunately, surviving in a...
