Here’s what we’ve gathered so far to help reporters and storytellers interested in crowdfunding a project, news startup or documentary. This is by NO means the only info or resources we want to share. This is just a start.
Know something else we should share? Email your story idea or news tip to news [at] throughcracks.com.
Advice, tips and strategies for success
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,...
Lo que tienen en común las campañas más exitosas de Crowdfunding para periodismo
De Correspondent, Krautreporter y El Español.
En el pasado, los hemos llamado El Gran 3 (The Big 3)
Mantienen la particularidad de ser, hasta donde podemos...
What the most successful crowdfunding campaigns for journalism have in common
De Correspondent, Krautreporter and El Español.
In the past, we've called them The Big 3.
They hold the distinction of being, as far as we can discern,...
Ideas innovadoras que harán explotar tu cabeza
Retrocediendo hace unos años, la prestigiosa Beca de Periodismo John S. Knight de la Universidad de Standford culminó con Platicas Knight, presentaciones en escenario...
Former Vice employees, a lot of GIFs and a push to reinvent public access TV
Three former Vice employees have come together to create a home online for independent artists in big cities, starting with New York.
NYC.TV (at watchnyc.tv) plans...
Trending Now: Positive News wants you to #OwnTheMedia
In a matter of two days, London-based Positive News has raised more than £65,000 by asking people to own a piece of a global...
Noticiarios emergentes feministas siguen siendo un éxito en Kickstarter
En una entrevista reciente me preguntaron sobre que tendencias han observado los reporteros de Through the Cracks: Crowdfunding in Journalism desde el lanzamiento del...
Feminist news startups are still kicking butt on Kickstarter
In a recent interview I was asked about trends Through the Cracks: Crowdfunding in Journalism reporters have spotted since the site launched. The first...
A film about sheep that got a lot more than money
With just sheep and dogs to keep him company, sheepherder Eraldo Pacheco moved from the lush Chilean countryside to the harsh, unfamiliar, lonely deserts...
A dozen or so photographers attempted to define Everyday Incarceration. You should see the results
To bring to life dozens of stories about mass incarceration in America, NBC News Investigative Unit's Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville have raised...
7 news startups that lift up democracy
These are news startups whose work may impact voters and politicians who choose the destiny of a nation.
Every one of these news startups have carried out a crowdfunding campaign...
Which crowdfunding platform is best for your project?
Reynolds Journalism Institute's Futures Lab takes a look at the basics of Patreon, Kickstarter and Indiegogo in this video to compare and contrast crowdfunding platforms.
Their recommendation:...
‘To Catch a Predator’ spinoff gets a shot in the arm from Reddit
Remember that lemonade?
The show "To Catch a Predator," hosted by Chris Hansen, got so well-known in the 2000s that some guests knew when a...
The story behind (and tips from) the most successful crowdfunding campaign in the history of journalism
A simple Wordpress blog named #NoHaceFaltaPapel didn't exist a year ago. Well now it's a publishing company whose...
La historia detrás (y consejos de) la campaña más exitosa de Crowdfunding en la historia del periodismo
Un simple blog de WordPress llamado #NoHaceFaltaPapel no existía hace un año. Pues ahora es una compañía editora el cual El Español es responsable...
The biggest crowdfunding campaign you’ve never heard of
Voice of San Diego's Bigger Voice Fund is either the biggest crowdfunding campaign in journalism that you’ve never heard of or something else entirely.
A Humans of New York-inspired project in the Arctic
Far north, where the borders of Norway, Finland and Russia begin to converge, is where a group of college journalists decided to build something...
INN goes 6 for 8 with group crowdfunding service Spotlight
Editor's Note: If you haven't heard about recent changes at INN, I encourage you to read this Apr. 9 Nieman Lab story about the departure...
‘Crowdfunding isn’t about collecting money’
Can you get behind phrases like "100% Bull shit free," "Smart is the new sexy" and "Photoshop? No thanks, I'm fine."? Then you'd probably...
Tasty niblets of knowledge that makes journalism possible
Earlier this week I took part in #wjchat, a Twitter chat for online journalists to meet, discuss solutions and explore the state of affairs in our...
‘How I successfully crowdfund my journalism’
'Journopreneur' Danielle Batist has had 22 stories successfully funded in nine months. Here's how.
Ted Cruz is running for president and Texas Tribune is running a crowdfunding campaign
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas announced plans to run for president of the United States Monday. A day ahead of the announcement, The Texas Tribune...
Photographers need to take care of their own business in the digital age
Social documentary photographer Ken Light’s latest project is a retrospective and personal one, looking back at his first photos during "the Vietnam era, the...
Reclaiming the stories of real women and the South
Online longform magazines The Riveter and Scalawag Magazine hit their funding goals this week by promising to tell the stories they know – women writing about women, and Southerners...
These Russian crowdfunding campaigns despise (and are fueled by) media propaganda
The American government lies.
The Russian government lies.
Whichever statement you believe more, wherever you fall on that spectrum, three crowdfunding campaigns by Russian media ventures...
Crowdfunding propaganda? Russia Insider’s plan to target American mainstream media
Russia Insider has a crying Statue of Liberty on its home page. She's weeping into her palms as black clouds or smoke billow in the background. There's also...
‘The religion of white supremacy’ continues record-breaking crowdfunding campaign
Hidden Colors, a series of documentaries about the experiences of African Americans and people of color, is on track to become one of the...
Beacon’s new plan: Let news orgs do collective crowdfunding
Beacon Reader simultaneously launched crowdfunding campaigns for seven news startups earlier this week. All members of the Investigative News Network (INN), the campaigns appear together...
10 BFD takeaways from the past for the future of journalism
Public Insight Network recently announced the official end of Spot.us.
But before the pioneer crowdfunding journalism website goes wherever it is crowdfunding platforms go to die,...
Fed up with scandal and supposed media lies, ‘Unverified’ doc hits a nerve at UNC
Controversy in college sports isn’t unusual but usually fighting on the field makes the news.
At University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill it’s the...
Polaroid photography of Britain’s most isolated community
Next month London-based photographer Rhiannon Adam will sail to an island 3,000 kilometers west of Chile for a three month tour. Like the Polaroid...
Through the Cracks was part of a Global Investigative Journalism Network story. So that’s cool.
Glad to see Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) include Through the Cracks in a roundup of resources for crowdfunding journalism published Tuesday.
The article starts with a...
Feminist journalists kick ass on Kickstarter
Some of the most successful projects in the Journalism category right now are devoted to telling stories from a women’s perspective.
With less than 24...
Pro tip for journalists: Love the storm
Even if you didn’t read Felix Salmon’s downer article or JSK Fellow Mariana Santos’ optimistic rebuttal this week, even if you didn’t dive into #Adviceforyoungjournalists trending nationwide Wednesday, it...
Spot.us is dead but leaves behind a playbook for crowdfunding journalism
By Joellen Easton
A year ago, American Public Media decided to place the crowdfunding site Spot.us on hiatus and conduct an assessment of the platform...
‘I love shooting men’
Based in Brooklyn, NY, Dana Scruggs is in the midst of preparing the first issue of Scruggs Magazine.
Scruggs makes dynamic, elegant photographs that focus...
3 issues in, Latterly Magazine hits a hurdle that could put it out of business
Despite a fast start with press from Venture Beat and Columbia Journalism Review, and raising more than $12,000 on Kickstarter, Latterly Magazine could go out of business,...
Young journalists tend to be too conservative. That’s a mistake
Speaking to a group of journalists and journalism students at Mercer University, Groundsource founder and entrepreneur-in-residence at the school’s Center for Collaborative Journalism Andrew...
5 pieces of #AdviceForYoungJournalists
Giants of the media innovation world recently came together at Mercer University’s Center for Collaborative Journalism to discuss media innovation and the future of...
Billions spent in borderland Texas and still no clean water
The Texas Tribune will report a story on why, after billions of dollars and decades of trying, some residents of borderland Texas cannot still...
The Quinnspiracy and Jimquisition: The role of crowdfunding in Gamergate
In the lengthy saga that is #Gamergate, at least one chapter belongs to crowdfunding.
Some of the voices in #Gamergate claimed journalists practiced poor...
Thoughts on the future of journalism from media innovators
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You’ve heard people in media describe something as “The Super Bowl of…” fill in the blank. Usually it’s exaggeration. Well a day before the...
3 tips for crowdfunding hyperlocal news
Since it was founded five years ago the London-area Brixton Blog and Bugle has transformed from a blog to a news website and most...
Categoría de Periodismo en último lugar en Kickstarter. Y ahora qué?
Bueno, ese podría ser un buen encabezado maldecido, pero es muy importante observar como es la tarifa de la categoría de periodismo dentro de...
Hungarian investigative journalism outlet wildly popular in first 24 hours
Direkt36, an investigative journalism outfit from Hungary, have captured more than half of their 20,000€ goal in the first 24 hours of their campaign.
See...
