Comments on: Crowdfunding: When Believers Provide Support http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/6/ A Public Journalism Network weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:31:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Representative Journalism - Blog - Lessons Learned: Week 1 Representative Journalism Blog http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/6/#comment-45 Representative Journalism - Blog - Lessons Learned: Week 1 Representative Journalism Blog Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:29:51 +0000 http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/6/#comment-45 [...] this transparency, this  weaving together of audience and producer are both crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. On a mechanistic level it will be easier to raise money than it has been in the past.  And the [...] […] this transparency, this  weaving together of audience and producer are both crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. On a mechanistic level it will be easier to raise money than it has been in the past.  And the […]

]]> By: David Cohn http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/6/#comment-9 David Cohn Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:26:19 +0000 http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/6/#comment-9 Lenn: Crowdfunding is a good word to describe micropayments made through the Internet. Other examples include Robin Hood Fund, Fundable, SellaBand and of course Kiva. Kiva is fantastic -- giving for a social cause. I think journalism is ready for a crowdfunding organization. At the very least, we should give it a whirl. I really like the name "Representative Journalism." I think it gets to the heart of the relationship between the funders and the journalist. They represent an interest in a topic, they represent the eyes and ears of a crowd of people looking digging into something. Lenn: Crowdfunding is a good word to describe micropayments made through the Internet. Other examples include Robin Hood Fund, Fundable, SellaBand and of course Kiva. Kiva is fantastic — giving for a social cause.

I think journalism is ready for a crowdfunding organization. At the very least, we should give it a whirl. I really like the name “Representative Journalism.” I think it gets to the heart of the relationship between the funders and the journalist. They represent an interest in a topic, they represent the eyes and ears of a crowd of people looking digging into something.

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