Contributoria
Contributoria was an independent journalism network founded by Matt McAlister, Sarah Hartley and Dan Catt.[1] It operated as a division of Guardian Media Group, the company that owns British daily national newspaper The Guardian.[2] It launched on 6 January 2014 and published its final issue on 1 September 2015 after running for 21 issues in print and online.[3]
Purpose
Sarah Hartley, editor and co-founder of the platform has said: "Contributoria is designed to operate like a cooperative and inspire professional writers and journalists to support each other. Finding new ways to fund quality journalism for freelance writers will help keep a diversity of published voices online. I encourage all journalists and writers to join up and help shape what could be the future of writing."[4]
Funding
The platform was initially funded as a winner of the News Innovation Contest from the International Press Institute and sponsored by Google.[4]
Development
In March 2015, Contributoria introduced a new feature called 'Topics' which allows NGOs, media outlets and commercial companies to commission stories through the platform.[5]
References
- ^ "Business". Contributoria - the independent journalism network. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Paul Sawers (7 January 2014). "Contributoria: Guardian Open Journalism Project". The Next Web. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Contributoria". Contributoria. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Contributoria writing platform launches in beta". gmgplc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Contributoria 'Topics' allow the public to commission stories". journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2015.