The startup Beacon, one of the newer efforts to fund independent journalists, says it has signed up 100 journalists and several thousand subscribers.
Shane Bauer is now featured on the site, trying to attract funding so that he can cover U.S. prisons for a year. As of Tuesday night, $14,520 had been raised, 19 percent of his goal. The post says a backer has pledged to match up to $37,500. Bauer has a little more than three weeks to raise what he needs. Contributors will get access to Bauer’s stories and all the other stories on the site.
Other journalists on Beacon have told stories about climate change, GMOs, social media and countries around the world.
Could this work for you? Is this a model for supporting journalists and getting stories out? We talked with Beacon’s Adrian Sanders on Wednesday, April 2. Read the replay below.
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