Beacon Reader, a journalism crowdfunding platform, is closing down
One of journalism's most prominent crowdfunding platforms announced Monday that it's shutting down after a…
September 12, 2016
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Want to crowdfund your journalism? Here are 10 tips for launching a successful campaign
There was a point, three weeks into Poynter’s first crowdfunding project, when we wondered just…
May 26, 2016
Are matching donations key to crowdfunding journalism? Beacon is betting on it.
For the last two years of his life, Dan Fletcher and his colleagues have been…
September 10, 2015
Fox News crushed competitors on election night
Good morning. Here are 10 media stories. Fox News beat broadcast networks on election night…
November 6, 2014
Fresh from Ferguson Fellowship, Beacon eyes new projects
Earlier this year, The New York Times profiled Beacon, a crowdfunding platform for journalists. The…
September 12, 2014
Live chat replay: Will crowdfunding finance journalists?
The startup Beacon, one of the newer efforts to fund independent journalists, says it has…
April 2, 2014