YouCommNews was an Australian non-profit organisation which brought journalists, publishers and the public together for crowdsourcing of ideas and resources (including funding) for community-driven journalism. It was founded in 2010 by freelance journalist Melissa Sweet and Margaret Simons of the Public Interest Journalism Foundation (PIJF), then based at the Institute for Social Research of the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.[1][2] Its model was based on the United States' organisation Spot.us.[3]
Members of the public could participate either by suggesting ideas for stories they would like a journalist to cover, or by donating money towards a story pitch. Journalists then either suggested a story idea or applied to fulfill an existing idea.[4]
Publishers would jointly fund stories or purchase completed stories, with funds reimbursed to donors.
The project launched with a story investigating the suspension of a childhood immunisation program following many instances of childhood febrile convulsions in Australia.[5]
PIJF today
editAs of 2020, PIJF had evolved into an independent organisation, named Public Interest Journalistic Freedom,[6] which is partially crowd-funded.[7]
References
edit- ^ Sally Jackson (20 September 2010). "Commission a journalist". The Australian. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ "Australian answer to Spot.Us' 'community-powered' journalism gathers momentum | Media news". 27 May 2010.
- ^ "Foundation for Public Interest Journalism". Pro Bono Australia. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Tara Peck (23 September 2010). "New Journalism Looks to New Fundraising". ProBono News. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ Heath Kelly (2 September 2010). "YouCommNews launches with an investigation into influenza policy". Crikey. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ "July 2020". Public Interest Journalistic Freedom. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "August 2020". Public Interest Journalistic Freedom. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
External links
edit- "About". YouCommNews. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010.
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