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Apply for a Grant
For the professional journalist, your best exposure and most support could come from applying for a grant.
Center for Investigative Reporting Grants
and
Pulitzer Center Grants
We talk about SalaamGarage team member Daysha Eaton and her grant application with Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and her fundraising efforts here.
Spot.Us is a nonprofit project of the Center [...]
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The SalaamGarage Funding Your Project Guide
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SalaamGarage – Funding your Project with Wordpress or Facebook Campaigns
You might be reading this because you feel called to participate in a trip with SalaamGarage. I am going to detail a few specific tools and technical resources available to help you with raising funds for [...]
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Hey Citizen Journalist, Get Published
Citizen Journalism Sites
Opportunities to get your stories and projects published online are exploding just as traditional media outlets implode.
CNN and Reuters
Submit your stories to the citizen journalist components at major news outlets like CNN.com/iReport and Reuters/YouWitness, are publishing photos, videos, and stories by ….anyone. CNN’s iReport “is a user-generated site. That means the stories submitted [...]
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Are you a travel writing Matador?
Sometimes volunteering and working with non-profits around the world drains one’s bank account. One way to make some extra money while traveling and making a difference is through travel writing and multimedia production. My favorite resource online is the Matador Network.
The Matador Network is a terrific independent adventure and travel magazine online. [...]
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Printcasting.com, Create your own Digital Magazine
An exciting new launch, one that promises a rebirth for the local paper and niche magazines.
A July ‘09 NYTimes story: A Quick Path to Magazine Editor and Publisher by Claire Cain Miller, is a brief delve into one of the many prospects for citizen journalism’s future. Claire Miller’s piece explores Printcasting.com which is a [...]
Also posted in Self Publishing, citizen journalism, media Tagged citizen journalism, Dan Pacheco, Knight Foundation, Printcasting, Self Publishing 2 Comments
Daysha is SuperStringer.com. ThePoint.com for fundraising for Vietnam
On Journalist Daysha Eaton’s website Superstringer.com the tagline is “changing the world one story at a time.” She is after just that. This week Daysha applied for a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting with a pitch to tell the story of how the Vietnamese are still suffering post Vietnam War. [...]
Publish that Photography Project
Favorite Places on the web for photography stories that matter:
Blue Earth Alliance: They support and raise funds to get stories that matter told. Overlooked and under-reported issues from human rights to the environment. They accept project proposals 4 times a year.
Collective Lens: “promotes social change with your photos. Upload a photo and help [...]
Also posted in How-To, Self Publishing, citizen journalism, fundraising, media, photography Tagged multimedia storytelling, new media, photography, photography awards, photography grants, publishing, social change 1 Comment





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