Tagged: indievoices

August 29, 2015 @ 6:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Contributoria, a site designed to crowdfund journalism projects, is shutting down. According to the front page of the site the final issue will be on September 1st and the site will become an archive beginning October 1st. Contributoria was a venture of the Guardian Group… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 2:35 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Depending on the ultimate goal, just maintaining a company’s current position can be success enough — a bit like treading water to keep from drowning. But the trouble comes when the company loses momentum. The latest update for tech blog ReadWrite has taken a “darker turn,” writes TechCrunch, en route to the… Read More

April 6, 2014 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Independent media crowdfunding platform IndieVoices has been in a reflective mood of late.  Co-founder and CEO Sasa Vucinic has been sharing his thoughts and impressions on the first 100 days of his global crowdfunding platform.  Not too long ago he posted on engagement and the… Read More

March 30, 2014 @ 4:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sasa Vucinic, CEO and co-founder of IndieVoices – an independent media crowdfunding platform, recently posted a reflection on the platform’s first 100 days. Sasa states that their biggest achievement to date is the fact they are still in business. IndieVoices was launched with the hope… Read More

March 23, 2014 @ 12:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

As the world knows the Ukraine has become a global flashpoint as Russia moves forward to consolidate their regional dominance by incorporating the Crimean peninsula and sizing up opportunities with the Ukrainian mainland.  In tense geo-political situations like this, independent and vibrant media is of… Read More

March 16, 2014 @ 12:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

IndieVoices is a crowdfunding site that wants to help finance independent media around the world – primarily in locations where free speech and independent journalism struggle to exist.  As much of the western world takes for granted their rights, privileges and access to news and… Read More

March 10, 2014 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

______________ Hromadske TV, an independent online news broadcasting service in the Ukraine is raising funds on IndieVoices today.  In a timely crowdfunding effort, Hromadske is attempting to raise $45,000 to provide information in a professional, ethical manner.  Created in 2013 by a group of disillusioned… Read More

March 9, 2014 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Three projects on journalism crowdfunding platform IndieVoices saw their campaigns fully funded this past week on IndieVoices.  Each of the three were sponsored by the Photo Society which is a group of contributing photographers to the National Geographic Magazine. The three fully funded campaigns included:… Read More

February 9, 2014 @ 6:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding Platform for independent media IndieVoices has announced a new structure for campaign funding in an effort to more closely align backers and campaign creators commitment to a project.  Called “Phased Flexible Funding” campaigns will now allow funding to be raised in stages thus allowing… Read More