Contributoria was an independent journalism network founded by Matt McAlister, Sarah Hartley and Dan Catt.
[3] Sarah Hartley, editor and co-founder of the platform has said,[4] "Contributoria is designed to operate like a cooperative and inspire professional writers and journalists to support each other.
Finding new ways to fund quality journalism for freelance writers will help keep a diversity of published voices online.
"[5] The platform was initially funded as a winner of the News Innovation Contest from the International Press Institute and sponsored by Google.
[5] In March 2015, Contributoria introduced a new feature called 'Topics' which allows NGOs, media outlets and commercial companies to commission stories through the platform.