Crowdfunded journalism

The audience can support journalism projects by donating sums of money, or other resources, through popular crowdfunding websites such as GoFundMe and Kickstarter.

[2] In the early 2010s, there were a variety of crowdfunding sites that only supported journalistic endeavors, but many are since retired due to conflicts of interest, such as Spot.us.

That decrease has fueled the rise of crowdfunded journalism as a way for journalists to financially stabilize their careers outside of corporate media.

Both amateur and professional journalists, with ideas and passions for their specific communities, share a collective of information that actively work as "sourcing.

Mainstream media has been battling to curb this trend, but the growth of crowdfunded journalism has made the process increasingly difficult.

This process occurs when a writer makes or backs up arguments without using any other sources, disregarding all other facts, which can lead to the spread of misinformation.

The foreign-based projects touched all seven continents – at least 64 countries in all, from Tonga to Iraq and from Cuba to South Africa as well as the Palestinian territories.

Among this array of formats, magazine-related projects – including the launch of new full-fledged publications, the expansion of issue-based coverage by a news magazine, and standalone articles that the producers planned to pitch to existing magazines or journals – topped the list as the single most popular format, making up 20% of all funded projects in the Journalism category.