Goodwill hunting

Posted by on April 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

In March this year I undertook an unusual project that merged long form non-fiction and fundraising. I tried to sell my long form article After Shock (about my experience of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Japan) to raise money for victims. It was an idea that appeared in the lead-up to the [...]

Category Challenges, Digital publishing, E-publishing, Marketing and publicity, Reporting to fund philanthropy, Self publishing, Warnings and pitfalls · Tags

The future of long form: an odyssey

Posted by on May 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

There are times when I know I am sitting at my desk – grounded (in a very gravitationally fulfilling sense). Magpies warble and school kids occasionally wander outside. I can smell the echoes of tea and toast that started my day. I am well and truly here. And then I start to work, and to [...]

Category Background, Community funded reporting / Enterprise journalism, Crowd funding / sourcing, Entrepreneurial journalism, Philanthropically funded reporting, Reporting to fund philanthropy, Self publishing, Traditional online, Traditional print · Tags