2. Beta
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Jan 2014
Open Journalism
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Guardian editor Alan
Rusbridger defines vision for
Open Journalism
Winner
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Awarded grant from IPI &
Google for Contributoria
Going all-in on the open journalism idea
Inspired by the Guardian
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Ma9 McAlister
Develops new businesses at
Guardian Media Group. Formerly at
Yahoo! and IDG’s InfoWorld,
Macworld, The Industry Standard.
Sarah Hartley
Editor at Guardian Media Group for
over 10 years. MD at Talk About Local,
educaQng groups in digital media.
Dan Ca9
Developer, formerly with the
Guardian. Member of the founding
team at Flickr.
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Completed prototype.
Secured funding from GMG.
LAUNCH!
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Paid membership, print
product. Begin tesQng new
revenue models.
Tom Armitage
Developer
Dean Vipond
Designer
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Nat Buckley
Developer
3. Editorial Budget
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20
40
60
80
Backed Proposed Writer Payments
User Metrics
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1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
Registered MAU Session DuraQon
$30k
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$15k
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10 m
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Nearly 200 arQcles have been developed
worth over $100k paid out to writers.
2k registered users. Users spend over
7min per session, visiQng 6 pages/session.
Global adopQon with very strong acQvity in Eastern US, UK, and India.
4. My Points
Points
$
RegistraQon 50
Paid
Membership
100
Total Points 150
$$$$
SUPPORTER
Licensing Commissioning Sponsorship etc…
PARTNER
100%
Backed
DraO My Account
DraO
DraO
Published
ArQcle
WRITER
Proposal
ArQcle Fee $500
Points
Exchange
Rate
0.7
Points Req’d 350
$600
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Funding Pool
ArQcle Fee $500
License Share $100
Amt Due $600
CollaboraQve ediQng
Contributoria plus
partner network
5. Platforms set all the rules and make all the money
Problem: Writers are powerless
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PlaTorms
Content A9enQon
Revenue
6. Writers want reader access and value from output
Unlocking fame and fortune
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Digital
Publishers
TradiQonal
Media
Social
PlaTorms
Value of output
(fair
pay,
impact,
quality)
ConnecQon to the reader
(discussion,
dura5on,
vested
interest)
Writers
want
to
be
here
7. Democratizing the journalism process itself
1) Authority
Spending power to back
writers’ proposals.
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2) Influence
ModeraQon, prioriQzaQon,
theme selecQon, etc.
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3) Special Access
Print version, ereader, and
members-‐only areas.
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