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Dec. 1, 2008, 12:41 p.m.

WGBH on crowdfunding

Greater Boston, a news program on Boston PBS station WGBH, did a piece just before Thanksgiving on community-funded journalism models, like Spot.Us, RepJ, and others. It’s a nice summary, and there’s a bit of airtime for me and friend-of-the-Lab Persephone Miel. (Plus a rare glimpse of Lab HQ! We’re still waiting to crowdsource the blank walls.)

Joshua Benton is the senior writer and former director of Nieman Lab. You can reach him via email (joshua_benton@harvard.edu) or Twitter DM (@jbenton).
POSTED     Dec. 1, 2008, 12:41 p.m.
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