Mediagazer: Charging for journalism - crowdfunder SA Mathieson's experience (Paul Bradshaw/Online Journalism Blog)

11:55 PM ET, March 25, 2014

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Paul Bradshaw / Online Journalism Blog:

Charging for journalism - crowdfunder SA Mathieson's experience — If you assumed that the future of journalism would only be free (or at least advertiser-funded), says SA Mathieson, you're wrong. In a guest post for OJB Mathieson - who recently successfully crowdfunded his own project …

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