Can Emphas.is bring crowd funding to photojournalism?
Posted by Leah McBride Mensching on September 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM
Emphas.is is a new platform
for photojournalism that hopes to find a business model to sustain the
profession, by creating "a unique bond between photojournalists and
their audience." Due to launch in early 2011, its website went live at
the end of August. It would work via crowd funding, "with a difference," the website says. The incentive to contribute would be "exclusive access to top photojournalists." This will work, says the site, because there are many photojournalism enthusiasts out there who would be interested in providing support, many amateur photographers who would be eager for contact with professionals, as well as many people who care about the different issues that photojournalists can address.
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for photojournalism that hopes to find a business model to sustain the
profession, by creating "a unique bond between photojournalists and
their audience." Due to launch in early 2011, its website went live at
the end of August. <br /><br />It would work via crowd funding, "with a
difference," the website says. The incentive to contribute would be
"exclusive access to top photojournalists." This will work, says the
site, because there are many photojournalism enthusiasts out there who
would be interested in providing support, many amateur photographers who
would be eager for contact with professionals, as well as many people
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