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Crowdfunding has become an increasingly important source of financial support for independent local journalism, and can also strengthen a news site's connection to and engagement with readers and the community. <\/p>\n

Three LION members  —  Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow<\/a><\/strong>, Dylan Smith of the Tucson Sentinel<\/a><\/strong>, and Traven Rice of The Lo-Down<\/a><\/strong> in New York City's Lower East Side  —  spoke July 8 about their successes and failures with crowdfunding special projects, new technology, and even an additional reporter.<\/p>\n

The webinar was the fifth in LION's monthly series.<\/p>\n

Charlottesville Tomorrow's crowfunding projects have included an effort to expand into covering local schools, which raised more than $17,000, and a project to build 3D models of a major local transportation project, which raised more than $7,000. <\/p>\n

The Tucson Sentinel raised more than $13,000 in a Kickstarter campaign for a project to photograph the entire Arizona-Mexico border.<\/p>\n

The Lo-Down raised more than $27,000 to launch a year-long reporting initiative to find solutions for the long-term survival small businesses on the Lower East Side.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE REPLAY<\/a>. <\/strong>(You will need to fill in your name and email.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Wheeler's slides from the webinar are here: www.cvilletomorrow.org\/page\/lion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wheeler and Smith also spoke on the crowdfunding<\/a><\/strong> at LION's conference in Philadelphia in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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