Developing Decentralized Journalism

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About

NFTs and other Web3 tools have helped artists reach new audiences, build community and achieve independence. We will develop a similar process for journalists making use of new and available tools for those in news deserts to cover their communities. At the same time we will harness blockchain's strengths -- transparency, immutability and censorship resistance -- to create a better and more trustworthy newsgathering process.

Impact

The loss of local news outlets has led to new levels of polarization, civic disengagement and withdrawal from community in many countries. Meanwhile, surveys show most people no longer trust what news remains. We will rebuild with new, better tools.

Team

JournoDAO www.journodao.xyz [contact redacted] - Eric Mack [contact redacted] - Crystal Street [contact redacted] - Keith Axline [contact redacted] - Spencer Cavanaugh

Funding

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Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.

Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/1674519708608x970465234422777100
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