Today the research project I direct, @membershippzzle is announcing something new: a $700,000 fund for promising experiments that move membership models in news forward as a practice. The fund is international in scope, not just U.S. membershippuzzle.org/articles-overv… Curious? Read on. 1/
For the first time in my career, I will be giving out money! Along with @emgollie and — another announcement — @azirulnick, currently director of @newtropicmiami who is joining @membershippzzle to head up the new Membership in News Fund. (Welcome to the Puzzle, Ariel.) 2/
If your site has a membership program and you want to take it in a more innovative direction, or maybe launch something new, then we may have money for you. To find out, all you need to do is read the announcement, then send us a paragraph and a link. membershippuzzle.org/articles-overv… 3/
We are busy people and grantees ourselves, not a foundation, so we're committed to making the application as painless and human as possible. You can tweet questions to us at @membershippzzle. And thanks to our funders @luminategroup @DemocracyFund with support from @knightfdn 4/
