{"id":9339,"date":"2012-03-21T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/?p=9339"},"modified":"2012-03-20T16:42:47","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T23:42:47","slug":"funding-pagan-journalism-one-event-at-a-time-lets-start-with-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/03\/funding-pagan-journalism-one-event-at-a-time-lets-start-with-chicago.html","title":{"rendered":"Funding Pagan Journalism One Event at a Time (Let’s Start With Chicago)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

We live in an\u00a0unparalleled\u00a0and historic time for the evolution and growth of Pagan-oriented media, and the development of journalism within our interconnected communities. In the span of a decade we\u2019ve gone from counting notable self-identified Pagan journalists on one hand, to watching the evolution of a grass-roots Pagan newswire<\/a> project, and the emergence of a\u00a0vibrant and unprecedented\u00a0interview culture thanks to podcasts and Internet radio. I\u2019ve been truly blessed, through The Wild Hunt<\/a><\/em>, to be a participant, booster, and \u00a0direct beneficiary of this phenomenon. I\u2019ve been an ardent\u00a0evangelizer\u00a0for the power of new media<\/a> within our community, and I\u2019m always looking for new ways Pagan journalists and media professionals can do their work in a sustainable manner.<\/p>\n

Over the years, I\u2019ve often been asked if I can cover a certain event, or if I\u2019ll be attending a festival or conference. While I wish the answer could always be \u201cyes,\u201d I\u2019ve often been limited in what I could afford to do. While Patheos does pay me something for writing here, it amounts to hundreds of dollars per month, and (sadly) not the high end of \u201chundreds.\u201d Simply put, I don\u2019t even make minimum wage writing and reporting for the Pagan community on a daily basis. \u00a0I don\u2019t say this to garner sympathy, but to just plainly state what the fiscal realities are of the current job I perform. Most of the events I cover in person have been possible because the organizers have covered my expenses, or else I sprung for the costs myself. Because of this, whenever an event is too far away, I usually can\u2019t go, and instead hope that others will do first-hand accounts that I can build from.<\/p>\n

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So, starting today, I\u2019m beginning a new experiment in \u201ccrowdfunding\u201d Pagan journalism. I\u2019m going to start launching small campaigns through Indiegogo<\/a> to raise travel and living expenses for events that I feel are important for me to cover in person. If the event gets funded, then I go. If it doesn\u2019t, I won\u2019t. My first campaign is to raise funds for the American Academy of Religion\u2019s 2012 Annual Meeting in Chicago<\/a>.\u00a0The AAR is the world\u2019s largest association of academics who research or teach topics related to religion, and their annual meeting has become a vital place to hear about the latest scholarship in the field of\u00a0Pagan Studies (and just about every other religious and philosophical tradition as well). In 2011, my trip to the AAR\u2019s Annual Meeting in San Francisco allowed me to share a talk by Starhawk on elemental theology<\/a>, and explore Paganism\u2019s solitary, eclectic, future<\/a>. Not to mention the many connections and sources I was able to meet firsthand.<\/p>\n

All of these campaigns will be relatively small-dollar in scope, usually 1-2 thousand dollars for each trip. The amount raised will only cover travel, food, and lodging. Any savings I make due to alternate living\/eating\/travel arrangements will be forwarded to the next campaign. \u00a0I will also take suggestions on events that I should cover and open the idea up to comment here at The Wild Hunt. Should I go to the Esoteric Book Conference<\/a> in Seattle? Paganicon<\/a> in Minnesota? What about an event in England? Make your voices heard, and if there\u2019s enough demand, we\u2019ll try to fund them one at a time. Ultimately, I would like to build this up and work towards funding a trip to the 2014 Parliament of the World\u2019s Religions in\u00a0Belgium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See the campaign, and donate, here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

All trips that are successfully crowdfunded will come with expectations on what I will deliver. Daily reports, yes, but also exclusive audio interviews that I will make freely\u00a0available\u00a0for any Pagan media outlet to use, and groundwork for larger, more in depth, stories. Ideally, this project will not only give you more on-the-ground journalism at events that are important to us, but create a model for other Pagans to try as well. If I succeed, it means it can succeed for others like me. In the end, it will mean a richer, more robust, Pagan journalism. I hope you\u2019ll join me in this quest, spread the word, donate what you can, and help me in continuing to push the barriers of Pagan media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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