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The story so far……..

In Alpha

• Offered writers the opportunity to respond to two commissions:

1. Journalism as a democratic tool

2. Insights into slavery

• Writers had to be logged in as members to see the commissions or

respond

• Received a total of 3 pitches and commissioned them

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The story so far……….

Move to Beta

• Writers no longer need to be logged in to view commissions.

• Offered more commissions:

1. An open invitation to pitch on the broad subject of ‘democracy’

2. An In-depth look at the European Union its

future/challenges/change etc.

3. An investigation into Lottery games worldwide

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The story so far……….

European Union stories

• involved editor of The New European newspaper Matt Kelly

and well known Dutch journalism professor Bart Brouwers

• 13 pitches submitted

• 7 commissioned

• cover EU related topics from banking to innovation

Lottery investigation

• expanded the Gaming the Lottery initiative. That project has

involved more than 40 people from 10 countries

• 8 pitches received, 4 commissioned

• first story published this week10

The story so far…..

• More projects to launch - but what topics?

• More features to roll out

• More fundraising

• More invitations for writers

• What else?

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What next?

sarah@publish.org@foodiesarah