InsideClimate News, Arkansas Times Reach Funding Goal to Conduct Oil Spill Investigation

InsideClimate News 2013-07-22

Summary:

An innovative national-local collaboration to investigate the Exxon oil spill in Mayflower, Ark., raises more than $25,000 in about three weeks.

By Stacy Feldman

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—InsideClimate News and the Arkansas Times reached the fundraising target for their innovative reporting collaboration after a three-week campaign. Two reporters will soon be on the ground to investigate the causes and consequences of the Exxon pipeline spill in Mayflower, Ark. that occurred last Mar. 29.

The online fundraising effort that raised $26,790 was run on ioby.org, a non-profit crowdfunding platform. About 260 people contributed to the campaign with an average donation of approximately $100.

"It's inspiring to see readers take ownership of the First Amendment," said David Sassoon, publisher of InsideClimate News. "This is the first time we've tried crowdfunding, and we are quite gratified by the response."

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Tags:

tar sands/oil sands exxon dilbit spill 2013

Authors:

Stacy Feldman

Date tagged:

07/22/2013, 12:30

Date published:

07/22/2013, 05:30