Comments on: Traveling in Atlanta: Excited about Future Business Models http://blog.digidave.org/2008/02/traveling-in-atlanta-excited-about-future-business-models Journalism is a Process, Not a Product Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: shelbinator http://blog.digidave.org/2008/02/traveling-in-atlanta-excited-about-future-business-models/comment-page-1#comment-446 shelbinator Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:47:00 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/2008/02/traveling-in-atlanta-excited-about-future-business-models.html#comment-446 <p>Let's hear it for peddling citizen journalism! I used ChipIn widgets for two of my big trips, when I took my backpack video-streaming rig to the first YouTube debate in Charleston and then to the Iowa caucuses for more live & YouTubed video. Between the two trips, I covered about 1/3 of my expenses from donations on the order of $50 apiece -- a few from complete strangers who just liked watching the feed. I feel bad about the donations getting as large as they did from a few of my local political "patrons" and would much rather get 50 donations of $10 (or better yet, 100 of $5) than 10 of $50. I similarly enjoyed buying the occasional "duckies" on Ze Frank's The Show b/c the humor he provided was well worth a few bucks. </p> <p>I'm all for a busking model of "amateur" cit-J, I just wish there were a few more people with change in their e-pockets. :-)</p> Let’s hear it for peddling citizen journalism! I used ChipIn widgets for two of my big trips, when I took my backpack video-streaming rig to the first YouTube debate in Charleston and then to the Iowa caucuses for more live & YouTubed video. Between the two trips, I covered about 1/3 of my expenses from donations on the order of $50 apiece — a few from complete strangers who just liked watching the feed. I feel bad about the donations getting as large as they did from a few of my local political “patrons” and would much rather get 50 donations of $10 (or better yet, 100 of $5) than 10 of $50. I similarly enjoyed buying the occasional “duckies” on Ze Frank’s The Show b/c the humor he provided was well worth a few bucks.

I’m all for a busking model of “amateur” cit-J, I just wish there were a few more people with change in their e-pockets. :-)

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