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Byline Times
Crowdfunding campaigns
Because we’re not billionaire-backed or oligarch-funded, we frequently run crowdfunding campaigns to gather the money to cover our reporting in expensive investigations, and sometimes for specific operational costs that we think benefit our readers, free and paid.
We would rather ask more people to donate smaller amounts to support our work than be beholden to the whims of the wealthy.
Current campaigns
#mediawatch
Campaign goal: Raise £20,000 to hire a new team member to monitor and tackle broadcast and social media disinformation, and take on misleading bias in the press – #MediaWatch.
With the help of Byline Times subscribers and readers, we can expose the worst of Britain’s media today, and demand something better.
#VOTEWATCH24
Campaign goal: Raise £25,000 to hire a new team member to coordinate the most ambitious monitoring project for this year’s elections – #VoteWatch24.
Byline Times and the Bylines Network want to shine a light on where the debate – and the candidates – are falling short of the basic standards that voters deserve.
#BUYAREALPAPER
Campaign goal: Raise £20,000 to increase its impact and break the Media Monopoly
We want to take the newspaper to the next level, accelerate our impact, and introduce even more readers to Byline Times’ vital work.
#MediaToo
Campaign goal: Raise £75,000 to cover three years of work reporting on the toxic culture in the UK’s national media.
The Dan Wottoon story is much wider than his actions alone. Tom Latchem and Dan Evans, the investigative journalists behind the exposé, want to keep telling this story of media abuse.
Fourth Birthday Facelift
Campaign goal: Raise £15,000 to improve the website for readers, subscribers and even for journalists and editors.
We felt our news website was getting a bit long in the tooth, and creaking at the seams. Keen to unmix the metaphors, we wanted shorter sharper teeth on the news front, and a tighter ship for subscribers who sail with us. We’ve done most of the work now, but if you think this is an improvement for you, contributions would still be gratefully received.
Past (closed) campaigns
2023 – RETAIL LAUNCH
Campaign goal: Raise £10,000 for operational work to get Byline Times into shops and newsstands
Successful? Yes
Byline Times is now on sale in independent newsagents, high street news chains, and supermarkets up and down the land! Find one close to you.
2023 – A REPORTER IN PARLIAMENT
Campaign goal: Raise £20,000 to put a Byline Times journalist in the parliamentary lobby
Successful? Yes
Adam Bienkov is now our full-time Westminster correspondent, sitting with his laptop among the literal rats in the Palace of Westminster
2022 – Byline TV platform
Campaign goal: Raise £20,000 for operational work on a subscription platform for Byline TV
Successful? Yes
2022 – Byline Intelligence Team
Campaign goal: Raise £18,000 for investigative reporting on data-driven stories
Successful? Rounds up to a Yes
2022 – keep the website free
Campaign goal: Raise £40,000 to keep the Byline Times website free (as in £0), but also free of ads and trackers, for everyone who wants to read it
Successful? Hasn’t met the target but has raised a very helpful amount
2022 – Christmas crowdfunder
Campaign goal: Raise a seasonal £20,000 for investigative reporting in 2023
Successful? No, but it’s still the most wonderful time of the year