China's 1st crowdfunding platform for media  

国内首个“新闻众筹”平台成立

昨日，国内首个“新闻众筹”平台正式宣告成立，媒体记者和自媒体人可以通过这个平台发起新闻报道项目，接受网友的资助。自媒体人信海光在发布会后对新京报记者表示，如果这种方式在中国得到认可，将为自媒体人提供经济上的支持。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- China's first crowdfunding platform for media was launched Thursday, aimed at bringing more original reports to readers, the Beijing News reported.

Crowdfunding websites, which gather money from the public to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations, have gained more attention in China and abroad.

The crowdfunding platform for media is an attempt by Zhongchou.com, a Chinese crowd funding website, at We-Media, allowing everyone to post his reporting plan and raise funds to carry out investigations.

Twelve netizens have posted reporting plans and asked for financial support from 1,000 yuan ($164) to 8,000 yuan ($1,313). An investigation on mobile games has collected 3,175 yuan from 46 supporters.

Xin Haiguang, a freelance journalist, praised it for initiating a way of winning financial support for independent reporters.