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24 alternatives to Contributoria

Community funded, collaborative journalism

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Contributoria launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Reportedly▲83

   Native journalism for social media by those communities

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Cont3nt▲82

   Connecting citizen journalists and media companies

   2014 · cont3nt.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Feedial▲63

   A next-generation news reader

   2015 · feedial.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Vox▲124

   Understand the news.

   2014 · vox.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Inside 2.0▲194

   Curating the best journalism in real-time

   2014 · inside.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   ReadThisThing▲88

   Find, share, and discuss great journalism

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Hearken▲14

   Helping journalists report original and relevant content

   2015 · wearehearken.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Radiotopia▲112

   A podcasting revolution: remaking public radio

   2014 · radiotopia.fm · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Swarmize▲82

   Data journalism platform from The Guardian

   2014 · alpha.swarmize.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Deepr▲83

    Crowdfunding platform for independent journalism

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Innoz▲88

    Connecting the unconnected

    2014 · offlineinternet.org · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Ghost for Journalism▲191

    Media engineering team as a service

    2017 · ghost.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Fever Reader▲73

    A Feed Reader with A Brain

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    ReadThisThing▲81

    One fantastic piece of journalism delivered via newsletter

    2015 · readthisthing.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Sociable▲93

    Documenting how technology transforms societies

    2017 · sociable.co · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Teamstory▲103

    A Community for Startups & Entrepreneurs

    2014 · teamstoryapp.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Contently Foundation▲74

    Funding stories in the public interest.

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    ContentBooth▲65

    A marketplace for sponsored content

    2015 · contentbooth.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Trove▲58

    News stories picked by people who share your interests

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Tools for Reporters▲72

    A newsletter with awesome tools for storytellers

    2014 · toolsforreporters.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Penflip▲119

    A social writing platform

    2013 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    WeWrite▲90

    Crowdsourced Storytelling

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Newsbeat▲72

    Print and online news radio

    2014 · newsbeat.me · its alternatives →

24. 24
    TechForReporters▲136

    Reporters and technologists helping each other

    2017 · techforreporters.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →