Crikey launches crowdfunding campaign to finance investigative journalism project

News and current affairs website Crikey has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help fund the investigation of an undisclosed “nationally and globally important” story.

The Crikey Digs crowdfunding campaign – which it promises is the first of many – follows The Guardian’s successful funding for its Wide Brown Land series. The Guardian’s project saw the original target goal extended from $50,000 to $150,000, while Crikey’s target is a more modest $15,000.

Ben Birchall, Crikey’s associate publisher told Mumbrella: “We were talking about crowdfunding before the Guardian’s campaign, and looking at other independent publishers like New Matilda, but we watched the Guardian’s campaign with interest.