The way, I have seen funded web logs emerge is through a proposal or pitch process. However, you are not limited to only one medium but can pitch it to Newspapers, magazines, T.V. and cable networks alike.

There is programing that will need to be filled as traditional mediums branch out to stay relevant. The unfortunate part is that the funding is going mainly to non-diverse men. So the problem of diversity even in the cyber sphere, has already emerged.

Found your site through Loteria Chicana, and really like the work you are doing here.

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We could also offer Global Voices membership, which would entail something, don’t really know what.

Either way, I think we could solicit funds from our many visitors.

That could be not only a good source of revenue but a great way to give visbility to the people who contribute to GVO

Non-profit, strangely, doesn’t always mean the organisations aren’t making a profit (or surplus, in NGO speak) but just that they choose to reinvest any profits/surplus back in their work, rather than buying a Lear jet / having that holiday in Hawaii….

Far from being an oxymoron, these types of organisation are the future, as any forward-thinking CEO / venture philanthropist / charity director will tell you.

Michels, Robert. 1915. “Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy.”

Among his ideas, is the fact that every organization’s primary concern, no matter how noble in its intentions, becomes its own survival. Michel felt that survival usually means compromising ideals.

I have no solutions for you (although I would buy Global Voices Cookies), but you need to consider what your priorities are and to what extent you are willing to compromise them: independence, dynamic perspectives, innovation, “market” share, etc.

My sister is a director of communications (read: head fund-raiser) for a non-profit in San Francisco (and has worked in the field, including some political campaigns, for quite some time). She might have better or more creative ideas. Let me know if you want me to put you in touch with her.

In your case, there is no local station. Global Voices better fits the model as a network like Reuters. You’d have to package your content and sell it to someone. You’d need to be a news wire.

Otherwise, you could become a type of National Geographic online magazine. Push more photography and video media.

You could always sell Global Voices Cookies like the Girl Scouts.