Disclaimer: I read Raw Story regularly. I'm unaffiliated with Raw Story, the Dean campaign, Ann Coulter and bozo the clown. Nobody has paid me to write a diary on this.
But I really like the work they do. They're my alternative to the sludge who shall not be named. I check out their site at least 3 or 4 times a day. These guys kick ass and deserve our support, so if you have a dime to spare, help them out.
Two Week Help-Us-Out-A-Thon
June 17 - July 1 2005
Raw Readers know that the majority of our funds come from the advertising pop-up and banner ads that we have posted on the site. Those ads, as annoying as they are to all of you (we have heard your complaints), only really cover the cost of the site up-keep and hosting, an editor, with some to spare for our news editor and one researcher.
The little that our news staffers make goes back into researching stories because we pay for our own research, phone bills, and some cases travel. We would like to be able to pay our staff something for their hard work and we would like to hire additional staff to help make Raw Story become even better.
What do they need the money for?
We don't know what to ask for, but we know that our two journalists have been working almost 24/7 with very little pay; our researcher has been working 24/7 with no pay; our site needs a serious overhaul; our equipment is outdated; we have no research accounts whatsoever; we have large phone bills; and so forth. In other words, we end up volunteering a lot of our time to bring as much as possible to you. Any help is appreciated.