Crowdfunding no jornalismo : a utilização das práticas de financiamento coletivo como indicadores das mudanças na atuação de jornalistas

Abstract

This research deals with crowdfunding of journalism as a possibility of alternative financing in a scenario marked by successive layoffs and downsizing of newsrooms in Brazil. Crowdfunding practices are also used as indicators of the changes in journalists' practices. It is based on the ideas that technological changes from the 1990s have contributed to the development of a convergence culture and a cognitive capitalism. A multi-case study was developed and was supported by semi-structured interviews with six journalists who have already participated in crowdfunding projects for their own journalistic products or initiatives. As main conclusions, it is identified the difficulty of journalists in dealing with entrepreneurship, administration and management, the dissatisfaction of professionals with the routine in newsrooms of traditional media companies, the importance of forming communities around the projects and the need to deal with the effects of constant job insecurity.