Introducing Two New Categories: Journalism and Crafts

Got ideas on how to save newspapers? Kickstarter adds a journalism category. (Or, if you're done with journalism, there is a new craft category too.) -- Brett Levy

Kickstarter’s a home to countless kinds of creativity — so we like to make sure all the different communities that bring their ideas here have a little space to call their own. That’s why we recently added 94 new subcategories: everything from space exploration to vegan food. Today, we’re excited to create official homes for two fields where creators have already brought huge amounts of energy and ingenuity to Kickstarter: journalism and crafts.

It’d be a vast understatement to say the world of journalism is currently experiencing a lot of change. To us, that means it’s more important than ever to make sure journalists have the tools and resources to try new things — whether they’re professionals looking for innovative ways of funding and sharing their work, or ordinary folks with a hunger to tell the stories around them. Together, we’ve seen people launch terrific podcasts, magazines, works of photojournalism, websites, andstriking tools for learning about the world. We’re sure we’ll be seeing even more amazing things to come.

And we’re especially pleased to announce that the Guardian, an institution with a global reputation for producing great and uncompromising journalism, is launching a curated page to highlight compelling projects from around the world. Caspar Llewellyn Smith, Head of Culture at Guardian News & Media, explains it this way:

“At the Guardian, we’re excited by new forms and models of journalism, and Kickstarter’s focus on the fourth estate is something we’re happy to support by helping pick the projects that we think look most interesting.”