North South Notes is currently in an “experimental phase,” and we are accepting pledges. What this means is that, after a few years of using this platform in a very personal and off-beat way, I have begun to pay contributors around the world for original reporting and analysis.
I will not turn on payments (and accept the money that is “pledged”) unless I am sure that I can make it work. Therefore, signing up for a subscription, and pledging to contribute a small amount of money, is a vote to launch the global mini-magazine I have pondered since I came up with the name in 2022.
What will it mean if I can make it work? I would myself pledge: at least one dispatch per month, written by someone far away; and at least one thing from me. It could grow to be much larger, of course, but I think two emails per month could be enough.
How could it become clear that I cannot make it work? 1. If we cannot raise enough money here to regularly pay contributors well. 2. If it turns out I simply cannot handle the commissioning, editing, and publishing. If I can’t make it work — no big deal. I just won’t do it. But I would love it if your pledges convinced me to try.
