#CroakeyFundingDrive

We need your help to sustain the work of Croakey Health Media, and our public interest journalism with a focus on health equity.

The inaugural #CroakeyFundingDrive will be held from 5 – 11 December 2022.

The funding environment for public interest journalism is precarious. We hope this campaign will encourage a wider understanding of the importance of supporting public interest journalism and provide a way to broaden our supporter base.

Individual donations will go toward our overall #CroakeyFundingDrive targets:

$869 covers our editorial and operational costs for one day
$4,327 covers our editorial and operational costs for one week
$18,750 covers our editorial and operational costs for one month
$50,000 covers public interest journalism commissions for one year
$225,000 covers our editorial and operational costs for one year.

If you can’t afford to make a donation, you can help by:

Sharing the #CroakeyFundingDrive news across social media
Pitching ideas for stories using #HealthEquityMatters2023
Participating in the program of events below.

Program

All week:
We are crowdfunding ideas for stories and projects for 2023. Share your ideas using #HealthEquityMatters2023
Monday, 5 December:
#AppreciationDay – a day-long Twitter festival acknowledging the work of Croakey supporters
Tuesday, 6 December:
Focus on #ResearchTranslation and public interest journalism
Friday, 9 December:
#PetsofCroakey – share your favourite pet pictures and we will do a compilation post.
7.30pm AEDT: Sunday, 11 December:
#HealthEquityMatters2023 – webinar on story ideas. Best pitches considered by a panel. Please register here.

Queries? Contact @CroakeyNews

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NOTE: In line with our policy on being transparent about our funding sources, donors are acknowledged on this page.

Help support non-profit public interest journalism

Public interest journalism is an important determinant of health, due to its roles in accountability and holding power to account, empowering communities, and contributing to health literacy. A strong public interest journalism sector contributes to planetary health and health equity, as well as healthier people, communities, societies, and systems of governance.

Join one of our annual Funding Consortia

Croakey has a mixed revenue stream that includes support from members of our funding consortium. There are four tiers of funding consortia:-

Health Equity Champion
Health Equity Star
Health Equity Heart, and
Health Equity Supporter

The details of each tier can be found here and a list of current consortium members can be found here.

If you would like to be part of one of the Consortia, please contact us at: info@croakey.org.

You can also support Croakey by subscribing to our weekly email bulletin or by making a donation.

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Croakey is a valuable voice in the health space, providing a respected and wide ranging platform for health experts and professionals to debate this crucial area of public policy.

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Federal Government Minister

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One of my favourite things about Croakey is the active engagement of so many people with a passion for equity and public health.

Dr Melissa Sweet

public health journalist and Croakey founder

Croakey is an important part of the health landscape providing progressive, current and incisive commentary.

Professor Fran Baum

Global public health leader

The future of health care is too important to leave to the mainstream media. Croakey provides a platform for robust, respectful and inclusive debate on the health issues that really matter.

Jennifer Doggett

Croakey editor and health policy analyst

With a health system that is facing unprecedented challenges we need all the courage and all the insight we can get our hands on. Croakey is a space that invites us to to challenge and interrogate our practice and our policy. Croakey’s journalism and activism inspires me to remain optimistic.

Mary Freer

Change Day Australia

I love the context and clarity that Croakey’s contributors bring to very complex issues. And the merch.

Marie McInerney

journalist, Croakey Editor

It was great to be able to collaborate with the Croakey team for the COVID-19 CaLD Community Think Tank. The event was aimed at hearing from those working in multicultural and community organisations about the challenges they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic but to also capture lessons learnt and strategies that have enhanced engagement and to share those lessons. By working with Cate and the Croakey team we were able to capture those insights and to disseminate them in a timely way which is critical during a pandemic. The resulting article captured all of the key messages in a format that was relevant and tailored to the relevant audiences. The team were easy to connect and work with and I would certainly look to repeat the partnership again.

Associate Professor Holly Seale

School of Population Health at the University of New South Wales

Croakey provides a rare platform to explore public health issues from a range of perspectives. Melissa and Marie have supported #cripcroakey, a series of articles about disability and health, at a time of profound change in disability policy that needs scrutiny and analysis. Croakey’s backing of writers from diverse backgrounds is a fantastic addition to Australian media.

El Gibbs

Award-winning writer; Leading #CripCroakey investigations of disability and health issues

HUGE congratulations to all the Croakey team on your coverage of our Summit. To say we have been delighted with the event, your coverage and the wash up is an understatement. You did such a fantastic job. I know how much there was to synthesise! I was particularly impressed with the flair and variety in how you approached the various pieces of coverage.

Leanne Wells

Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Health Forum of Australia re: #ShiftingGears (2021)

Croakey is an outstanding achievement and an absolutely essential part of the public health scene. It’s required reading for anyone who wants to know what’s happening, why, and what should be happening. Croakey is produced by an exceptional team of editors, authors and other contributors. Always a top read.

Emeritus Professor Mike Daube

Curtin University

Croakey provides outstanding public interest journalism that challenges the status quo through an ethical and decolonised lens.

Professor Rebecca Ivers

School of Population Health, UNSW