Labor 'half way' towards raising $95k editor's salary for Labor Herald

By Frank Chung | 6 May 2014
 
Labor national secretary George Wright.

Labor supporters have braved "conservatives on Twitter jump[ing] up and down", with 226 founding subscribers stumping up $22.60 a month for the promise of "more factual information about what Tony Abbott and his Government are doing".

Labor is seeking another 226 subscribers to reach its fundraising goal of $95,000 for the editor's position at the Labor Herald, which aim's to be "Labor's Crikey", stepping into the woefully under-serviced niche of left-leaning online news portals.

National secretary George Wright wrote in an email to supporters: "Did you see how the conservatives on Twitter jumped up and down when they heard we were fundraising for an editor for our new online Labor Herald?

"Apparently they weren't fans of the idea, but a bit of Twitter hyperactivity won't stop us. We've got 226 new founding subscribers and we're more than half way to our fundraising goal of $95,000 for the position of editor. Can you join our 226 new founding subscribers and help get our online news service up and running?"

Labor supporters "need our own news and we need a place where we can hear each other's views", according to Wright. "You’ve already told us loud and clear that you want more factual information about what Tony Abbott and his Government are doing.

“The Labor Herald will play that role, but we need a content editor to make it all happen. An editor who will write useful, interesting articles for the site and pull together interesting content, including your own articles and comments."

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