Our Crowdfunding Groups
We are thrilled to announce a Maryland Day matching gift challenge! Every dollar you contribute to CNS student journalists will be matched up to $500 by former CNSer and current CNN investigative reporter Chris Frates '02.
Double your impact and help us get $1,000 closer to our $15,000 stretch goal with your gift today. Please consider participating in this challenge. A gift of any size counts and matters.
Chris shares his thoughts on CNS and why he’s joining our Launch campaign:
“CNS helped launch my career as a political journalist so I know firsthand what a game changer the experience can be. That's why I'm excited to support our campaign to send CNS reporters to the Republican and Democratic national conventions. So, please, join me in supporting the next generation of journalists by giving a gift now and I'll match every dollar up to $500. Thanks for supporting Fearless Journalism.”
We have set our stretch goal to $15,000. Please spread the word and help us raise an additional $5,000 over the next few weeks!
We have also been given a donor challenge for a chance to receive some extra cash. The launch campaign that can get 20 new individuals to donate to their project between now and April 22 will receive an additional $250. That will result in, at a minimum, an additional $450 to our campaign! If you’ve already donated, please spread the word and ask a friend or colleague to donate $10 to our project this week.
We have two new perks available thanks to two generous alumni:
$1,000 level perk: Eun Yang of NBC4 has offered to take a donor to lunch! Eun Yang is 1995 graduate of Merrill College and a morning news anchor on NBC4 Washington.
$500 level perk: For our supporters down south, Michelle Krupa has offered to give a tour of CNN’s World Headquarters. Michelle is a 2002 graduate of Merrill College and editor for CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin
We appreciate all of the support we have received so far and look forward to what the next three weeks will bring!
We are so excited to reach our goal in the first week of our campaign. THANK YOU to all of our generous supporters! We still have THREE WEEKS left in the campaign, so watch for more perks and our stretch goal soon.
Congratulations to Fearless Journalist Dennis Ting '15 whose contribution helped push us over our original goal of $10,000! Dennis wins a Merrill College of Journalism coffee mug as our way of saying "Thank You" for making a difference. Watch this video to hear Dennis tell you why it's so important to keep supporting CNS.
We appreciate your support!
Receive a public thank you on Merrill College's Facebook or Twitter page.
Receive a newly designed CNS laptop sticker.
Receive two different versions of the CNS laptop sticker.
Your name will be included on a donor thank you page on CNS' website for your donation.
Receive an autographed copy of 'All those mornings . . . at the Post: The 20th Century in Sports from Famed Washington Post Columnist Shirley Povich' by George Solomon, Merrill College faculty member and director of the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and receive two different versions of the CNS laptop stickers. The fair market value of this perk is $12.
Receive an autographed copy of 'A Gift for Ron: Friendship and Sacrifice On and Off the Gridiron' by Kevin Blackistone, Merrill College faculty member and receive two different versions of the CNS laptop stickers. The fair market value of this perk is $9.
Receive an autographed copy of 'Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State' by Dana Priest, a Merrill College faculty member and receive two different versions of the CNS laptop stickers. The fair market value of this perk is $12.
Receive an autographed copy of 'Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture' by Mark Feldstein, a Merrill College faculty member and receive two different versions of the CNS laptop stickers. The fair market value of this perk is $26.
Receive an autographed copy of 'The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth about U.S. War Crimes' by Deb Nelson, a Merrill College faculty member and receive two different versions of the CNS laptop stickers. The fair market value of this perk is $3.
Recieve a tour of CNN's Washington Office with CNS alum Chris Frates '02, a correspondent for CNN's Investigations Unit.
Go on a tour of Mashable's Headquarters in New York.
Tour of Vice headquarters in New York with Merrill alum Adam Kerlin '12, Associate Producer of Development, Vice on HBO.
Receive a tour of CNN’s World Headquarters in Atlanta with CNS alum Michelle Krupa ’02, the editor for CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin.
Have lunch with Merrill alum and NBC4 news anchor, Eun Yang '95 at a mutually convenient time.