AWP Magazine could not survive on self-financing and a few grants, despite its noble ambitions. So what could it have done differently?
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Journalist Abbianca Nassar started AWP Magazine when she was just 15, and then relaunched it when she was 22.
She set out with a fierce determination to cover underreported stories about crime and corruption from around the world, giving opportunities to journalists without formal training. As far as conviction goes, she is not lacking in that department.
But it was not meant to be. The magazine could not run on her salary and grant funding alone, so she closed it down three years ago and her career took a new turn.
In this week's podcast, she talks about the struggle to monetise investigative journalism, while resisting the urge to produce types of content that might have kept the publication going - at the cost of taking her further away from her mission.
What advice would Nassar give her 22-year-old self? Tune in to find out.
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