Civil means journalism

Memberships available worldwide starting March 6

Civil is back and better than ever. Full details below. But let’s put first things first: Civil is a community-run platform for independent journalism founded to advance trust and sustainability for journalism worldwide. The community members are news organizations and you, the public they serve.

Key takeaways:

Our mission is to support independent journalism and restore trust in quality journalism.

We are a growing network of news organizations and supporters committed to a free press, civil discourse and public accountability. We champion self-sovereignty, cooperation and speaking truth to power. This is why we started Civil, and why we hope you’ll join us.

The problems facing journalism today are growing worse.

Become a Civil member

We’re looking for citizens who want to support a new model for journalism and who want to help run the platform where they get their news. That’s why members will also receive an equivalent number of Civil tokens relative to their financial contribution to the Civil Foundation. Everyone who has Civil tokens runs the Civil platform: they represent a member’s voting power within the Civil Registry and elsewhere on Civil. Since they’re backed by the blockchain, no company can take them away or make them disappear. You own Civil tokens the way you own a physical object.

Thirty-four million Civil tokens will be priced by The Civil Media Company at $0.20 per CVL on March 6. Every token sold will trigger a slight price increase until the last token goes for $0.94 via a transparent, fixed and linear slope. There’s no time limit — it could take us years to sellout and that would be okay. Meanwhile, members could also choose to exchange CVL with each other at market prices. There will only ever be one hundred million Civil tokens in existence (thanks, blockchain!), and the Civil Registry ensures that the value of Civil tokens will forever be tied most directly to the health and scale of the community network.

Ultimately, this is a community response to a global crisis, so Civil members will also receive a members-only newsletter, community forum and events in order to meet hard-working journalists face-to-face as well as other journalism supporters from around the world.

What to expect on March 6

Here’s what will go live on March 6:

Why Blockchain?: Own your data. Own your content. Own the network.

Civil is emerging into a daunting environment for journalism. An assault on truth is raging worldwide. Our data is harvested by media platforms often without our knowledge or direct benefit. Publishers’ content is subject to rampant piracy and lack of credit or compensation.

Our aim is to provide every journalist and member on Civil with data sovereignty, meaning everyone will fully control their data, who has access to it, for what purpose and for what value or compensation. We also aim to provide every journalist and publisher with full control of their content to protect licensing rights and generate syndication revenue on their own terms. All of this will run on a platform governed by journalists and the public they serve, delivering a radically more trustworthy experience than the status quo.

All of this is uniquely enabled by blockchain and the new Civil platform. And it’s only the beginning.

Save the date: March 6

Civil wouldn’t be possible without the inspiring passion, tireless dedication and tremendous support of these key individuals and partners.

Matt Coolidge, Jon Ferrer, Walker Flynn, Toby Fox, Julia Himmel, Naima Jinnah, Dan Kinsley, Megan Libby, Jorge Lopez, Christine Mohan, Peter Ng, Rob Okrzesik, Nick Reynolds, Sarah Ruddy, Inna Shteinbuk, Olaf Tomalka, Nguyet Vuong, Mike Young from The Civil Media Company.

Nicole Bode, Elena Giralt, Sasha Koren, Ursula O’Kuinghttons, Lillian Ruiz, Vivian Schiller from Civil Foundation.

Josh Benson, Katherine Lehr, Tom McGeveran from Old Town Media.

Austin Mills, Rachel Neufeld from MMM. Ed Klaris, Alexia Bedat from Klaris Law.

Patrick Berarducci, John Chard, Shawn Cheng, Matt Corva, Josh Daniels, Ron Garrett, Amanda Gutterman, Mike Kriak, Joyce Lai, Joe Lubin, Frithjof Weinert from ConsenSys.

Thank you so much, and here’s to what comes next.

Note: Civil tokens are a consumer software product that provide the means to participate in and govern the Civil platform. However, they do not confer rights of any kind with respect to The Civil Media Company (or its affiliates), or their intellectual property or other assets.

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