DOKURIZI IS A RADICAL ATTEMPT TO
BUILD COMMUNITIES
AROUND
POWERFUL STORIES.
WEB-3 STYLE.
JOURNALISM IS IN TROUBLE. Printed media has experienced massive decline - with Facebook and Google offering a much better alternative advertising model. Newer strategies like sponsored content and pay-walls haven’t exactly worked out for many publishers too.
The social media revolution has led to the prioritizing of “fast content” that is addictive and shareable. With shrinking budgets, the time and resources given to reporters to produce and investigate stories have been reduced too
Increasing attacks against journalists, restrictive laws and internet censorship create immense barriers to fair and accurate reportage. The Reporters Without Borders index for media freedom has deteriorated by 12% since 2013.
Today, most readers/viewers are passive ones. The most “active” of them are passionate commenters or angry ranters on a facebook post.
But their relationship with the journalist and media organisation is a distant one.
But their relationship with the journalist and media organisation is a distant one.
DOKURIZI is a self-publishing platform for storytellers – photojournalists, documentarians, journalists and editorial cartoonists, where their work can be minted as NFTs.
We are proposing a better, more sustainable business model that brings readers onboard as invested stakeholders in the storytelling process – that in turn, results in impactful, fact-checked and well-curated journalism.
THE RIGHT LAYOUT FOR ANY STORY
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Whether you are a writer, photojournalist, cartoonist or a fancy data journalist, our self-publishing feature will provide the right modular tools to showcase your stories in the best way possible.
SMART CONTRACTS WITH SPLITS
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NFTs have smart contracts embedded within them that ensures royalties paid to the original creators on all secondary sales into perpetuity.
Our smart contracts also allow splits between multiple parties.
For example, a user minting a story on our platform could arrange for a three-way split between the editor, photographer and writer of the story(in any proportion), fairly rewarding the original creators of a piece of work.
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NFTs have smart contracts embedded within them that ensures royalties paid to the original creators on all secondary sales into perpetuity.
Our smart contracts also allow splits between multiple parties.
For example, a user minting a story on our platform could arrange for a three-way split between the editor, photographer and writer of the story(in any proportion), fairly rewarding the original creators of a piece of work.
ACCOUNTABILITY, EVEN WITH ANONYMITY
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The blockchain offers radical transparency. Token-holders will be able to observe the outflows and inflows from the content creator’s wallet. This offers an increased level of accountability.
This ability to verify the source of content also creates an opportunity for content creators who need to operate pseudonymously and build trust with their community without the need of a established organisation as the middle person.
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The blockchain offers radical transparency. Token-holders will be able to observe the outflows and inflows from the content creator’s wallet. This offers an increased level of accountability.
This ability to verify the source of content also creates an opportunity for content creators who need to operate pseudonymously and build trust with their community without the need of a established organisation as the middle person.
AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY OF TOKEN-HOLDERS, NOT A PASSIVE SUBSCRIBER-BASE
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NFT culture encourages deeper bonds between content creators and collectors. Collectors have a vested interest in the media product doing well and thus more willing to share posts, create derivative work and offer deep constructive critique.
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NFT culture encourages deeper bonds between content creators and collectors. Collectors have a vested interest in the media product doing well and thus more willing to share posts, create derivative work and offer deep constructive critique.
F A Q
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Q: How will Dokurizi make money?
A: Dokurizi will take 2.5% commission from each NFT sale on the platform
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A: Dokurizi will take 2.5% commission from each NFT sale on the platform
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Q: When will Dokurizi be launched?
A: A pessimistic estimate will see us launch in Q4 2022.
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A: A pessimistic estimate will see us launch in Q4 2022.
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Q: I am an editor/journalist/photographer/filmmaker/storyteller, I would like to try Dokurizi out. How can I start?
A: Stay tuned. We will be launching a allow-list soon for early users on the platform. For now, drop any enquires you might have to this email.
A: Stay tuned. We will be launching a allow-list soon for early users on the platform. For now, drop any enquires you might have to this email.