by 0x76d429836cf2d4944a5e4ec689271151f877b252
Should the following Tier 1: up to $1,500 USD in MANA, one-time payment grant in the Community category be approved?
Abstract
daotimes.com is a freshly born independent publication that researches, analyzes, and reports major news and developments in the DAO sector. We write about builders and for builders.
We are applying for the $1500 in MANA funding to hire a reporter who will live in the Decentraland DAO community, research it and exclusivelly report for DAO Times about all major Decentraland DAO events, proposals, grants and discussions for 90 days.
We have already found an expirienced contributor from HackerNoon who is interested to dedicate his time for reporting about the DAO ecosystem.
His HackerNoon profile
Edward Moon | HackerNoon (Five award nominations)
His Twitter account (17k+ followers)
https://twitter.com/edwardmoons
Grant size
1,500 USD
Beneficiary address
0x76D429836cF2d4944a5e4EC689271151f877B252
Email address
Description
We believe that there is a luck of coverage in the DAO niche in general, and our target to feel the gap. We want DAO enthusiasts to get a place where they can keep track of DAO news which are important for them. Using our publication they will have a place to learn from each other and improve their performance as well the DAO industry in general.
Our reporter will publish 30 articles covering the Decentraland DAO for 90 days, he will also share each article via his Twitter profile. As a result we expect that a big number of talented DAO builders and contributors will learn about Decentraland DAO via our news platform and join the Decentraland ecosystem.
Specification
Sharing some examples of our articles about Decentraland DAO, so you will be able to get a feeling of how the news will look like
Personnel
The founder is Makoto Takahiro, he believes that the world craves for decentralisation in organisation developments, politics and decision making. He resigned from his position at a major Tokyo company to devote his life to build in DAO organizations, and help to grow this way of self-organization.
Content manager is Andrey Sergeenkov. At the moment he also works for two leading crypto publications: Coindesk and Coinmarketcap.
News reporter is Saudu Clement. Husband, father, brand strategist, kickass content creator with many years of experience of reporting about the crypto industry.
DAO Adviser and news digger is Edward Moon. He is a DAO analyst and contributor for many crypto publications. At the moment he is navigating us in the DAO space. If we will get the funding, he will join us as a special reporter.
The team will expend with time and growth of the publication.
Roadmap and milestones
In total our reporter will publish 30 articles for 90 days, he also will share each article via his Twitter profile. As a result we expect that a big number of talented DAO builders will learn about Decentraland DAO and join the ecosystem. The Decentraland community members will be able to contact with the author via his Twitter account to suggest improvements or ideas for his work.
