Guth: a new voice
guth, g. gotha, pl. gotha, gothanna, m., voice; the articulate or musical voice; a vote; pron. guf (N. Con.); a vowel, a vocable. - Patrick S Dinneen’s Irish-English Dictionary
We all know that media has changed, and nowhere more so than with the written word. News is now as likely to break on Instagram or Twitter as it is on radio or TV, with newspapers far behind. Print’s role is now to sum it up, to be first with a synopsis on its website, and then either the next day or the following Sunday on paper.
But what we have gained in speed, we have lost in depth. With the exception of the major front page stories, little of the news that breaks every day is covered in depth. Many stories barely merit more than a sidebar rewrite of the press release before they’re forgotten. Many of them deserve much closer attention.
Guth will take an in-depth look at the stories that are unknown, under-covered, or under-analysed.
Guth will be a different media voice.
Guth will tell you something you don’t know yet — and when you find out, you’ll be glad you did..
Guth will provide you with a monthly collection of articles reporting in depth on all aspects Irish society.
Guth will report on society and politics, as well as culture, sport, the arts, entertainment and technology.
To do that, Guth needs funding. In-depth journalism that delves beyond the headlines costs money, and we need your support. Crowdfunding allows us to bootstrap Guth, creating a new voice in Ireland.
Where does your money go?
Most of our budget is dedicated to paying journalists for the time they put into the reports we bring you. The rest will go on maintaining this website, and distributing Guth electronically to tablets and e-readers. To help keep our expenses to a minimum, Guth will not appear in print, with the exception of a limited edition for major supporters.
That’s why our gift to you for taking part in our crowdfunded launch is a magazine subscription. We thought long and hard about souvenirs we could give to you, our supporters, from key rings and mugs to branded USB sticks and T-shirts, but we kept coming back to one simple fact: every cent spent on gifts is one cent less to pay our reporters, backroom staff and the coders who help produce our website. By giving them the resources, they’ll get more answers to the question you want asked.
Guth is news. You get what you pay for.
About Us
Gerard Cunningham has worked as a journalist since 2001, most recently as a documentary researcher, reporting on the Smithwick tribunal and contributing to the Scibernia science podcast. Before that he worked as a contributing editor at Newswhip.ie, an Irish online news website.
He covered the Morris tribunal into Garda corruption for the Irish Times and RTE (primarily the Tonight With Vincent Browne programme) for five years.
He is the author of two books, and has produced numerous news and feature articles over the years for local and national media.
Contributors
Jason Walsh is the Ireland correspondent of the CSMonitor, the longest-running national newspaper in the United States.
Based in Dublin, he also worked for PressEurop.eu and contributes to newspapers and magazines in Ireland, Britain and elsewhere in Europe.
Lenny Antonelli has written for national and international publications including the Irish Times, the Sunday Times, Village, the Sunday Tribune and The Dubliner. He writes about the environment, science and nature, and is deputy editor of the green building magazine Passive House Plus. He is currently producing a radio documentary on Ireland's oceans. He was also co-founder of the Scibernia science podcast and radio show.
Siobhan Devoy is a freelance writer and sub-editor. Having studied for a journalism post-grad in London, she returned to Dublin to freelance for The Evening Herald. She now sub-edits for The Irish Independent and The Sunday Independent. She has been published in the Irish Book Review, The Evening Herald and Herald AM.
Anna Nolan, freelance science and technology journalist and editor of EUSJA News, the online newsletter of the European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations. She is a long-time news feature writer, reporter, science writer, editor and copy editor in areas such as aviation & space, electronics, engineering, environment, information technology, innovation, medical devices, research & development, pharmaceuticals and physics.
Her articles have appeared in many Irish newspapers, including the Irish Examiner, Irish Press, Sunday Business Post, Sunday Press, Sunday Tribune, and The Irish Times; in magazines such as Science Spin and Technology Ireland; in online newsletters including It’s Europe, IT’s Monday, Science.ie; and on various websites.
Internationally, her articles have appeared in Audiovisual Magazine (UK), Aviation Yearbook (McGraw Hill, US), Corporate Location Europe (UK), EUSJA News (France), Ireland 2000 (UK), New Scientist (UK), Pharmaceutical Technology (US), Science Journalism in Europe (Germany), Sciences et Avenir (France), The Scientist (US) and The Sunday Times (UK).
Philip O’Connor is an Irish multimedia journalist based in Stockholm, Sweden. Since starting Eblana Communications four years ago he has sold text, pictures and video to some of the world’s biggest media organisations.
Having studied marketing, journalism and media & communications science, Philip believes that in today’s climate every story should be a multimedia story. He is a regular contributor to Irish media across a variety of platforms, and says that journalists who can offer multimedia cover of stories can survive and thrive in the social media age.
