From his temporary home on a friend’s sofa, Yin Yusheng hopes to craft a new kind of journalism in China, where the industry is widely seen as state-controlled and corrupt. He wants to make his ...

BEIJING, China - From his temporary home on a friend's sofa, Yin Yusheng hopes to craft a new kind of journalism in China, where the industry is widely seen as state-controlled and corrupt.

Called "Journalist for Hire," it was about a Chinese journalist named Yin Yusheng, who was looking to raise money from the public to fund freelance research and writing for ideas he had for ...

Journalist Yin Yusheng is now trying to combine it with traditional investigative journalism, using weibo to pitch stories, raise funding and publish articles. From the AP’s Louise Watt ...

NEW BUSINESS MODEL: Yin Yusheng hopes to craft a new kind of journalism in China. He wants to make his readers the boss — and that includes paying his salary. HOW IT WORKS: Once users pledge $ ...

BEIJING — From his temporary home on a friend’s sofa, Yin Yusheng hopes to craft a new kind of journalism in China, where the industry is widely seen as state-controlled and corrupt.

BEIJING, China - From his temporary home on a friend's sofa, Yin Yusheng hopes to craft a new kind of journalism in China, where the industry is widely seen as state-controlled and corrupt.

BEIJING, China - From his temporary home on a friend's sofa, Yin Yusheng hopes to craft a new kind of journalism in China, where the industry is widely seen as state-controlled and corrupt. He wants ...