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# News startup The 51st raises more than half its $250,000 goal through crowdfunding
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/news-startup-the-51s-raises-more-than-half-its-250000-goal-through-crowdfunding/
- Published: 2024-07-18T11:43:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T23:45:54.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, #wp-top-right-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:54

**Washington, D.C., news startup,** [**The 51st**](https://capitolcommunicator.com/former-dcist-staff-launch-new-local-news-site-for-washington/)**, raised $141,934, 56% of its $250,000 goal,** through a [GiveButter](https://givebutter.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) page. On the launch day, July 16, it generated $25,000 by 9:25 a.m, reports PublishersDaily.

Devoted to hyper-local coverage, the product would fill in the gap left when the *DCist* was shut down by NPR affiliate WAMU earlier this year, continues PublishersDaily.

The page notes, however, that The 51st “needs $250,000 to cover the basic costs of launching a news organization: paying our writers and editors and setting up the infrastructure for our newsletter, website, and community events.”

Photo by Henry Kan shows The 51st staff

More [here](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/397755/washington-dc-news-startup-seeks-to-raise-25000.html?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).