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Jo's avatar

This isn't going to benefit me in anyway but I fucking love you for doing this because I know it *will* help so many people get their work out there and seen and heard. Kudos to you, Hayden and Rosabel ❤️❤️! What a team!

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Tim Duxfield's avatar

what a brilliant idea David and Co! the fact you're doing this is a good news story for journalism!

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David Farrier's avatar

Fuckin A. Thanks for being a part of it.

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Ruth MacClure's avatar

This is fricken awesome and deserves to have great momentum build from it!!!!!!💪🏻💛

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David Farrier's avatar

Thanks Ruth - I feel really proud to be able to do this, and excited what stories are going to come in. And v happy Hayden and Rosabel are here to help guide it.

Thanks for making this possible - literally possible thanks to you.

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Lydia Cole's avatar

This is amazing. Any journalists reading this who wanna work on a "me too" story...?

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RachaelH's avatar

Great idea. I'd love to see some of Byron Clark's work boosted by this.

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David Farrier's avatar

He's written here before and I'd love to have him back again!

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Meg Gilliland's avatar

This is *fucking awesome*. Good luck to David, Rosabel, and Hayden managing it. That is quite an undertaking.

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Shelley Grace's avatar

This is an amazing initiative! Congratulations David, Rosabel and Hayden. It's really uplifting to see guidance, care and resource being made available to the current and perhaps next generation of investigative journalists, so they can really worm their way down to the bottom of these issues hiding under society's surface. Wonderful news, kia ora ☺️

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David Farrier's avatar

I am really excited to see what comes in - and then guide some of those stories to fruition. And you made it possible! THANK YOU!

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Shelley Grace's avatar

Nah honestly, may I say it's awesome what you've achieved David. Who knew the young fulla from 3 News with the quirky stories would go on to do alllll of this.

All the very best to you, WW, Worm Farm and indeed all of your projects ☺️

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David Farrier's avatar

I feel lucky they gave me a go in the first place, good ol' TV3!

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Frater's avatar

Eek! Can’t wait to see what great new stories come from this adventure in farming! 🤪 Cheers!

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David Farrier's avatar

I feel really excited and proud. Thanks for even making this possible in the first place - for making *Webworm* a viable thing!

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Tanya's avatar

Is there somewhere we can contribute financially to this project over and above our subscription contributions? Perhaps via a new merch release? 🦖🪱🤓

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David Farrier's avatar

I am working on some merch... right now. It's gonna be, dare I say it, fucking cool.

As for contributing more - your sub is more than enough, but if you are dripping in money there is an option to "pay what you want" under the "FOUNDING MEMBER" tier:

1. Log into your Substack account here: https://substack.com and click "Sign In".

2. Click on your profile icon and select "Settings" from the drop-down menu.

3. Navigate to the "Subscriptions" section and click on "Edit" next to Webworm.

4. You should see an option to "Upgrade" or change your subscription plan.

5. Choose the founding member tier - where you can choose to pay whatever you want!

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Annabelle D.'s avatar

This is really fucking cool and I’ve shared with many. I know you’re just starting this out but in the future, it could be really cool to have some way to involve those who want to explore investigative journalism or have an idea. Maybe an experienced journalist could be compensated to help mentor them and work together on a project?

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David Farrier's avatar

Thanks for being a part of this!

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