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SPEEDREPORTERS is reader-supported. That is a choice, not a shortfall — it is what lets us write about people who would rather we did not. Here is what actually helps, in the order it helps most.
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Money that arrives every month is the only kind a newsroom can plan against — it is what turns “we should look into that” into a reporter’s week. Members read without limits; everyone keeps five free stories a week either way.
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If money is not the thing you have, this is. Every item below is something whose absence stops a specific piece of work — a real list, not a wish list, and it is honest about which ones matter most.
Needed now
Inverter and batteries, or a small generator
about ₦1,200,000
Grid power decides whether a story files today or tomorrow. This is the single thing that most often stops the newsroom mid-sentence, and it is why it is first.
Prepaid data bundles
about ₦40,000
A reporter at a scene with no data is a reporter who is not filing. Recurring, unglamorous, and the cheapest thing on this list per story published.
Handheld audio recorders
about ₦120,000
An interview you can prove you conducted is the difference between a story that survives a denial and one that does not. Two would cover the desk.
Would change what we can cover
A working camera body and one fast lens
about ₦900,000
Phone photos are fine for a flooded street and not for a courtroom or a night scene. One body, one lens; we do not need a kit.
A laptop that can edit video
about ₦800,000
Video tips arrive already; cutting them on a machine that stalls means they run a day late or not at all.
Transport to a story outside Lagos
about ₦150,000
The reporting that nobody else does is the reporting that needs someone physically there. A funded trip is a story that exists.
Pro-bono legal review
given as time
An hour of a media lawyer's time before publication is what lets an investigation run at all. Given as time, not money.
On the horizon
Training for citizen contributors
about ₦250,000
Readers already send us what they witnessed. Teaching verification, safety and consent turns raw tips into reporting — and keeps the people sending them safe.
Have one of these, new or used? Tell us through the citizens’ desk — say which item and how to reach you, and an editor will come back to arrange it.
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The scarcest thing a newsroom lacks is not money — it is someone who was there. This costs you nothing and is worth more than most donations.
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