How crowdfunding campaigners market illness to capture the attention of potential donors
- Written by Tom Baker, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Auckland
Shutterstock/fizkesLiam’s* crowdfunding campaign page is direct: his “sole purpose is to survive”.
Before his diagnosis with inoperable brain cancer, Liam was a “healthy, fitness and sports minded 44-year-old, [who gave] his time and skills away freely by being a regular at charity events, fundraising for a number of...





