eldiario.es is a digital news site which has become a major reference in current affairs for a new generation of Spanish readers. It is a pioneer in high-quality content based on strong editorial values: deliver honest and transparent journalism, the information must be accessible to readers, and the need of being financially independent to not being manipulated to any other corporate. Launched in the middle of the financial crisis with no big investors or corporates backing it - just a bunch of journalists and their savings - eldiario.es has developed a community-based journalism model reaching mainstream audiences. The key to this success is the innovative business model based on a membership program. More than 23.000 people already give financial support to eldiario.es to strengthen our editorial and economic independence. But it is not a paywall: those members do not pay to read the news, they pay for the information to be freely spread and thus gain social impact. They pay to belong to a community of citizens sharing values like equality, democratization, social justice and more importantly, the need for independent journalism. Nowadays, more than 8M unique users per month read eldiario.es and that figure grows every month.eldiario.es is now on the top ten news diaries most read in Spain.