The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Chronicle of Higher Education have joined forces to start Prospecting, a new online column dedicated to fund raising.

Journalists from both publications will be contributing regularly to this blog to offer a wide array of perspectives about fund-raising trends and techniques that are working for nonprofit organizations in the United States and around the world.

We’ll also examine what’s on the minds of the tens of thousands of people who raise money — as professionals, board members, and volunteers — for charitable causes of all kinds. And we’ll make sure you keep up-to-date with important fund-raising news.