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Spot.Us was a non-profit organization designed to bring citizens, journalists, and news publishers together in an online marketplace based on crowdsourcing and crowdfunding methods and principles. It was founded in 2008 by David Cohn, who received a $340,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to pursue his idea. In November 2011 it was bought by American Public Media. They hosted the site for a time, but were unable to maintain it. It was retired February 2015. While providing a new option for funding journalism, it raised questions about activism and new sorts of conflict of interest.

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  • Spot.Us war eine US-amerikanische Non-Profit-Organisation, die mittels Crowdsourcing und Crowdfunding Bürger, Journalisten und Medienunternehmen auf einem virtuellen Marktplatz zusammenbrachte. Es wurde von David Cohn gegründet, welcher dafür von der Knight Foundation einen Zuschuss von 340.000 US-Dollar erhielt. Die New York Times porträtierte in der Reihe „Week in Review“ das neue Konzept im August 2008. Spot.Us befasste sich hauptsächlich mit Projekten in oder nahe dem Hauptsitz in der San Francisco Bay Area. Spot.us wurde im Februar 2015 geschlossen. (de)
  • Spot.Us was a non-profit organization designed to bring citizens, journalists, and news publishers together in an online marketplace based on crowdsourcing and crowdfunding methods and principles. It was founded in 2008 by David Cohn, who received a $340,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to pursue his idea. In November 2011 it was bought by American Public Media. They hosted the site for a time, but were unable to maintain it. It was retired February 2015. While providing a new option for funding journalism, it raised questions about activism and new sorts of conflict of interest. Spot.Us originally focused on projects in the San Francisco Bay area, where it was headquartered. It expanded to Los Angeles in 2009. (en)
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  • Spot.Us war eine US-amerikanische Non-Profit-Organisation, die mittels Crowdsourcing und Crowdfunding Bürger, Journalisten und Medienunternehmen auf einem virtuellen Marktplatz zusammenbrachte. Es wurde von David Cohn gegründet, welcher dafür von der Knight Foundation einen Zuschuss von 340.000 US-Dollar erhielt. Die New York Times porträtierte in der Reihe „Week in Review“ das neue Konzept im August 2008. Spot.Us befasste sich hauptsächlich mit Projekten in oder nahe dem Hauptsitz in der San Francisco Bay Area. Spot.us wurde im Februar 2015 geschlossen. (de)
  • Spot.Us was a non-profit organization designed to bring citizens, journalists, and news publishers together in an online marketplace based on crowdsourcing and crowdfunding methods and principles. It was founded in 2008 by David Cohn, who received a $340,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to pursue his idea. In November 2011 it was bought by American Public Media. They hosted the site for a time, but were unable to maintain it. It was retired February 2015. While providing a new option for funding journalism, it raised questions about activism and new sorts of conflict of interest. (en)
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