Comments on: Spot.us: the ‘crowdfunded’ journalism site http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/ Online journalism news Thu, 24 May 2012 14:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Independent news org backs Spot.Us story | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/comment-page-1/#comment-9626 Independent news org backs Spot.Us story | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:18:42 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/#comment-9626 [...] update from Dave Cohn, founder of crowd-funded journalism start-up Spot.Us, tells us that recent pitch was brought to life in 11 days with the help of a donation of $325 (50 [...] [...] update from Dave Cohn, founder of crowd-funded journalism start-up Spot.Us, tells us that recent pitch was brought to life in 11 days with the help of a donation of $325 (50 [...]

]]> By: The official launch of Spot.us: video explains all | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/comment-page-1/#comment-7760 The official launch of Spot.us: video explains all | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:46:03 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/#comment-7760 [...] the Knight News Challenge 2008 winner, David Cohn, has revealed the latest version of Spot.Us, the community sourced news project, over the last few days - which officially launched yesterday. This video explains the engine for [...] [...] the Knight News Challenge 2008 winner, David Cohn, has revealed the latest version of Spot.Us, the community sourced news project, over the last few days – which officially launched yesterday. This video explains the engine for [...]

]]> By: Video of crowdsourced interview with Spot.us’ David Cohn | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/comment-page-1/#comment-7619 Video of crowdsourced interview with Spot.us’ David Cohn | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:58:13 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/#comment-7619 [...] Having been meaning to post this for a while, but here are the results of Alexandre Gamela’s crowdsourced interview with David Cohn, founder of the community-funded news project Spot.us. [...] [...] Having been meaning to post this for a while, but here are the results of Alexandre Gamela’s crowdsourced interview with David Cohn, founder of the community-funded news project Spot.us. [...]

]]> By: Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog » Blog Archive » Spot.us celebrates first community funded news article http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/comment-page-1/#comment-6615 Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog » Blog Archive » Spot.us celebrates first community funded news article Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:07:11 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/#comment-6615 [...] As we’ve reported before, “Spot Us” is a project of the Center for Media Change, and funded by the Knight foundation. It uses ‘crowdfunding’ - where an individual or group takes control of news by sharing the cost - to commission freelance journalists. [...] [...] As we’ve reported before, “Spot Us” is a project of the Center for Media Change, and funded by the Knight foundation. It uses ‘crowdfunding’ – where an individual or group takes control of news by sharing the cost – to commission freelance journalists. [...]

]]> By: Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog » Blog Archive » Crowd-funded journalism project Spot.us starts first campaign http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/comment-page-1/#comment-5840 Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog » Blog Archive » Crowd-funded journalism project Spot.us starts first campaign Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:38:33 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/#comment-5840 [...] is the first project submitted to Spot.us, which was set up by David Cohn in May with the help of a grant of $340,000 from the Knight News [...] [...] is the first project submitted to Spot.us, which was set up by David Cohn in May with the help of a grant of $340,000 from the Knight News [...]

]]> By: Laura Oliver http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/comment-page-1/#comment-5206 Laura Oliver Sat, 24 May 2008 00:15:19 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/#comment-5206 Hi Rick - apologies, I misunderstood the tone of your par on upper limits. While I had an initial concern about axe-grinding I thing David's explanation of why this won't happen was enough to convince me otherwise. Hi Rick – apologies, I misunderstood the tone of your par on upper limits. While I had an initial concern about axe-grinding I thing David’s explanation of why this won’t happen was enough to convince me otherwise.

]]> By: Rick Burnes http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/comment-page-1/#comment-5205 Rick Burnes Fri, 23 May 2008 19:29:35 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/05/23/spotus-the-crowdfunded-journalism-site/#comment-5205 Hi Laura, just to be clear, I don't think an upper limit makes sense. I think an upper limit on donations raises the bar for success. It means Spot.us has to get a lot more active funders on the site before they start paying journalists. Sure, this might enable funding of a few ax-to-grind stories, but who cares? There are lots of those out there already, and we all do a pretty good job of ignoring them. The important point is that it will be easier to fund quality journalism without the upper limit. Hi Laura, just to be clear, I don’t think an upper limit makes sense.

I think an upper limit on donations raises the bar for success. It means Spot.us has to get a lot more active funders on the site before they start paying journalists.

Sure, this might enable funding of a few ax-to-grind stories, but who cares? There are lots of those out there already, and we all do a pretty good job of ignoring them. The important point is that it will be easier to fund quality journalism without the upper limit.

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