David Cohn, Spot.us founder, shares with us a list of interviews he’s done ‘either in person, over the phone or via email,’ from his time publishing content for BeatBlogging.org, Digidave.org, and NewsInnovation.com.
In his updated post, ‘The Rhetoric of Journalism – Defining and Re-Defining What We Do’, Spot.Us founder, Dave Cohn, takes a look at some old definitions he laid out for journalism, way back in 2007. Just what is the difference between a citizen and a networked journalist? He adds to his definitions, and explains what he means when he says journalism is a process not a product.
An 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 per cent of the costs required) from independent news organisation The Raw Story.
The article on the shooting of Oscar Grant in the Oakland area, pitched by independent journalist Sam Arbizo, also attracted individual donations from a host of journalists – both local and national.
The Raw Story site will get to publish the content first, as part of its donation, says Cohn.
This is part of Spot.Us’ aim in action: matching organisations as well as communities with investigations and stories they want done. Funding in this way allows cash-strapped/time-strapped news orgs to participate and publish quality, local content.