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<p>Spot.Us is essentially the purest form of crowdfunded journalism. It launched in fall 2008 with the help of a $340,000 grant from the Knight Foundation and is based in San Francisco. </p>
<p>Instead of listing off how it works, I recommend reading the <a href="http://spot.us/pages/about#faq_citizen">FAQ section</a> on the site. There you will find the details for how this all works.</p>
<p>Below is an interview with David Cohn. He decided to make a video response to my questions instead of writing them all out. In the video David answers questions about Spot.Us's financial future, growing the organisation to other cities and how a story goes from tip to pitch to published.</p>
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<p>Spot.Us is essentially the purest form of crowdfunded journalism. It launched in fall 2008 with the help of a $340,000 grant from the Knight Foundation and is based in San Francisco. </p>
<p>Instead of listing off how it works, I recommend reading the <a href="http://spot.us/pages/about#faq_citizen">FAQ section</a> on the site. There you will find the details for how this all works.</p>
<p>Below is an interview with David Cohn. He decided to make a video response to my questions instead of writing them all out. In the video David answers questions about Spot.Us's financial future, growing the organisation to other cities and how a story goes from tip to pitch to published.</p>
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<p><strong>In the search for ways to fund journalism, some organisations have flirted with the possibility of crowdfunding some stories. While there have been a few minor successes (such as the non-profit hyperlocal project </strong><a href="http://www.minnpost.com/"><strong>MinnPost</strong></a><strong>), David Cohn's </strong><a href="http://spot.us/"><strong>Spot.Us</strong></a><strong> has garnered the most attention. </strong></p>
<p><strong>In the search for ways to fund journalism, some organisations have flirted with the possibility of crowdfunding some stories. While there have been a few minor successes (such as the non-profit hyperlocal project </strong><a href="http://www.minnpost.com/"><strong>MinnPost</strong></a><strong>), David Cohn's </strong><a href="http://spot.us/"><strong>Spot.Us</strong></a><strong> has garnered the most attention. </strong></p>
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