Community funded reporting

Founded: 2008
Status: Nonprofit
Processing Fee: n/a
Website: http://spot.us

In their words:

Spot.Us is an open source project to pioneer “community powered reporting.” Through Spot.Us the public can commission and participate with journalists to do reporting on important and perhaps overlooked topics. Contributions are tax deductible and we partner with news organizations to distribute content under appropriate licenses.

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