http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/13/qa-with-dave-cohn-of-news-marketplace-spotus-about-doing-better-reporting/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:27:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/13/qa-with-dave-cohn-of-news-marketplace-spotus-about-doing-better-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-834292 cyrusfarivar.com » Blog Archive » » Spot.us launches! Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:39:40 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=100438#comment-834292 [...] so it actually launched nine days ago. Still, big ups to my buddy David Cohn and his new community-funded journalism site, [...] [...] so it actually launched nine days ago. Still, big ups to my buddy David Cohn and his new community-funded journalism site, [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/13/qa-with-dave-cohn-of-news-marketplace-spotus-about-doing-better-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-833867 As optimists tell, it’s a great time to get into journalism « WordCount - Freelancing in the digital age Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:02:11 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=100438#comment-833867 [...] in a Knight News Challenge last year, he’s helped start Spot.us, a marketplace for news where readers can write in to request stories they’d like to see written and donate money toward making it [...] [...] in a Knight News Challenge last year, he’s helped start Spot.us, a marketplace for news where readers can write in to request stories they’d like to see written and donate money toward making it [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/13/qa-with-dave-cohn-of-news-marketplace-spotus-about-doing-better-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-833785 » Q&A with Dave Cohn of news marketplace Spot.us, about doing better … Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:44:06 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=100438#comment-833785 [...] The San Francisco-based site is a non-profit, so people who finance stories can get tax refunds on the money they put in. It has received funding from the Knight Foundation. Conceptually, Spot.us is a cross between so-called citizen .. Original post [...] [...] The San Francisco-based site is a non-profit, so people who finance stories can get tax refunds on the money they put in. It has received funding from the Knight Foundation. Conceptually, Spot.us is a cross between so-called citizen .. Original post [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/13/qa-with-dave-cohn-of-news-marketplace-spotus-about-doing-better-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-833781 » Q&A with Dave Cohn of news marketplace Spot.us, about doing better … Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:22:09 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=100438#comment-833781 [...] DC: I don’t have advertising . I’m not in the business of selling news against advertising . More [...] [...] DC: I don’t have advertising . I’m not in the business of selling news against advertising . More [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/13/qa-with-dave-cohn-of-news-marketplace-spotus-about-doing-better-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-833779 insurancesitesfind » Blog Archive » Q&A with Dave Cohn of news marketplace Spot.us, about doing better … Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:20:27 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=100438#comment-833779 [...] Also, we aren’t shooting for daily news or stories, but long-form investigations. I do think that blogs work best on strong niches, but it’s also hard for blogs to do long-form journalism, usually because they don’t have a freelance … Read more [...] [...] Also, we aren’t shooting for daily news or stories, but long-form investigations. I do think that blogs work best on strong niches, but it’s also hard for blogs to do long-form journalism, usually because they don’t have a freelance … Read more [...]

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