Comments on: Community funded journalism debuts today with Spot Us http://eatsleeppublish.com/community-funded-journalism-debuts-today-with-spot-us/ Thoughts on the future of publishing Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:24:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jason Preston http://eatsleeppublish.com/community-funded-journalism-debuts-today-with-spot-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1301 Jason Preston Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:53:37 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=1055#comment-1301 <a href="http://eatsleeppublish.com/community-funded-journalism-debuts-today-with-spot-us/#comment-1294" rel="nofollow">Allan</a> - I will, although you can also follow Spot Us closely at their <a href="http://blog.spot.us" rel="nofollow">official blog</a>. <a href="" rel="nofollow">Paul</a> - Very good points - I think the Spot Us system places a lot of faith in the journalist and their ability to draw a line between the money and the writing. As long as people believe in the independence of the reporters at work writing the articles, I think it will work. Allan – I will, although you can also follow Spot Us closely at their official blog.

Paul – Very good points – I think the Spot Us system places a lot of faith in the journalist and their ability to draw a line between the money and the writing.

As long as people believe in the independence of the reporters at work writing the articles, I think it will work.

]]> By: Paul Balcerak http://eatsleeppublish.com/community-funded-journalism-debuts-today-with-spot-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 Paul Balcerak Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:40:15 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=1055#comment-1295 Interesting comment he makes about the issue of credibility. What if a source asks a reporter who funded the story? What if the source doesn't like where those funds are coming from? What if a single donor funds a story all by him/her/itself? What happens to credibility then? Interesting comment he makes about the issue of credibility. What if a source asks a reporter who funded the story? What if the source doesn’t like where those funds are coming from? What if a single donor funds a story all by him/her/itself? What happens to credibility then?

]]> By: Allan McDougall http://eatsleeppublish.com/community-funded-journalism-debuts-today-with-spot-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1294 Allan McDougall Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:54:23 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=1055#comment-1294 Really interesting concept. Please keep readers posted as this develops. Really interesting concept. Please keep readers posted as this develops.

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