jay rosen (http://newassignment.net/about_newassignment_net) is on the board of advisors. so he is still a part of these efforts which is good to see.
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 2:52 PM, sull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > looks GREAT on paper ;) > > good read.... > http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/07/assignment_zero_final > > sull > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 2:38 PM, schlomo rabinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Hey all >> From the Knight-Ridder challenge/contest, here is one of the winners: >> >> <http://spot.us/> >> >> From the site: Spot.Us is a nonprofit project to pioneer "community funded >> reporting." Through Spot.Us the public can commission investigations on >> important and perhaps overlooked stories. Donations are tax deductable and >> if a news organization buys exclusive rights to the content, your donation >> will be reimbursed. Otherwise content is made available through a Creative >> Commons license. >> <br> >> >> More and more of these sorts of sites are popping up; I'm starting to >> think >> about them as UGC 2.0 sites, where now you are still making all the >> content, >> but the site is trying to make you feel good about it (and hopefully give >> you a couple dollars to boot, but dont count on it). >> >> Do you think there is a long-term market for this sort of stuff? Or does >> it >> just sound good on paper? >> >> -- >> Schlomo Rabinowitz >> http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress >> http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking >> AIM:schlomochat >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
