Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model? The sites attract millions. One of these is "community funded reporting" which is being pioneered by Spot.us What is it? How does it work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model? The sites attract millions. One of these is "community funded reporting" which is being pioneered by Spot.us What is it? How does it work?

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model? The sites attract millions. One of these is "community funded reporting" which is being pioneered by Spot.us What is it?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Context for the event from Rory Cellan-Jones: Prevailing ethos of the web has been libertarian, optimistic about the potential of the internet to be a medium of free expression and break down barriers. That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

In 2013, he publically confronted Iran's foreign minister, Mohamed Zarif, in New York demanding the release of political prisoner Majid Tavakoli. Keyes notes some early examples of how the Movements.org crowdsourcing model is working: Activists in Russia connecting with a songwriter in New York to compose a catchy song for their cause.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

There are two models of growth. We have raised enough to go this far, and develop a web site, and materials, and a video, and some staff and outreach, and we have got 100,000 square feet of office tenants lined up. Some people are saying that the nonprofit model is fading out, and that we need more social entrepreneurship.

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