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Spot.Us is a nonprofit project of the Center for Media Change and funded by various groups like like the Knight Foundation. We are an open source project, to pioneer “community funded reporting.” Through Spot.Us the public can commission journalists to do investigations on important and perhaps overlooked stories. All donations are tax deductible and if a news organization buys exclusive rights to the content, your donation will be reimbursed. Otherwise, all content is made available to all through a Creative Commons license. It’s a marketplace where independent reporters, community members and news organizations can come together and collaborate

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Chris Roberts has been covering the city of San Francisco as an independent reporter for SF Appeal. On this show he'll share with us his experiences, his most interesting stories and more.
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A toxic garbage soup over twice the size of Texas sits in the Pacific Ocean, and I’ve been given an opportunity to write about it for the New York Times. I’ve been offered a space aboard the ship as the only journalist to chronicle this voyage.... more
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With the economic depression setting in and the effects of global warming being seen all over the planet, people are having to find ways to employ themselves as well as create cost effective healthy, earth friendly alternatives to expensive... more
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Spot.us and the Bay Area Monitor are collaborating on a piece about gray water systems in the Bay Area. Facing a serious drought and expected water crisis, California may depend on gray water in the future. Tune in to hear about the... more
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Oakland's infrastructure, already among the worst in the Bay Area, appears locked into further deterioration even as federal stimulus funds offer a chance to help. Oakland Tribune freelance writer and Spot.us reporter Sean Maher will join us... more
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What's really wrong with OPD? The reported failings of the Oakland Police Department are serious and well-known. Cops lie to obtain search warrants. Brass assign detectives with known ties to the suspects they are investigating. On any... more
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On the Ground with the Toxic Tour

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Tuesday June 2 was a long day of reporting for the Toxic Tour of the Bay team. The group arrived at the scene of the Oakland Port Commission meeting around 3:30pm and didn’t leave until nearly 9, only to find that the official vote on the... more

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The SpotUs Toxic Tours team will report live from Oakland Port Building during a decisive vote from the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports.
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Spot.us will do a pre-release-party interview with investigative reporter Christopher Cook the day before his article "The Tale of Two Zip Codes" debuts in the next issue of Race, Poverty & the Environment magazine. The article, funded... more
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Spot.us will interview reporters working on the Toxic View of the Bay article, a collaboration between Spot.us and Newsdesk.org, which will examine toxic hot spots in the Bay Area and their detrimental effects on the environment and... more
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