Spot.Us is a nonprofit project of the Center for Media Change. 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. Its a marketplace where independent reporters, community members and news organizations can come together and collaborate.

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. Its a marketplace where independent reporters, community members and news organizations can come together and collaborate.