Berkeley j-school hires Reynolds Fellow, Spot.Us founder to research online business models

Source Poynter on September 19, 2011 0 Comments
David Cohn, Spot.Us, SpotUs, crowdfunding, RJI, Reynolds Journalism Institute
"Berkeley j-school hires Spot.Us founder to research online business models," Poynter, September 19, 2011.

The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism is pleased to announce David Cohn will be joining the school as a full-time instructor under a grant from the Ford Foundation.

David Cohn, Spot.Us, SpotUs, crowdfunding, RJI, Reynolds Journalism Institute
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Cohn will be conducting research on economic models of online journalism publications and help to develop business products for supporting hyperlocal news websites. Specifically, Cohn will be working in concert with three community websites run by the school: MissionLocal.org, OaklandNorth.net and RichmondConfidential.org. These sites will be testing grounds for experimentation to aid in the research for building sustainable business models for small news websites.

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