Spot.Us goes national, gets Clay Shirky as sponsor

Source David Cohn for Mediashift's Idea Lab on July 27, 2010 0 Comments Experiments
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Anyone that has followed Spot.Us from the beginning knows we've tried to remain iterative and agile. In the earlier stages of S

Anyone that has followed Spot.Us from the beginning knows we've tried to remain iterative and agile. In the earlier stages of Spot.Us I thought this was one of the larger lessons for journalism-entrepreneurs. I went through the iterative and agile process and tried to document it so others could repeat. I hope to continue this tradition as I get ready for an academic fellowship at the Reynolds Journalism Institute. Indeed, the heart of this post addresses two features of Spot.Us (expansion and community-focused sponsorships) which will be my focus while in Missouri.

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