Who We Work With.....

Spot.Us is a platform that can be used by other news organizations to fundraise for their freelancers. Below are just some of the news organizations that have used Spot.Us to fund reporting projects. We also make our content available for them to republish.

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Featured partners we've worked with include....

• The New York Times

We sent a reporter to the Pacific Garbage Patch who chronicled her voyage and published a final story in The New York Times.

• Annenberg School of Communications at USC

Our partnering organization in Los Angeles.

• Oakland Tribune

With the Oakland Tribune we funded an investigation into the growing problem of potholes. We also organized "the great pothole bike search" and produced a map that located major potholes in Oakland.

• San Francisco Magazine

Not every reporting project is text. With the San Francisco Magazine we funded an info graphic on what happens to recycables in San Francisco.

• Earth Island Journal

We have funded two feature projects for the Earth Island Journal.

• East Bay Express and Making Contact (National Radio Project)

We worked with the East Bay Express and National Radio Project to examine the citizen oversight of Oakland Police.

• KALW - Crosscurrents and KPCC (Los Angeles) - NPR

Two of the NPR stations we are proud to work with.

• North Bay Bohemian, Palto Alto Weekly and the Sacramento News and Review

All played a role in our collaboration to investigate the regents of the University of California.

• Oakland Local

Our local sister organization which has used Spot.Us to fund several stories.

• The Public Press

Our local brother organization which has used Spot.Us to fund several stories including the City Budget Watchdog series and the Bay Bridge Explained Report.

We organized California Data Camp with the Center for Investigative Reporting, a one day event and hackathon that produced informational web applications using government data from the city of San Francisco.

We have also worked with...

• AllVoices.com
• Bay Area Monitor
• Bay Nature
• Berkeley Daily Planet
• EmpireReport.org
• Free Speech Radio
• GO Media
• Investigate West
• KPFA - 94.1FM, Berkeley CA
• LABeez.org
• La Opinion
• LittleSis.Org
• Los Angeles Garment & Citizen
• Los Angeles Watts Times
• Making Contact: National Radio Project
• McSweeney's Panorama Newspaper Project
• Metro Active - Bay Area
• Miller-McCune Magazine
• Mission Local
• Neon Tommy
• New American Media
• NewsDesk.org
• OakBook Magazine
• On Earth Magazine
• Placeblogger
• Potrero View
• Race Poverty & Enviornment Magazine (Urban Habitat)
• Roxbury News
• Santa Cruz Weekly
• Seattle Post Globe
• SF Appeal
• SF Bay Guardian
• SF Bay View
• The Bay Citizen
• The Bold Italic
• The Guardian
• RawStory.com
• Redwood Age
• Video SF - Vidsf.com

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