Big Congrats to PRX!
June 16th, 2010
Big congratulations to our pals over PRX for winning a Knight News Challenge grant! They’ve revolutionized the distribution of content for audio for public radio, and now they’re going to revolutionize the creation of audio for public radio.
Pitch: “To take the software from Spot.us and adapt it for public radio.”
Public Radio Exchange is going to take the crowd-funding idea of Spot.us and extend it to public radio stations, enabling loyal listeners — many of whom are already supporting the station — to fund local content by donating to stories that they find important.
With Spot.us, readers see pitches for stories from freelance journalists and are able to fund the cost of that story by contributing. This project will extend the crowd-funding idea to a medium, and one that is already thriving through user donations.
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