Profile: Hal Plotkin

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Hal Plotkin

member since November 10, 2008

http://www.halplotkin.com/

Hal has shown interest in Gov't + Politics, Local Science & Business, Education, Employment Issues, Media Accountability, Criminal Justice, Wealth & Poverty, Public Health

About Hal Plotkin

Hal Plotkin is a Palo Alto-based journalist, author, community college trustee and the founder of the 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, the Center for Media Change, Inc., which pioneered online funding of quality-screened documentary projects on www.ReelChanges.org. The Center for Media Change, Inc. is also the fiscal sponsor for www.Spot.US, which was created by David Cohn.

What is Spot.us?

Spot.Us is an open source project to pioneer "community powered reporting." Through Spot.Us the public can commission and participate with journalists to do reporting on important and perhaps overlooked topics. Contributions are tax deductible and we partner with news organizations to distribute content under appropriate licenses.