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See something happening? Open Dispatch, point your camera, and broadcast from the scene — straight onto the city's live map, where Toronto is watching. Then you get rewarded for it.
How it works
It works like going live on TikTok or Instagram — except this one rewards you.
The app uses your camera and your location — automatically tagged with where and when.
You appear as a live pin on the Dispatch map. Anyone in the city can tap in and watch.
Viewers tune in, react, and vote for the newsroom to cover it.
The more your footage is watched and used, the more you earn.
Once you're live
The second you go live, you're broadcasting from the scene to everyone watching the map. They see what you see — and they can react and push your footage to the newsroom in real time.
The money
Three ways money reaches you — all from footage you'd normally give away for free.
A fixed share of Dispatch's revenue goes into a pool. Your footage earns points by how much it's watched and used — and you're paid your share, automatically.
When the Dispatch newsroom turns your clip into a story or the Show, you earn a bonus.
When your footage is sold to other news outlets, you get a cut of the sale.
The rules
Your identity
Your call, every time you go live.
Report under a handle. The public never sees your real name. Your rewards build up and wait for you.
Verify your identity privately (we never show it). Now you can cash out — and you can still show only your handle publicly.
Anonymous to the public, verified privately to get paid. Best of both.