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Charles Lindbergh and his plane. (Library of Congress photo via Mother Nature Network) Bill Bryson’s book One Summer: America, 1927 captures a moment when the country’s burgeoning news media feasted on the stories of two extraordinary men, Babe Ruth and Charles Lindbergh. The media made them into gods. The baseball hero basked in the attention. The […]
Read More »Gencarelli, Manhattan College Photo Versión en español Communications professors at Tec of Monterrey had a visitor last week, Thom Gencarelli of Manhattan College, who made us think about what we are teaching and how we are doing it. Among the questions he left us with: In 1985, Neil Postman wrote that the dominant media of […]
Read More »One in six U.S. residents is of Hispanic or Latino origin. Half consume news in Spanish. This post was prepared for sharing at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism Entrepreneurial Journalism Educators Summit July 10. Much of the material is drawn from previous blog posts. American universities are leaders in creating programs in entrepreneurial […]
Read More »Versión en español. When you are starting out with a digital product, it makes sense to get advice from experts. But experts can’t help you learn as much as you can on your own. In fact, most of the successful digital entrepreneurs I know give the same advice: develop a prototype as quickly as possible. […]
Read More »Versión en español. Venture capitalists in Latin America are looking for digital media startups with rapid growth, a plan for monetization, and international potential. Francisco Coronel: digital media well positioned Obviously, most new media don’t fit that profile. But startups with these characteristics are starting to attract angel investors who provide the first rounds […]
Read More »Miranda Mulligan, right, and me, left, with the startup teams. Versión en español aquí. We hear a lot about the next Silicon Valley, but we don’t hear much about the Valley of Death. That is where 80 percent of tech startups go to die. Startups die or join the walking dead mainly for two reasons: […]
Read More »So much innovation is occurring on the revenue side of new digital media that it’s time to review, update and aggregate. Some of the material has appeared in this blog before. Let´s start with the basics. Versión en español. 1. Create community, don’t just publish news. An audience is just a group of observers. […]
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