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(Aquí se encuentran entradas relacionadas sobre periodismo emprendedor y liderazgo.) NewsU and its founder, Howard Finberg, celebrated their 100th webinar today with ideas from faculty at the Poynter Institute on making journalism better. My favorites had to do with leadership and the business side of the news. From Wendy Wallace, on journalism entrepreneurs Play to […]
Read More »(Aquí se encuentra una bibliografía de 131 libros gratuitos y 76 blogs sobre periodismo digital, en español.) If you are just getting started in digital journalism, or if you want to broaden your knowledge, the following books and blogs might be helpful. They have helped me. All of these writers recommend other tools and websites […]
Read More »Versión en español aquí. Jorge Domínguez, general manager and co-founder A chain of websites in Chile called Mi Voz (My Voice) is taking advantage of user-generated content to provide an alternative to crime and celebrity news. The news sites span the country and cover topics neglected by the mainstream media, such as technology, social issues […]
Read More »(Versión en español aquí.) Somebody brilliant said that, and if we need any proof we need look no further than a study by Comscore and the Newspaper Association of America. The data show that the 108 million unique users of newspaper sites in June 2011 spent an average of just over a minute a day, […]
Read More »Newspapers battered by the collapse of the traditional business model might turn to this type of text-based SMS service as a new source of revenue. (La versión original en español se encuentra aquí.) El Periódico of Guatemala has launched a headline service for cellphones that is producing $60,000 a month. After only four months, the […]
Read More »(La versión en español se encuentra aquí.) The blessing and the curse of the web is that everything is measurable. For reporters working in newsrooms that measure the traffic of articles on a minute-to-minute basis, it can be discouraging to see fluff trump substance. In some newsrooms, reporters are competing for raises and bonuses based […]
Read More »Una versión de esta columna en español se encuentra aquí. The blessing and the curse of the web is that everything is measurable. For reporters working in newsrooms that measure the traffic of articles on a minute-to-minute basis, it can be discouraging to see fluff trump substance. In some newsrooms, reporters are competing for raises […]
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