Stephen Shepard, dean of CUNY
Journalism School: “We are
researching ways to support quality
as the old financial order erodes.”
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Second in a series on entrepreneurial journalism programs at universities and media organizations.
City University of New York’s Entrepreneurial Journalism program aims to be an incubator of new media projects as well as training the next generation of digital journalists.
In a memo I wrote even before the School opened, I said, “Our course is ambitious, calling on students to develop new product ideas, write business plans, and generally expand their thinking. Not every student will be up to it, not every idea will make sense. But the goal is for students to understand what’s happening in today’s media world and think like entrepreneurs.”
- Brianne Garcia, $16,500 for Parceld, an online space where women looking for specific items are matched with retailers and brands. Garcia has assembled a team and built a prototype.
- Ashley Milne-Tyte, $3,000 for The Broad Experience, a podcast series on the subject of women and the workplace that launched in September 2012.
- Noah Rosenberg, $6,500 to develop a platform for long-form storytelling focused on New York. In September 2012 he launched Narrative.ly, which has developed a substantial following, and he has raised $54,000 in a Kickstarter campaign. He has plans to expand to 10 other cities.
Jeff Jarvis, director Entrepreneurial Journalism |
The main faculty in the program are Jarvis and Caplan. Jarvis was creator and founding editor of Entertainment Weekly and developed local Internet news services as president of Advance.net, the online arm of Advance Publications. His books include What Would Google Do? and Public Parts. He does consulting for major media organizations and writes a much-quoted blog, BuzzMachine.
- Amit Paley, a management consultant at McKinsey & Company’s New York office, who helps teach the Fundamentals of Business course. He previously worked at The Washington Post as a financial investigative journalist, foreign correspondent based in Baghdad, and national education reporter.
- Nancy Wang, co-founder and COO of the international digital agency RevSquare/Mignon-Media, who teaches modules of the Technology Immersion course and also organizes a network of mentors to assist the Program’s students as they develop their business plans.
City University of New York, M.A. in Entrepreneurial Journalism
Duration: four semesters
Courses: three-semester M.A. program plus one-semester Entrepreneurial Journalism certificate (below)
Schedule: 15 Mondays a semester, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, 3 weekend sessions
Students: Mainly mid-career professionals
Cost: New York residents $19,740, non-residents $35,055, international $40,835
Entrepreneurial Journalism Certificate
Duration: one semester
Courses: New Business Models for News, Fundamentals of Business, New Business Incubation, Technology Immersion, Media Apprenticeship
Students: Mainly mid-career professionals
Cost: New York residents $4,910, non-residents, $8,665
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