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The secret lies in treating users like partners in the journalism project “We’re independent because we’re profitable.” — Ignacio Escolar, director, eldiario.es The journalism industry has noticed the success of the digital media startup eldiario.es and is trying to duplicate it. That will not be easy. This independent news publication in Spain has been growing […]
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It’s encouraging to hear from media entrepreneurs who see a promising future for the funding of quality journalism. And the message we heard last week from the leaders of the American Journalism Project is that they are discovering lots of previously untapped revenue sources. The key, of course, is to produce quality journalism. There is […]
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The stories of innovative digital news media are one of my favorite parts of ISOJ, the International Symposium on Online Journalism now under way at the University of Texas, Austin. This year was no exception, and in just one hour, an all-star panel managed to leave us with many ideas and even wanting more. The […]
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This post was prepared for a SembraMedia webinar on 10 July, “How to teach entrepreneurial journalism” (Cómo enseñar el periodismo emprendedor) . The session was attended by professors from all over the Spanish-speaking world. The 1-hour session was recorded on video (Spanish). This blog post is aimed at those who teach entrepreneurial journalism–basically, how to […]
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As we all struggle to make sense of the flood of disinformation and misinformation in digital media, some entrepreneurs are developing businesses to help us identify the good stuff, the credible stuff. At the heart of one of the three business models is transparency–full disclosure–to increase our trust of particular media. And the other two […]
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During 10 weeks of quarantine, I have been getting a lot more of my information and entertainment from podcasts. My interests in news, the arts, and business lead me to programs like Hidden Brain, How I Built This, The Indicator, Fresh Air, Planet Money, SER Historia, Radio Ambulante, El Hilo, Freakonomics Radio, Against the Rules, […]
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We see lots of hand-wringing about the sorry state of local news organizations because of digital disruption of their financial models. I just happened on a 2016 study by Clare Cook, Kathryn Louise Geels, and Piet Bakker that finds reasons for optimism while realistically assessing the problem. Their study, Hyperlocal revenues in the UK and […]
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