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Joey Chung, co-founder of The News Lens Versión en español aquí. Some of the fastest growing digital media in Asia, Latin America and the U.S. are tapping into a young audience that wants news that is less partisan, more believable and sometimes irreverent. Animal Politico in Mexico started out as a Twitter feed with an […]
Read More »After years of predictions that this year would be the year of mobile, finally it has arrived. So here are some numbers that should prompt strategizing and action by digital media publishers. 1. Web traffic from mobile devices was up 78 percent year over year in mid-2013, and 109 percent over 2011, according to Ayaz […]
Read More »Olga Lucia Lozano, creative editorof La Silla Vacia Versión en español aquí. The cofounder of one of the most important investigative journalism sites in Colombia, La Silla Vacia (The Empty Chair), has some advice for those who are thinking about creating their own website, app or whatever: “Don’t think about it, do it. Doing things […]
Read More »Versión en español aquí.Esther Vargas is a force of nature. She is social media manager for a news agency of the Peruvian government, she teaches at the Catholic University of Peru and she is a tireless promoter of education for journalists through her website, Clases de Periodismo. The home page of Clases de Periodismo She and […]
Read More »Versión en español aquí.I may have misled people for the last few years by saying that investigative journalism is not a business but a public service.Other people — namely Felix Salmon, Jeff Bezos and four journalists cited by Journalism.co.uk — are reminding me that investigative journalism does, in fact, have commercial value.First, Felix Salmon, the […]
Read More »When I was going through the transition from editor of a business publication to the role of publisher, I dreaded sales calls with clients. It meant I had to ask clients for money, which was a new and uncomfortable experience. The hilarious irony of this is that, as a reporter and editor, it was my […]
Read More »Stephen Shepard, dean of CUNY Journalism School: “We are researching ways to support quality as the old financial order erodes.” 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 […]
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