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Layoffs and cutbacks at big digital news sites show that less is more — usually One of the biggest mistakes that many news startups make is to burn through their cash before establishing a solid revenue base. And actually, they’re no different from other startups in this regard: They want to gain market share rapidly […]
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In his new book, Sanchez-Tabernero lays out his vision of how to build a great institution “Cancel culture is a disease that has emerged in a good number of American universities. It aims to limit freedom of expression in order to overprotect students from supposedly harmful or dangerous ideas.” Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero, former president of Universidad […]
Read More »If any publication shows the public demand for trustworthy journalism, it’s this one Ignacio Escolar and his colleagues at elDiario.es have succeeded in producing high-quality journalism “in spite of everything” for the past 10 years. Those words are in fact part of the slogan of the publication he co-founded in Spain, elDiario.es: “Journalism in spite […]
Read More »Veteran journalists tap overlooked stories to woo readers, funding support Local news panel at Maple Heights branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library March 15, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. From left, Sam Allard, Axios Cleveland; Helen Maynard, Signal Cleveland; Troy Smith, Axios Cleveland; and Mark Naymik, Signal Cleveland. The future of quality journalism […]
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My newsletter and publishing partners matter more than social media and search I’ve been publishing a blog for some 12 years now and have never been dazzled by the visitor traffic. I consoled myself by saying it was meant to be just a type of business card. People could see what I knew about digital […]
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Digital native differentiates itself with scrupulous precision, transparency Luca Sofri is a personality in Italian media. He has been a print journalist with several major publications and a television and radio commentator. But that was not enough to make his digital news startup financially sustainable. He experimented a lot in the past 12 years, glimpsed […]
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At ISOJ, stories of collaboration on viability, fact-checking, free expression The International Symposium of Online Journalism (ISOJ) has been a showcase of media innovation since its launch in 1999 by Rosental Alves, director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas, Austin. I’ve attended and spoken at several of […]
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