Guiding media innovators toward solutions, around the world
Publishers have to be creative to overcome censorship and protected monopolies James Breiner Originally published Apr 25, 2024 I’ve always been inspired by the all-Spanish session of the International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin (video of the session here, program here). Despite scarce resources, censorship, and stifling oligarchies, our Latin American colleagues manage to […]
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Meet the entrepreneur who is building trustworthy journalism in Romania Alex Enășescu launched a newsletter and website focused on news about his hometown, Iasi, Romania, in 2021. We began a conversation on Substack when he commented on one of my posts. I thought his story would inspire other digital media entrepreneurs. This interview was done […]
Read More »Incognito mode was safer in a world filled with rumors and vicious gossip In my previous newsletter, I talked about how Shakespeare lived and worked in a time of media disruption comparable to our own. He was an entrepreneur, a theater owner, a content creator, and a stage performer in the new business of public […]
Read More »He innovated in a world rife with plagiarism, censorship, death threats, and worse What many people don’t know about Shakespeare the poet and playwright is that he became wealthy in the new media business of his time — public theater. Numerous startup companies built large open-air playhouses in London at the end of the 1500s. […]
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The best days are ahead for news organizations that adapt and innovate Jakub Parusinski is an optimist for the future of quality journalism, even in Eastern and Central Europe where press freedom is under threat. He believes the problems the media are facing–censorship, lawsuits, layoffs–are manageable. And he has a solution that is simple but […]
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In Brazil, Hungary, Poland, and Mexico, populist presidents have weaponized social media to undermine the press Editors of leading publications in those countries described their own strategies to defend press freedom. Key elements: don’t back down, collaborate internationally, protect your team, uncover the facts. Some of the tactics used by populist presidents include taking over […]
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Someone named Chris Lynn at the blog Worldwide News has taken dozens of my blog posts and put his own byline on top of them. Evidently the sole purpose of the blog Worldwide News has been to kill the online version of an investigative report about official corruption published by the Mail & Guardian newspaper […]
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