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GK has survived and thrived with a model of in-depth story-telling Isabela Ponce and José María León met on Twitter more than a decade ago when it was still “a nice place where you could meet people,” Isabela recalls. From that meeting, they began to exchange ideas and collaborate. What emerged from this partnership in […]
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Our words plant seeds in people’s minds that can do great good or cause great harm This is the second of a series about leadership. This skill is difficult to teach. Some of it relies on talent. Leaders aren’t necessarily extroverts. Parents, teachers, bosses all are put into positions of leadership. What can help you […]
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He aquí algunos pasos sencillos y algunas frases para mejorar la calidad y el comportamiento en una redacción pequeña. Está leyendo el boletín My News Biz. Mi objetivo es ayudar a los empresarios de medios digitales a encontrar modelos de negocio viables. Esta es la quinta entrega de una serie sobre liderazgo. Esta habilidad es […]
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 […]
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Keep expectations high, focus on a few key metrics, build credibility and trust Ray Shaw was the boss at American City Business Journals where I worked for 18 years. I still hear his voice in my head, asking pointed questions and insisting that I give evidence to justify opinions. Above, Ray came to Columbus in […]
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Rigorous methods help distinguish pseudoscience from trustworthy information Both scientists and journalists sometimes have the uncomfortable experience of seeing their research and conclusions challenged by startling new information. If you are a true scientist or journalist, you view the new information with an open mind. And then you test it. You attempt to prove it […]
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Before Google and Facebook, high-speed fiber-optic service opened up the world A potentially embarrassing exercise is to read articles you wrote a few months or years ago. Sometimes it’s because you made predictions that were way off base. I was recently browsing through some old columns I wrote when I was publisher of the Baltimore […]
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