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Updated, with new information about Creative Commons, on 27 Sept. 2015. During a class on how news organizations use social media, one of my students asked if it was OK to republish any photo that appeared on Facebook, Twitter, or Weibo, the Chinese Twitter. Ellyn Angelotti,Poynter Institute There is no simple answer to this question, […]
Read More »Ninth in a series on entrepreneurial journalism programs at universities and media organizations. Mark Briggs, the man who wrote the book about entrepreneurial journalism, believes that universities are among the best places to experiment with new business models for news. Universities embrace experimentation and risk-taking, he says. “Those are two traits that are not very inherent […]
Read More »Eighth in a series on entrepreneurial journalism programs at universities and media organizations. Retha Hill, director,New Media Innovation Lab Arizona State University differs from some of the other programs in entrepreneurial journalism profiled in this series since it does not offer a degree in that field. Instead it emphasizes hands-on experiences in its programs for […]
Read More »Loren Feldman, small business editor Versión en español aquí.A digital media entrepreneur has to think first of building a community. Doing that means offering not just information but answers, advice, help, understanding. You have to know what your community needs. That is why Loren Feldman perks up when he talks about a five-part series […]
Read More »Here are links that describe eight leading university programs in entrepreneurial journalism. What are some other programs that I should include in this series? Medill builds on 30 years of entrepreneurial journalism Students work in teams in this program at Northwestern University. Columbia focuses on coaching journalism execs Punch Sulzberger program emphasizes developing the organization by […]
Read More »Seventh in a series on entrepreneurial journalism programs at universities and media organizations. Rich Gordon, Director of DigitalInnovation, Medill School ofJournalism, Northwestern U. Rich Gordon is bemused by the recent proliferation of university programs in entrepreneurial journalism. The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University has been doing it for 30 years. “We had classes […]
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 […]
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