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Tenth in a series on teaching entrepreneurial journalism. Parts of this post are adapted from an article originally published in Revista Mexicana de Comunicación. Latin American journalists have a great thirst for establishing independent media. Many of them are tired of working for low pay at media outlets that protect the friends and punish the […]
Read More »More news organizations are trying to adopt a nonprofit model, but they likely have no experience in fundraising. They might want to look at Andy Robinson’s book “How to Raise $500 to $5,000 from Almost Anyone.” As someone who did fundraising on many boards, I can say that Robinson knows the territory. The website for nonprofits Guidestar ran an […]
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 […]
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