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The network effects that destroyed traditional news organizations are benefiting digital startups, which can grow virally and generate outsized impact in their communities. From Unimedliving My teaching colleagues are experts on the economics of the media industry, and we recently had a lively debate on how to reverse the financial crisis of journalism. The collapse […]
Read More »Predicting the future has always been a dangerous business in the creative industries. As any economist will tell you, products like books, movies, TV shows, and music are “experience goods”, which can only be evaluated after they are purchased or experienced. Making predictions or recommending strategies is especially difficult now with rapid technological change disrupting […]
Read More »“The new journalism specialties”. The graphic shows that 56% of the Spanish journalists surveyed work in media that have community managers, and 30% employ data and traffic analysts. Click to enlarge the graphic. Where will the jobs be for graduates in journalism and communication? The results of a survey of journalists in Spain give some […]
Read More »Marty Baron, center, with U. of Navarra faculty and students. Photo by Manuel Castells Marty Baron, editor of the Washington Post, came to speak at University of Navarra events in Madrid and Pamplona last week. Baron’s message made me proud to be an American and a journalist. The whole world looks to the U.S. for […]
Read More »A deal with the devil. Versión en españolIt was the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke who wrote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” And clearly many people think that way about applications for smartphones. Mobile apps can show us detailed maps of most places on earth. They can read QR […]
Read More »Versión en español. For a class on narrative techniques here in Mexico, I was looking for examples of the kind of writing you find in New Yorker. The magazine Gatopardo has that reputation. Alejandro Almazán. Photo: MasPorMas.com It was there I found the story of “A hapless narco” (“Un narco sin suerte) by Alejandro Almazan and […]
Read More »Versión en español aquí. A young acquaintance was applying for an online reporting job at an internationally renowned news organization. But the interviewer did not focus on the job candidate’s articles. He wanted to know more about the metrics of audience engagement with the candidate’s stories — time spent, social sharing, search traffic. How had […]
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