Guiding media innovators toward solutions, around the world
Versión en español. It was a bit depressing to hear the results of a study of 34 digital media natives during the Third Latin American Forum of Digital Media and Journalism. Overall, these sites showed little interaction with their audiences in social media, little use of maps, graphics, and visualizations, and little consideration of the business […]
Read More »Versión en español. Four digital journalism pioneers in Latin America have four different solutions for the problem of how to finance an independent news organization. For Daniel Moreno, director general of Animal Politico in Mexico, one strategy has been to launch a brand extension called Animal Gourmet, a publication about fine dining, which attracts a new group of users […]
Read More »Versión en español. As traditional media organizations cut back on staff and coverage, thousands of new digital media are popping up all over the world to fill the gaps. I’ve compiled 14 lists of startups below. Some startups are included on more than one list. Can you think of any lists that I’ve left out? […]
Read More »One in six U.S. residents is of Hispanic or Latino origin. Half consume news in Spanish. This post was prepared for sharing at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism Entrepreneurial Journalism Educators Summit July 10. Much of the material is drawn from previous blog posts. American universities are leaders in creating programs in entrepreneurial […]
Read More »Versión en español. Venture capitalists in Latin America are looking for digital media startups with rapid growth, a plan for monetization, and international potential. Francisco Coronel: digital media well positioned Obviously, most new media don’t fit that profile. But startups with these characteristics are starting to attract angel investors who provide the first rounds […]
Read More »Miranda Mulligan, right, and me, left, with the startup teams. Versión en español aquí. We hear a lot about the next Silicon Valley, but we don’t hear much about the Valley of Death. That is where 80 percent of tech startups go to die. Startups die or join the walking dead mainly for two reasons: […]
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 […]
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