10 commandments for digital news entrepreneurs

June 19, 2012
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Versión en español aquí.I have been inspired by a book about 13 new digital media launched in Spain by entrepreneurial journalists.The book — Microperiodismos: Aventuras Digitales en Tiempos de Crisis — profiles some news organizations that are defying the voices of pessimism, the economic crisis in Spain and competition from the traditional media.The authors, Eva […]

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In New Orleans, nostalgia is not good for journalism

June 14, 2012
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Let’s not cry any more about the decision of Advance Publications, a profit-driven enterprise, to reduce its newspapers in New Orleans and Alabama to publishing three days a week. It is sad for the people who were laid off, and we who love print are disappointed. But this was inevitable. The big newspaper chains have […]

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