What’s stealing and what’s fair use of web content?

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, […]

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Online courses play bigger role in entrepreneurial journalism

Fourth in a series on entrepreneurial journalism programs at universities and media organizations.  The Poynter Institute’s online training center, NewsU, is building out its offerings in entrepreneurial journalism with the goal of creating a certificate program. It is one of the few organizations doing this kind of training mainly online.  Howard FinbergPoynter Institute, NewsU NewsU […]

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Making money Part IV: Events build your brand

Last weekend I spent a day and a half participating online in NewsU’s Revenue Camp for Journalism Entrepreneurs, an intense session on some of the new ways journalists are making money on the Web. (The entire course will be available to view online in a few days; Twitter comments from the course are at #revcamp.)If you have a […]

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Making money Part II: custom content at MedCity

This weekend I spent a day and a half participating online in NewsU’s Revenue Camp for Journalism Entrepreneurs, an intense session on some of the new ways journalists are making money on the Web. (The entire course will be available to view online in a few days; Twitter comments from the course are at #revcamp.) […]

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Making money Part I: Mark Briggs

This weekend I spent a day and a half participating online in NewsU’s Revenue Camp for Journalism Entrepreneurs, an intense session on some of the new ways journalists are making money on the Web. (The entire course will be available to view online in a few days; find Twitter comment at #revcamp.) One of the […]

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7 tips to stimulate innovation in newsrooms

Tina Seelig, venturebeat.com Versión en español aquí. I just finished taking the free online course on innovation offered at NewsU and thought the beleaguered folks working at newspapers could certainly benefit. So could digital news entrepreneurs. The course offers simple, useful techniques to encourage innovation in any newsroom. The main takeaways: Innovation is a discipline […]

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