Guiding media innovators toward solutions, around the world
Businesses like to devote part of their marketing and public relations budget to promote how they are giving back to society. We are not just about profits, they try to say. And the message is arguably true, not just propaganda, as far as it goes. But we are starting to hear a different kind of […]
Read More »Alfredo Triviño has worked largely behind the scenes on some of the biggest digital media projects for some of the biggest brands in the world. But you might not have heard of him. Alfredo Triviño: users will own the media, in every sense He spent seven years in senior management roles at News Corp., ultimately […]
Read More »A new study of 100 digital news startups in Latin America by SembraMedia in partnership with Omidyar Network — Inflection Point — offers many clues to achieving the elusive goal of sustainability. Extensive interviews with the founders — 25 each from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico — produced data that clarified the elements of successful […]
Read More »From GDJ’s Clipart, Openclipart.org Lately I have been reading a lot about a new way of valuing media that would benefit entrepreneurial journalism ventures, which nearly always lack capital to launch and sustain themselves. Sociologists and economists have been writing about it for years — social capital — and I am embarrassed to say that […]
Read More »Renaissance maps showed monsters, hazards to avoid. The future of journalism is increasingly digital, mobile, and in flux. It is unexplored territory. Like the explorers and navigators of the Renaissance, various organizations – governments, NGOs, journalism groups, and universities, among others – have been trying to map the most promising routes to sustainability in the […]
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? […]
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