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News Leadership 3.0
February 08, 2010
Entrepreneurship 101: Setting priorities
Are you an entrepreneur with limited resources? So is Julia Scott. Scott don’t have a lot of dollars to invest in her everyday finance blog BargainBabe.com, but she does have time to spend. Given these assets, one of her biggest challenges is prioritizing the site’s growth. How often to you find yourself in the same boat? In a guest post, Scott explores the options.
OJR: The Online Journalism Review
February 05, 2010
Writing skill is no longer enough to sustain journalists
By Robert Niles: What's the value of journalism?
The short answer is, of course, "whatever someone will pay for it." But a more thoughtful response gets at why people are willing to exchange something of value for news information.
Economics 101 teaches that if more people want something, and the scarcer it is, the higher the price. With millions of
...News for Digital Journalists
February 01, 2010
Knight Community Information Challenge opens for applications
If you’ve got an idea for a community news and information project and a local foundation as a partner, take a look at the Knight Foundation‘s information challenge. Read more.
January 31, 2010
Why Newsday’s pay wall makes sense for them, but probably won’t for you
Newsday has signed up only 35 subscribers since it put up a pay wall late last year. Mark Potts explains why that may be OK. Read more.
Upcoming workshops at KDMC@USC Annenberg
| Leadership and Professional Growth for Digital Journalists |
May 16 - May 21, 2010 News Entrepreneur Boot Camp 2010Twenty digital entrepreneurs will get intense instruction, coaching and mentoring on developing marketable business plans. |
July 1 - December 31, 2010 Transformative Leadership InstituteKDMC@USC will provide tailored, expenses-paid professional development services to 20 top newsroom leaders—help us find them! |
Upcoming workshops at KDMC@UC Berkeley
| Multimedia Story Telling and Technology Training |
February 22 - February 26, 2010 Web 2.0 TrainingHands-on, newsroom-focused training on innovative publishing tools and technologies. |
March 21 - March 26, 2010 Web Publishing Skills for Independent Journalists |
KDMC Digital Partners
- NMWE, January 5, 2010
New Grants for Women Media Entrepreneurs - J-NewVoices, January 5, 2010
Apply Now: Grants for Community News Startups - NMWE, January 1, 2010
New Entrepreneurs: New Perspectives on News
- KCNN, January 4, 2010
2010 New Media Trends - KCNN, January 2, 2010
Things We Like: MinnPost’s Real Time Ads
- KCJA, February 8, 2010
Knight Center to repeat online course in Spanish 'Covering Drug Trafficking' - KCJA, January 28, 2010
Knight Center publishes online book in Spanish: 'Digital Tools for Journalists' - KCJA, January 25, 2010
Knight Center debuts new course on digital media product development skills
- TOJ, January 31, 2010
3,000 followers on Twitter - TOJ, January 20, 2010
Updating Flash Journalism (Part 2) - TOJ, January 9, 2010
Ideas for journalism educators
FEATURED SEMINAR
News Entrepreneur Boot Camp
Traditional news organizations are floundering as business models collapse and audiences are increasingly turning to alternative news and information sources. This special boot camp was designed for digital journalists passionate about new ideas for serving the information and news needs of their communities but who lack the grounding in business and startup skills.
Don't miss the Snap Shot Interviews put together by speakers and fellows who attended the event, talking about the experience of being news entrepreneurs.
Twitter Roll Call
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February 09, 10:01am @jayrosen_nyuNow why you suppose Demand Media execs are making the rounds of media reporters, giving interviews? http://jr.ly/xcez |
February 09, 12:20am @SusanMernitsusanmernit: .@Oaklandish is having an online-only sale, limited time! Get your Oakland goods http://www.oaklandish.com/shop (via @oaklandlocal) |
February 08, 3:07pm @knightfdnHow a simple SMS (as part of @Ushahidi's Project 4636) is transformed into a powerful resource for response & recovery http://bit.ly/9LNxyx |
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