Robert Niles
Editor, Online Journalism Review and OJR.org
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Robert Niles is a long-time math and computer geek who turned to journalism after graduating from Northwestern University. He is the creator of many online journalism tutorials and niche websites, ranging in topics from theme parks to the violin. These sites often involve readers as reporters, inviting them to contribute to the sites' coverage. The Online News Association and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism honored Nile's ThemeParkInsider.com in 2001 with an Online Journalism Award for Service Journalism. The Webby Awards named the same site a finalist for Best Guides/Ratings/Reviews Site in 2005. Niles is long-time contributor and columnist to the Online Journalism Review and also has worked as a Web editor, editorial writer and reporter for several newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, (Denver) Rocky Mountain News, Omaha World-Herald and the (Bloomington, Ind.) Herald-Times.
KDMC Sessions
Audience Development and Customer Acquisition Through Community Organizing
May 17, 2011, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Presentation: Robert Niles: The News Publisher as Community Organizer
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp 2011
Expectations and Outcomes
May 15, 2011, 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp 2011
Discussion: Real-life Experiences
May 20, 2010, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Video: Discussion: Real-life Experiences
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp 2010
Discussion: Technical and Legal Issues
May 19, 2010, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Video: Discussion: Technical and Legal Issues
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp 2010
Discussion: Expanding Upon the Morning Session
May 18, 2010, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Video: Discussion: Expanding Upon the Morning Session
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp 2010
The News Publisher as Community Organizer
May 18, 2010, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Video: Robert Niles: The News Publisher as Community Organizer
Presentation: Robert Niles: The News Publisher as Community Organizer
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp 2010
Outcomes and Expectations for the Week
May 16, 2010, 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Video: Outcomes and Expectations
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp 2010
Introduction of Outcomes and Expectations for the Week
May 16, 2009, 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Entrepreneurial Thinking
Entrepreneurship: Boot Camp Concept Development
Entrepreneurship: Boot Camp Concept Overview
Entrepreneurship: Boot Camp Opportunity Recognition
So you Want to be an Entrepreneur
Day 1: Introduction of Outcomes and Expectations for the Week
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp
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