The problem with reporters in the 21st century is that they read too much news.A big story -- about how California law enforcement officials used a warrant to search the home of a Gizmodo editor for clues about a leaked Apple iPhone prototype -- is mak...
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The folks at The Business Insider went and practiced some true investigative journalism in a story about Facebook.What they found out: in the current online-only business model, true investigative journalism is unsustainable.Here are their tweets about...
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If there's one issue online publications have really battled with, it's the teeter-tottering relationship between the creation of original work and the aggregation of third-party content.For years, most news organizations have operated under the guise ...
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Seth Godin recently defined "brand" on his blog.His take:A brand is the set of expectations, memories, stories and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer’s decision to choose one product or service over another. If the consumer (w...
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Young men and women are still coming here to remake the world, they just won’t be stopping by the human resources department...
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I received a call this afternoon on my cell phone from a dance company that I see perform once, perhaps twice per year.
The company's spring season is around the corner, and the sales representative wanted to offer me, the customer, a package subscription deal that allowed me first crack at reserved seats for...
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How do you measure a successful online media property?By awards? By pageviews? By unique users? By profit margins? I struggle with this question each day. Name recognition is valuable, but not if you don't make enough money to survive.Popularity is dee...
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We all love those long-form magazine articles, the meat-and-potatoes pieces that address the big issues. When you're not in a rush, reading such a lengthy article -- it can be anywhere from 3,000 to 30,000 words, believe it or not -- can be...When's the last time you were told a great story online?(Probably not in a long time.)I recently interviewed Jim Gaines, a former editor of Time, Newsweek, Life and People, who wants to change that.He's taking a magazine-style approach to interactive...
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"Class of 2008 journalism school students graduated into the worst job market for new journalists in nearly a quarter-century -- and those who managed to find a job usually had few benefits to go with a stagnant salary, according to a survey released...
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