
Tim Kring, a long-time television writer and producer, is best known as the creator of the NBC show "Heroes." But he's rapidly expanding his media universe -- last week at Comic-Con he launched a new book project, "Shift," which will debut...
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Tags: conspiracy for good, Culture, heroes, MobileShift, MovieShift, NBC, social benefit storytelling, social good, Thought Leader Q&A, tim kring, transmedia
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5Across is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.What are conte...
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Tags: 5Across, beyond content farms, Bleacher Report, Business, content farms, Culture, Examiner.com, high gear media, Hyper Local, patch.com, studio one networks
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From a business perspective, traditional journalism is rather inefficient.Stories are chosen by a small group whose members often have similar experiences and outlooks. With little knowledge of true market demand, they assign the sto...
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Tags: beyond content farms, business model, Culture, Demand Media, Hyper Local, journalism online, Legacy Media, news aggregators, NewspaperShift, patch.com, pay, Philosophy
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4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.In this week's 4MR...
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In my first article for our special Beyond Content Farms series, I examined the opportunities available to writers at some of the biggest content farms. Today, I look at jobs covering hyper-local news.What hyper-local news organization...
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Tags: aol, beyond content farms, Business, Culture, Examiner.com, freelance, Hyper Local, jobs, patch.com, pay
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"We are going to be the largest net hirer of journalists in the world next year," AOL's media and studios division president David Eun said last month in an interview with Michael Learmonth of Ad Age. Eun suggested that AOL could double...
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It's difficult for media people to search any job site these days without running into an ad for AOL's Patch. It seems equally difficult to read media news sites without finding a feature story about Connecticut's MainStreetConnect. Main...
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Tags: AdvertisingShift, aol, beyond content farms, Business, community media, Culture, Hyper Local, jobs, local news, mainstreetconnect, patch.com
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4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.In this week's 4MR...
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Tags: 4MR, andy ihnatko, antenna, Antennagate, Apple, bumpers, Business, Culture, iPhone 4, MobileShift, pr, Public Relations, Steve Jobs
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Once a week, representatives from liberal publications such as AlterNet, Yes! Magazine, the American Independent News Network, the UpTake, and Ms. Magazine convene to discuss mobile strategies. The call, organized by the Media Consortium, ...
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Tags: alternet, Collaboration, Culture, hacking, Innovation, MobileShift, the big thaw, the media consortium, the uptake
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If advertising alone isn't going to support all the online journalism and content sites, and pay walls will just turn readers away, perhaps there's another solution, a third way: Social payments. More than just simple donations, social pay...
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