Make Money to Make Journalism, don’t Make Journalism to Make Money

Make Money to Make Journalism, don’t Make Journalism to Make Money

11 December 2009

At least not starting out when your competition is big media, which still has money to burn. It struck me this summer (somewhere during year four of my adventures in journalism) that I needed to rethink how I was approaching things. I was still running around trying to do everything all on my own. I [...]

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Google + iPad = Mobile Advertising Boom in 2010?

Google + iPad = Mobile Advertising Boom in 2010?

04 February 2010

Google + iPad = Mobile Advertising Boom in 2010? by Jason Hahn If you yawn when you read another headline about mobile advertising and its ever-pending explosion, you’re surely not alone. It seems that year after year, experts are touting the mobile platform as the next big thing that needs [...]

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New Tricks: Create a successful news vertical

New Tricks: Create a successful news vertical

01 February 2010

Some forward-thinking Statesman employee had reserved the domain name “hookem” more than a decade ago. All it needed was a purpose. This past summer, we gave it one when we launched the niche site just before the Horns football team started 2-a-day practices. The Statesman had a Longhorns forum for more than a decade, but it [...]

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Charlie Rose Interviews Jeff Zucker

26 January 2010

An exclusive conversation with Jeff Zucker. 1/18/2010  ~ Charlie Rose

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Poll: Most won’t pay to read newspapers online

Poll: Most won’t pay to read newspapers online

16 January 2010

Would you pay to read your favorite newspaper online? Most say no, at least according to a new Harris poll. With traditional print newspapers struggling to turn a profit, many have turned to the Web as a means to stay afloat. While some offer their online content free of charge, other papers have played around with [...]

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The Economy of Wikileaks

The Economy of Wikileaks

08 January 2010

I’d like to show you an interview with Julian Assange, the spokesperson of Wikileaks, that I conducted for my small student’s blog (I study journalism). On the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, a hacker event, I had the chance to talk with him, about the current economic and financial aspects of the website (at the [...]

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