Journalism 2.0

One of the issues that commonly arises in any discussion about independent journalism start-ups is liability. Working for a large news company, journalists feel protected against libel lawsuits since they corporate counsel on their side. But when you go it alone, you’re completely exposed. I appeared on a panel at a recent workshop in Seattle […]

By Jason Preston, Eat Sleep Publish When you’re looking at making the transition from print (as a medium) to the internet (as a medium), one of the most important things that you can wrap your brain around is the concept of failure. Online, failure is not only common, it’s celebrated. Just recently the New York […]

Rather than kill trees to make handouts, and in the spirit of sharing with others, I’m using this blog post to publish a list of links to Web sites I plan to discuss today during a panel discussion at an SPJ workshop for freelance journalists in Seattle. The focus of my material will be examples […]

We’re closing up the Journalism That Matters session at Poynter this morning. A final exercise had us put fingers to keyboard and explain our place in the “new news ecology.” Here’s my 10-minute take: The new news ecology is authentic, collaborative and transparent. Technology enables it, but should almost be taken for granted. Anything is […]

I was planning to attend the Journalism That Matters conference at the Poynter Institute that started today, but a snowstorm in Atlanta re-routed my flight to Huntsville, Ala. which is where I’ll be for the night. (I hope to make it to Poynter tomorrow.) Ellyn Angelotti, Poynter’s digital media guru and conference co-organizer, just sent […]

If you’re a journalist in Seattle these days it’s easier to stumble into a panel discussion on the future of journalism than it is to stumble into a coffee shop. Almost. Last night’s was called “Journalism on the Brink. Can Digital Save it? (video coming soon). Tonight’s is “No News is Bad News: Seattle as […]

Since I know you are someone who is trying to figure out where the curve of media and technology is going (so you can be ahead of it), I highly recommend this blog post/essay from the CEO of a Seattle company called Pelago. In it, Jeff Holden outlines his vision for the future of his […]

Seems every where I turn online I find questions about alternative or new business models for news. At the same time, everywhere I turn offline I seem to run into a new independent journalism startup. Maybe there’s something in the water in the greater Seattle area that is driving it, but even if it is only […]

Many companies – not just news companies – need more intrapreneurship these days. That’s how Guy Kawasaki describes the quality that drives innovation at established companies in his new book, Reality Check. In it, he lists several ways to foster the spirit of intrapreneurship from inside a company. Here are my favorites: 1. Kill the cash cows: […]