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Entrepreneurship

2. August, 2012 Entrepreneurship, Guest posts, latest, Recommended, Routes into journalism
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How to start your startup

by Martin Belam

How to start your startup Economic pressures on the news industry caused by digital technology make it seem like fewer wannabe hacks than ever will be able to reach their goal of a full-time journalism job working a prestigious beat for a big news organisation.
22. June, 2012 Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Industries, latest, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism
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3 things learned at the Media And Digital Enterprise weekend

by Jonathan Frost

3 things learned at the Media And Digital Enterprise weekend The Media And Digital Enterprise project based out of the University of Central Lancashire (uclanMADE) launched last weekend with an intensive 48-hour weekend workshop, aimed at supporting news entrepreneurs. It’s purpose? To help news startups stay up. I was one of
5. June, 2012 Advice, Entrepreneurship, latest, Routes into journalism
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How to make the most of your free time

by Jonathan Frost

How to make the most of your free time It’s been a busy week for me. I’ve just had my last second-year exam, meaning that my degree is tied up until October. It’s a great feeling knowing that I don’t have to write any more essays on Chaucer or
16. May, 2012 Comment, Entrepreneurship, Expert Insight, latest, Routes into journalism
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Hyperlocal news: lots of work and little money

by Jonathan Frost

Hyperlocal news: lots of work and little money Gaz Corfield is a one-time student newspaper editor, founder and editor of The West Londoner local news website, and is now a social media specialist working in London. He is passionate about journalism (despite having sold out!) but just can’t see how it
14. May, 2012 Advice, Entrepreneurship, Getting started, latest, Routes into journalism
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Get a journo job: start your own paper

by Jonathan Frost

Would you ever consider setting up your own local paper, in an effort to fill the void for regional news left by larger retreating news organisations?   Relevant links: The Saddleworth Independent Saddleworth Independent founder: ‘Sacking reporters is not a
2. February, 2012 Comment, Entrepreneurship, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Radio, Routes into journalism, Television, Work experience and interning
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Why a class action lawsuit against unpaid internships in the US is overdue

by Jon Offredo

You may or may not have seen the news yesterday that a former intern at Harper’s Bazaar is suing Hearst Co. for unpaid work during her unpaid internships, which violated state and federal labor laws. We’ve gone over unpaid internships
29. January, 2012 Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Industries, Newspaper, Routes into journalism
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Journalism and capitalism

by Jonathan Frost

This month’s carnival of journalism topic comes from Michael Rosenblum, who asks: “Can a good journalist also be a good capitalist?” Journalists aren’t well paid, on the whole. As someone not so far away from entering the job market, it’s
5. January, 2012 Comment, Entrepreneurship, Routes into journalism
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CUNY’s new MA Entrepreneurial Journalism course is the opposite of what we need

by Jonathan Frost

The City University of New York has recently announced it will run a new MA course at its Graduate School of Journalism: Entrepreneurial Journalism. I have some issues with this, primarily: could there be anything less entrepreneurial than spending thousands
2. December, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Student media, Television
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The US government hates your Tumblr (journalism too)

by Jon Offredo

Have you heard of the Stop Online Piracy Act? If you have, this is old news and hopefully you’re as pissed as me. If you haven’t, well prepare yourself – because it is an over-the-top attempt at curbing online piracy
24. November, 2011 Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Industries
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n0tice: the Guardian’s new take on hyperlocal community

by Jonathan Frost

n0tice: the Guardian’s new take on hyperlocal community The Guardian Media Group is now slowly releasing its new community noticeboard platform, n0tice.com, into the public sphere. It’s still currently an invite only affair, but we’ve been taking a look around, and even caught up with the people behind
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