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Patch.com to hire dozens of Atlanta metro journalists

August 19, 2010 – 6:25 pm

Patch.com, the hyperlocal journalism start-up on which AOL is betting $50 million dollars, is searching for several dozen journalists to edit and run local community sites throughout the Atlanta metro area. The pay is between $35,000 — $45,000 a year plus benefits. It comes with a freelance budget too. Here are excerpts from an email [...]

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Witt panel to address informing communities, sustaining democracy

June 8, 2010 – 4:13 pm

On this Friday, June 11 I will be on a panel that reacts to the The Knight Commission report: Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age. The executive summary of the report can be found here. The panel is part of the League of Women Voters National Convention which is being be held in [...]

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Cellphone Payments, Perfect for Journalism Entrepreneurs

April 29, 2010 – 10:39 am

The New York Times has an informative article and a video on how individuals can make small transactions via smart phones, including bumping two phones together or swiping a credit card via a little attachment. It’s great for spontaneous purchases, which I think will be perfect for small journalism start-ups that depend on small donations [...]

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Center for Sustainable Journalism Posts Ads for Two Journalism Fellows

March 29, 2010 – 1:42 pm

The Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University has just posted two ads for its new Visiting Fellow in Professional Journalism Practice program. One posting is for a reporter, the other for an editor. Each are for six-month appointments renewable for up to two years. The visiting reporter fellow is beat specific, aimed at [...]

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Center Workshop Plays Into Media, Mobile, iPad App Expansion, Sign Up Now

March 24, 2010 – 12:56 pm

Just after the new year, I posted a video of me interviewing Robert Stephens, founder of the Geek Squad, and he said if he were to start a business today it would center on mobile devices and e-tablets. Wired magazine concurs with its cover article: How the Tablet Will Change the World. Now NPR and [...]

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McChesney, Nichols Advocate Government Help to Save Journalism

January 18, 2010 – 11:47 am

Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols discuss their new book The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again with NOW’s David Brancaccio “about the perils of a shrinking news media landscape, and their bold proposal to save journalism with government subsidies.” They discuss the idea of providing [...]

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Rosenstiel, A Journalism Optimist — But It May Be a Long Wait

January 12, 2010 – 12:02 am

Yesterday, after using the Baltimore media ecosystem as a case study, the Pew Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) issued a rather gloomy report on the state of local news. A few weeks ago, I asked Tom Rosenstiel, director of PEJ, if he was an optimist or pessimist about the state of the journalism. [...]

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