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Anonymity or identity: Which is the best way to handle comments?
I was too busy yesterday enjoying beautiful spring weather, a beautiful baby granddaughter and exciting NCAA basketball to join a lively Twitter discussion of anonymous comments. One of the primary...
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4 things the feds should do instead of protecting newspapers
The federal government has lots of important issues it needs to deal with these days. It doesn’t need to deal with protecting newspapers. It shouldn’t protect newspapers. It can’t afford to protect...
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You can compete and collaborate at the same time
Howard Owens is one of the smartest journalism entrepreneurs in the business. He launched The Batavian as a digital challenger to the Batavia Daily News in New York, and his small business is thriving....
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‘Good enough’ and ‘value-added’ work together in entrepreneurial journalism
Howard Owens gives a great explanation of what makes his journalism venture successful. But he mistakenly extrapolates to some rules about what other entrepreneurs should not do. I recommend reading...
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News Foo Camp: Not fully open, but certainly not secret
I tweet a lot from journalism events. I think I can say that few people tweet as much about journalism as I do. I didn’t tweet much from News Foo Camp last weekend. But other campers and I tweeted...
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My blogging themes for 2010: job change, Twitter, business models …
Reviewing 2010 on this blog: My job change to TBD was a major theme of the year here. My most-popular post of 2010 shared tips on job-hunting, from my own experience finding a new job and hiring the...
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How the crowd can save your career
The crowd can save your journalism career. I encourage any journalist to read Journal Register Co. CEO John Paton’s message to last week’s WAN/IFRA International Newsroom Summit: How The Crowd Saved...
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‘How do I monetize my blog?’ Tips for making money as a blogger
A friend asked how he could make money from his blog. With the caveat that I don’t make money directly from my blog, or try to (more about that later), I have some advice to share. Bloggers can pursue...
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Howard Owens gives 10 reasons paywalls don’t work
Opposition to paywalls is a “theology,” Rem Rieder said in moderating a one-sided love-session panel discussion about paywalls a couple months ago at the American Society of News Editors convention. I...
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From 2008: My start on Twitter: “Ready to twitter to learn what that is”
I originally published this blog post Jan. 25, 2008, on my Training Tracks blog when I was at the American Press Institute. It’s no longer online there, but I have republished here, because I am...
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Advice for a new journalism prof: Teach lessons a variety of ways
Students learn journalism best if you teach them several different ways. A colleague who’s starting her first journalism classes as an adjunct professor asked, “Any advice for the first-time...
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Tips for finding local stories in national and world news
Finding local stories in national and international news isn’t always easy. But many big stories have local angles, and the news organizations that make the effort can tell important local stories that...
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