Links tracking the transformation of entrepreneurial journalism
Archived Stories:
The news entrepreneur’s dilemma: Which comes first, the money or the audience?
Robert Niles, OJR, Sep. 9, 2011
How to become a more entrepreneurial journalist
Joe Grimm, Poynter, Jul. 25, 2011
7 reasons journalists make good entrepreneurs
Matylda Czarnecka, Poynter, Jun. 6, 2011
Good starting point for any new venture: Following your customers
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, May 11, 2011
Entrepreneurship 101
Gena Chung, AJR, May 11, 2011
Dan Gillmor Excited by Experiments by Entrepreneurial Journalists
Dorian Benkoil, MediaShift, Apr. 18, 2011
We Media NYC cranks up a checklist for entrepreneurs and their ventures
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Apr. 8, 2011
How to get to $200K: Lessons in building a profitable niche news site
Jeremy Caplan, Poynter, Apr. 7, 2011
3 key lessons for entrepreneurial journalists trying to get projects off the ground
Mark Briggs, Poynter, Mar. 28, 2011
How entrepreneurial journalists can identify opportunities
Jeremy Caplan, Poynter, Mar. 21, 2011
Write It All Down!
Why news entrepreneurs should keep a “startup journal”
Josh Kalven, CJR, Mar. 1, 2011
How to pitch entrepreneurial ideas to non-journalists
Jeremy Caplan, Poynter, Feb. 28, 2011
MedCity startup yields 7 tips, 2 hot leads for journalism entrepreneurs
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jan. 7, 2011
Business, Entrepreneurial Skills Come to Journalism School
MediaShift, Sep. 3, 2010
A Way Forward: Solving the Challenges of the News Frontier
Carnegie-Knight Initiative, August 2010
(Day One) (Day Two) (Day Three) (Day Four)
Presentations from the seminar: “How to be an
Entrepreneur as a Business Journalist”
Maya Payne Smart and Joe Grimm, Reynolds Center,
Business Journalism.org, Aug. 9-13, 2010
News Start-Ups Exchange Tips on Engaging Readers, Generating Revenue
Marika Lynch, KnightBlog, Jul. 27, 2010
(See also: Knight Foundation Report: Seeking Sustainability: A Nonprofit News Roundtable)
Debunking 5 Myths of Entrepreneurial Journalism
Jeremy Caplan, Poynter, Jul. 29, 2010
Where Did We Go Right? How to Be a Successful Entrepreneur
CJ Cornell, MediaShift Idea Lab, Jul. 9, 2010
Ethics lessons for news entrepreneurs
Mark Briggs, Journalism 2.0, July 14, 2010
Innovation can be learned
Chris Morris, VentureBeat, Entrepreneur Corner, Jul. 2, 2010
Lewis Dvorkin on the Future of Forbes: More ‘Entrepreneurial,’ ‘Scalable’
Jeff Bercovici, DailyFinance, Jul. 7, 2010
Student journalist/entrepreneurs look at mobile tablet strategies for newspapers
Rebecca Lett, OJR, Jun. 8, 2010
(Related: Student journalist/entrepreneurs offer tips to improve newspapers’ WAP functionality
Dominique Fong, OJR, Jun. 11, 2010)
Journalists running start-ups face tall odds
Alan D. Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Jun. 7, 2010
Ex-Naples Daily News reporters launch site ‘to put journalists back to work’
Linda Austin, BusinessJournalism.org, Jun. 2, 2010
Resources for Journopreneurs
Tom Davidson, May 20, 2010
Bay Citizen Embraces 4 Emerging Trends Among News Startups
Mallary Jean Tenore, Poynter, May 26, 2010
15 More Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read
Bianca Male, Business Insider, May 21, 2010
Go very local and engage with your community, say hyperlocal entrepreneurs
Emma Heald, Editors Weblog, May 18, 2010
Jonah Kessel and Carmen Sisson discuss entrepreneurship and photojournalism
Steve Buttry, Pursuing the Complete Community Connection, Apr. 28, 2010
Deconstructing Allen’s Playbook as a Model of Entrepreneurial Journalism
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Apr. 29, 2010
What Start-Ups Can Teach Big Companies
Steve Lohr, New York Times, Apr. 25, 2010
(Related: The Rise of the Fleet-Footed Start-Up)
8 Ways for Entrepreneurial Journalists to Think Like Business People
Steve Myers, E-Media Tidbits, Poynter, Apr. 22, 2010
eBay founder, editor Temple launch Honolulu Civil Beat
Romenesko, Poynter, Apr. 21, 2010
Xconomy Detroit Tracks Innovative Ventures with Innovative Journalism
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Apr. 20, 2010
6 critical tips for launching a startup while holding a day job
Jason Cohen, Entrepreneur Corner, Mar. 24, 2010
New media ventures blossom in Seattle
Monica Guzman, Seattlepi.com, Mar. 16, 2010
Our journalism students need to sell
their personal brands
Tim McGuire, McGuire on Media, Mar. 10, 2010
Starting a New Publishing Business — A Transformative Time in Life
Jim Gaines, Folio, Feb. 28, 2010
The Role of New Media Makers: Entrepreneurship and the Future of News
Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director, USC Annenberg, Feb. 24, 2010
(Related: Schaffer: News Consumers Need Watch Dogs & Guide Dogs
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Mar. 10, 2010)
The Top Mistakes That Startups Make (and how to avoid them)
Andrew Finlayson, A Digital Journalist, Feb. 21, 2010
Lessons learned in Year 1 of a magazine correspondent’s (would-be) online news startup
Jeff Israely, Nieman Journalism Labs, Feb. 16, 2010
Education of the Entrepreneurial Journalist
“Future of Journalism Education” conference
Rafat Ali, paidContent, Feb. 15, 2010
(Related story from CJR’s Megan Garber — Live, from Paley: What’s the One Skill Journos Need Right Now?)
Three Things Your Startup Should Put Off As Long As Possible
Sachin Agarwal, Business Insider, Feb. 15, 2010
Top 10 Sources Of Funding For Start-ups
Martin Zwilling, Forbes, Feb. 12, 2010
Business Plans — Crucial Or A Waste Of Time? (Videos)
Henry Blodget, Business Insider, Feb. 11, 2010
How one enterprising journalist hit it big
Alan Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Feb. 10, 2010
Find Your Audience Where They’re Finding You
Poynter Archived Chat with Mark Briggs, Feb. 10, 2010
UC Berkeley Entrepreneurship Journalism
Andrew Finlayson, A Digital Journalist, Jan. 26, 2010
List of Legal Resources For Startups and Entrepreneurs
Chris Cameron, ReadWriteStart, Jan. 26, 2010
(See also: 3 Great Online Resources For Writing A Business Plan)
Aaron Kremer on becoming an entrepreneur
Maya Payne Smart, BusinessJournalism.org, Jan. 20, 2010
Are you a journa-preneur?
Sarah Rainey, The Accidental Journalist, Jan. 16, 2010
A Golden Age for News Start-Ups? The Impact of Another Newspaper Bankruptcy
Steve Outing, SteveOuting.com, Jan. 15, 2010
Hard Sell (Audio & Transcript)
Bob Garfield interviews Jeff Jarvis,
On the Media, Jan. 15, 2010
Teaching Entrepreneurial Journalism
Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine, Jan. 11, 2010
(See also: New Business Models for News Project
and Entrepreneurial Journalism Education Workspace)
Questions for Entrepreneurs
Andrew Finlayson, A Digital Journalist, Jan. 8, 2010
‘Where’s the pain?’ — Three ways to be an entrepreneurial journalist
Adam Westbrook, News:Rewired, Dec. 21, 2009
Doing it for themselves: Are traditional skills enough or
do the new generation of journalists also need to be entrepreneurs?
Patrick Barkham, Guardian, Nov. 30, 2009
Life after the newsroom: 5 entrepreneurs
Robin Phillips, BusinessJournalism.org, Nov. 22, 2009
(Related: Tips for journalistic entrepreneurs
and Resources for entrepreneurial journalists)
In Chicago, Ex-Editor Fights Back
Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times, Nov. 22, 2009
New Entrepreneurs: New Perspectives on News
McCormick Foundation New Media Women Entrepreneurs
J-Lab, Nov. 9, 2010
(Related press release: New Forms of Journalism Emerge in New Media Ecosystem)
Journalism as Charity and Entrepreneurship
Robert G. Picard, The Media Business, Oct. 25, 2009
The same old story turns into a new one as start-ups multiply
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, Oct. 19, 2009
Inviting the Rise of the Entrepreneurial Journalist
Lewis DVorkin, Nieman Reports, Fall 2009
In San Francisco, Plans to Start News Web Site
Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times, Sep. 24, 2009
An assignment for journalists and students: Talk with an entrepreneur
Robert Niles, OJR, Aug. 14, 2009
Journalism Startups are Helpful, But No Panacea for News Problems
Robert G. Picard, The Media Business, Aug. 14, 2009
Newhouse’s AnnArbor.com Enters a Crowded Field Next Week
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Jul. 14, 2009
Liveblogging Now: Big Ideas Conference Highlights ‘What’s Working‘
Jill Geisler, SuperVision, Jul. 12-15, 2009
Media Web Site Pushes Entrepreneurial Model
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, Jun. 8, 2009
‘InvestigateWest’ Launch Continues News, Business Experimentation
Steve Myers, Poynter, Jul. 8, 2009
Behind the launch of the Rocky Mountain Independent
Michael Roberts, Denver Westword, Jul. 6, 2009
New Media Makers Toolkit
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism,
Jun. 2, 2009
(See also: Funding Database, Report, Civic Impact Case Studies and Knight Citizen News Network)
Six Reasons Journalists Make Good Entrepreneurs
Gaebler.com, Resources for Entrepreneurs, Jun. 2009
SPJ Invites Helium Writers Into the Professional Tent
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Apr. 21, 2009
Enterpreneurial Journalism:
How can journalism survive beyond legacy institutions?
Poynter Archived Chat with Mark Briggs, Mar. 19, 2009
(See also: Journalism That Matters is Entrepreneurial
Ellyn Angelotti, Poynter, Mar. 11, 2009)
Next Paycheck: Newsman’s Journey from Buyout to Startup
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Mar. 6, 2009
Journalism Caught in a Web: As digital media continues to evolve, it’s time for journalists to define their niche and adapt to the changes.
Dennis Romero, Entrepreneur, Feb. 2, 2009
Sites on the rise: Business models remain elusive
David Westphal, Online Journalism Review, Oct. 27, 2008
Forming a Business and Getting Online
Citizen Media Law Project, Mar. 30, 2008
Entrepreneurial Journalism: U.K. Unconference Report
Paul Bradshaw, Poynter, Mar. 18, 2008
In Digital Age, Journalism Students Need Business, Entrepreneurial Skills
Mark Glaser, MediaShift, Jan. 30, 2008
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