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Who’s trying to save journalism this week

A roundup on the latest news in efforts to save newspapers and make money in journalism, including a look at legislation, micropayments vs. subscriptions and research for hire. [...]

On vacation

I’ll be on vacation in San Francisco and Portland for the next ten days. So unless something pretty damn earth-shattering happens, I likely will not be blogging.

If you’d like to live vicariously through our travels, check me out on Twitter or keep an eye on our Flickr photo map. As a complete nerd, I plan to [...]

Presentation: Business models for online news

My presentation materials on business models for online news. [...]

News 2.0 forum today

The much-ballyhooed (by me) News 2.0 Forum is going on tonight at the offices of Enquirer Media.

Local readers, I hope, will be there in person. If you’d like to attend in spirit – check it out on UStream (thanks to Cincinnati Social Media). We’ll be live from 5 to 6:30 or you can catch it after [...]

Your Facebook fan page might not be in your control

If you allow employees to create your company’s Facebook fan pages on their personal accounts, beware. You may never get control of that page if the employee leaves the company. [...]

Recommended reading on the mysterious future

These are my recommended links for August 28th through September 3rd:

Membership has its meaning « BuzzMachine – Jeff Jarvis and several commenters outline how a membership – as opposed to a subscription – could be the ticket to a future business model for news. The problem is – membership needs to be worth it – and [...]

Seeking your input on business models

I’m preparing a presentation on possible future business models for journalism – and I want your input. [...]

How much does Facebook know about you?

Just how much personal info do you tend to share on Facebook? Probably more than you think. Luckily new privacy policy changes and a few handy links about privacy settings can keep your info safe (safe-ish?) on Facebook. [...]

Magazine writing/reporting: ‘Harry Potter Goes to College’

This enterprise piece, written in December 2000 and published in the May 2001 issue of The Burr magazine at Kent State University, placed in the 2001 Hearst Awards.

It’s sort of funny looking back, as this was written back before the books were super big – back  before the movies were even in production. Now, there’s about [...]