Linda Tischler, who covers design stories for Fast Company magazine, posts 10 tips on how to sell your story idea.
The list is mostly pet peeves, which freelancers must pay attention to. But there are also two excellent guidelines on what to do:
Offer me something nobody’s had before. The quickest way to catch my eye is [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Making Money
“News is the stuff we put around the advertising.”—Quoted by so many people in news and advertising no one remembers who said it first
Yesterday a group of journalists of varying experience and expertise got together to do something about advertising. That’s right: News people were proposing ideas for making money.
The one-day sprint, Revenue 2.0, took [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Making Money, Mobile
Tagged: #rev2oh site, advertising, David Kordalski, Kristen Novak, Matt Mansfield, Patrick Cooper, rev2oh, revenue, Revenue 2.0, SND
Someone once said the first rule of blogging is to do it regularly. The second is not to begin with an apology if you go silent without a heads up.
Screw the rules.
For the last few weeks, I’ve been asking a lot of people how news organizations can do a better job of providing and being [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Making Money
Search giant Google announced Project 10 to the 100th today. If you thought the money for the Knight News Challenge was big, this could be even bigger.
Project 10 to the 100th is a $10 million grant to fund up to five ideas that will “change the world by helping as many people as possible.”
They’re looking [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Making Money
Most freelancers will tell you when it comes to deciding who to write for, choose magazines. The pay better. And there’s something nice about seeing your name, your photos, your work on glossy — or if it’s a “green” publication, matte — textweight stock.
They’ll also tell you it’s good to develop relationships with editors. After [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Making Money, Tips & Tools
The news business, and it is a business, is getting squeezed. There are those who think “big J” journalism is a waste of effort and resources at a time when we can count exactly how many people spend time reading the stories, watching the videos, and clicking around on our interactive features.
Strapped for cash, the [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Making Money
Tagged: business, conferences, NAB, speech, TV
Senior editors at the Los Angeles Times met earlier this week to decide in three days what three years will hold in store.
Kevin Roderick at L.A. Observed posted an email from Editor in Chief Russ Stanton that outlines the roadmap cooked up during the conference.
Though the proof will be in the execution, it looks like [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Making Money
Tagged: evolution, LA Times, newspapers
Those who blog conscientiously know this already, but it’s worth bringing up this excellent post from Mindy McAdams.
Today, OC Register science columnist Gary Robbins spoke at a panel about blogging during the Future of Science Journalism Symposium.
In addition to writing about things his local audience can actually see and experience for themselves, Robbins times his [...]
Categories: Making Money, Tips & Tools
Tagged: conferences
Steve Outing, “Stop the Presses” columnist and online media consultant just launched a new site aimed at those looking for ideas to increase news website readership and make money.
Not all of Outing’s recommendations are earthshaking, but the comments will probably prove to be the true goldmine.
On a post about showing the numbers associated with “most [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Making Money, Social Media
Tagged: business, ideas, Steve Outing
By coincidence, Jeff Jarvis at BuzzMachine was also thinking money today.
In his latest post, Jarvis suggests everyone take a step back and try to summarize specific problems your business faces before charging ahead with strategies and solutions.
Engineers use this “define the problem, then create solutions” approach, Jarvis notes. So do lawyers and economists, and they’re [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Making Money
Tagged: business, BuzzMachine, conferences, netJ