New models: Collaboration, not competition, at the local level

If these two young online editors are the future face of journalism, collaboration, not competition, could become the model for local [...]

Meet Nick, the UK journalism student

Omegle introduced me to Nick through random chat

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My first “stranger” was a gay teen who was unhappy I wasn’t. The next was Nick, who turned out to be a journalism student in the UK.

What are the odds?

We chatted about journalism (jobs are disappearing in [...]

SELLING OURSELVES: An alternative to the advertiser/subscriber business model for local news

Lansing Online News will test a new economic model for local news based on consulting and education, not advertising and subscriber [...]