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By: A handbook for community-funded journalism: Turning Spot.Us experience into lessons for others » Nieman Journalism Lab

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:02:11 +0000

[...] should be supported simply because it’s journalism, Cohn said. This is where a little entrepreneurship and the art of the sale come in, teaching journalists to articulate their goal and show their work meets an identifiable [...]

By: Entrepreneur summer school reveals startups aren’t easy » Nieman Journalism Lab

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:01:53 +0000

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Change The Ratio: Entrepreneur Launch School « Type Seven — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:04:18 +0000

[...] Spiers is starting a really cool program this summer: New Media Entrepreneur Launch School. She’s basically cooking up a connections-and-advice incubator for budding entrepreneurs with an [...]

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Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:42:21 +0000

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By: Matt Mireles

Matt Mireles — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:03:03 +0000

This is awesome and excellent news!

As a journo turned entrepreneur, I applaud and am happy to assist in any effort that gives journos the practical tools to control their own destiny. The world needs more of this!

Congrats Elizabeth!

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Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:51:21 +0000

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By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:09:42 +0000

I’m eager to see what comes from Elizabeth’s lab.

I just have to add that there is entrepreneurial journalism rising in schools. I have taught it for three years and have given $100k in seed grants (thanks to the McCormick Foundation) to seven graduates’ businesses now incubating at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, where I teach.

Earlier this year, I also organized a conference (call) for journalism educators who are teaching or plan to teach entrepreneurial journalism and we rustled up three dozen.

Yes, it’s beginning. I think five years ago I’d have been shot elsewhere for daring to contaminate young journalistic ambitions with the business skills needed to sustain them. But no more. Now there’s eagerness. What we need is more of what Elizabeth is doing: getting experience, starting things, learning, failing, succeeding.