Celeste LeCompte is a 2014-15 Nieman Fellow. She writes from San Francisco and Guangzhou, China, about innovation, the environment, and entrepreneurs. She also is the startup columnist for Robotics Business Review and co-founder of Climate Confidential, an experiment in reader-funded journalism about the intersection of environmental issues and technological innovation. Previously, she was the managing editor and director of product for Gigaom Research, one of the first subscription products offered by a major blog network.
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LeCompte, Celeste. "In media companies, the editorial staff shouldn’t be kept in the dark about finances." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Mar. 2015. Web. 3 Oct. 2024.
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LeCompte, C. (2015, Mar. 11). In media companies, the editorial staff shouldn’t be kept in the dark about finances. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 3, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/03/in-media-companies-the-editorial-staff-shouldnt-be-kept-in-the-dark-about-finances/
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LeCompte, Celeste. "In media companies, the editorial staff shouldn’t be kept in the dark about finances." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 11, 2015. Accessed October 3, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/03/in-media-companies-the-editorial-staff-shouldnt-be-kept-in-the-dark-about-finances/.
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