10 Truths the Press Can Learn from the Obama Campaign

Millions of people will open their checkbooks when they see a public service opportunity that benefits them and the wider society. Community organizing is one thing, but a war chest is still another, the yin and yang of the campaign. Small donors ponied up fives, tens and hundreds because they ...

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Summer, 2008: The Smell of “Burning Furniture”

Summertime and the livin’ is far from easy. Now that we’re past Memorial Day, let’s speculate on the summer that will be. It’s a long time til Labor Day for the news industry. We’ve seen Rupert Murdoch, ironically drawing stark attention to his own advanced age ...

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Freelance Organizer Helium May Be User-Gen 2.1 for News Sites

Consider it user-gen 2.1. It’s easy to see Helium, whose Marketplace product comes out of within the next week or two, as a website organizing the loose and large gaggle of freelance writers out there. It’s attempting to do that, and that in and of itself is interesting. Even more ...

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