Social. Media. Presence. It’s something that I think about when it comes to my personal profiles and is something I’ve started thinking about when it comes to my group’s digital media startup idea. What is our ultimate goal with the startup? Which platforms will be the best for us to use and reach our audience… Continue reading Social media: It’s not all about popular
Ever since I started taking journalism classes at MSU, I’ve heard about the importance of making connections with other people in the journalism world. It’s something that I’ve continued to hear when having guest speakers come into my classes, when listening to my professors’ stories about their journalism-related experiences and when talking to my peers… Continue reading Making connections, being hardworking will get you far
We’ve talked a lot in JRN 450 about podcasts and how successful they are becoming. Recently, Spotify bought Gimlet Media for around $230 million. That’s a lot of money. In a Vulture article first announcing that the deal might happen, it’s said that acquiring Gimlet will help in Spotify’s push into podcasting. Because there is… Continue reading Money might be important, but it’s not the ‘driving factor’
I’m not a podcast listener. This is probably a very unpopular journalism major thing, but I’m still very aware of the growing popularity of podcasts! I’m even one of the producers of a new podcast called Snewscast (yay for trying new things!) Anyway, listening to the first few episodes of “StartUp” by Gimlet Media was… Continue reading We have to Start(Up) somewhere
Like our JRN 450 class talked about last week, Gannett, Buzzfeed, HuffPost and other media organizations are experiencing layoffs. This seemed like a concern among those journalism majors who plan on working in the industry after graduation. I think it’s a concern for me, whether or not I end up reporting after I graduate next… Continue reading Journalism is important, especially when it’s local
As I made my way to The Hatch last week, I feared I was going to look stupid. My media entrepreneurship class was meeting there and we all had to pitch startup ideas in front of the entire class. But I didn’t feel stupid at all. Instead, I gained a lot of knowledge and respect… Continue reading It’s time to hatch our idea into a startup
I … am very bad at coming up with ideas. I don’t know why, but I always struggle with creating ideas, even when it comes to school projects or story ideas. So I was very scared when I found out that everyone would have to pitch a startup idea in my media entrepreneurship course at… Continue reading I’m still scared of startup ideas, but I have some hope now
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