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Journalism: Or, how I learned to worry even more and stay ambivalent

I was pissed at Gannett, but now I’m having second thoughts. Based on my experience in the world up to this point, it is my impression that big companies’ downfall is their greed. That’s why I assumed Gannett had to lay-off and pay-out so many reporters, many of whom were well established and respected. I… Continue reading Journalism: Or, how I learned to worry even more and stay ambivalent

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The Spark: How great ideas happen and why they matter

Anticipation and gumption seem to be the base recipe for a successful entrepreneur. The rest of it is anyone’s guess. While listening to Masters of Scale, a podcast hosted by Reid Hoffman who co-founded Linkedin, I learned this. Hoffman consistently emphasized, in so many words, that this is why Sara Blakley was so successful at starting… Continue reading The Spark: How great ideas happen and why they matter

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Journalists don’t make enough — it’s time to get mad

What brings a median salary up or down? I know the literal answer is outliers, but when I was taking a look at the State of the Media 2018 from the Pew Research Center, I wanted to look a bit deeper. Near the end of each section, from cable news to podcasting, was the heading… Continue reading Journalists don’t make enough — it’s time to get mad