Like everything in media, we try and stay away from things that are new and scary, then they become popular, and then we are late to the game. I started hearing about podcasts a lot about a year ago, but they have been around way longer than that. I remember being in high school and… Continue reading Podcasts: The new thing we used to be scared of
A good entrepreneur should have firm beliefs and interesting ideas. In Episode 1 How Not to Pitch a Billionaire, we learn that Chris Sacca is known as the world’s most successful startup angel investor. Chris chooses to invest in the product based on the entrepreneur’s beliefs and ideas. Alex Blumberg was a man who was… Continue reading How to be a good entrepreneur
If I had a dollar, or a dime, a nickel or penny or whatever small denomination of currency you wish to use for every time I heard someone say, We should start a podcast, I would be rich enough to never need to use that dumb cliche ever again. That phrase should win an award… Continue reading Let’s start a startup (actually, let’s not and say we did)
In China, we have a metaphor sentence structure: XXX is like oxygen, you won’t realize its importance until you lose it one day. In this case, I think “local journalism” fits the sentence. In the article “Gannett and the last great local hope”, the author said “a future without local newspapers is by now a… Continue reading Local news exist like oxygen
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
(No, because the world would end without it). As some of you may know, Gannett, a major news corporation that never seemed like it would end, and BuzzFeed, a hugely popular and trendy news site, both recently laid off massive numbers of staff. For a young journalist or any journalist for that matter, this is… Continue reading Is journalism actually dying?
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
The Hatch: A Space for Creative Thinking
Being a student at Michigan State, I always find it a pleasant surprise whenever I find a newsstand and see all of that days’ papers gone. But its never on an everyday basis. I remember growing up and having to get the local daily paper for my parents at the foot of the driveway. Those… Continue reading The state of the news and the (continual) decline of newsprint circulation
As the 16-week JRN450 class on entrepreneurship comes to a close, there is a lot to be reflected on. When I first started, I had a very vague idea on what “entrepreneurship” meant, what it entailed, and how someone could be one. I now realize a lot of my perceptions of these at the beginning… Continue reading 16 Weeks With Entrepreneurship
Spartans Innovate 