Reinventing arts journalism... by starting with a virtual summit
Updated: 2009-09-30 04:42:00
. About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review September 29, 2009 Reinventing arts journalism . by starting with a virtual summit By Sasha Anawalt No comments Archive Link Sasha Anawalt is director of Arts Journalism Programs at USC Annenberg School for Communication and co-director of A National Summit on Arts . Journalism I'm told by people who know such things that I am lousy at the elevator pitch . But the question : Hey , Sasha , what is this National Summit on Arts Journalism is a natural for people to ask , especially when trying to figure out if they should pay it any attention . With the Summit only two days away , I've now ridden a bank of . elevators The Summit will showcase 10 innovative online projects chosen by a dozen judges that allow us to peek into arts journalism's future like a TED conference , but just about journalism . We hope to explore ideas and issues that have taken unpredictable and fascinating forms by
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About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review September 25, 2009 Build your ties to the community to build your news site's revenue By Robert Niles 1 comment Archive Link There are two types of advertisers in the world in my experience , at least Those who track every placement , counting the clicks and conversions , to determine how much new revenue each placement generated , minus the cost of creating and running the . ads Those who buy an ad because they like the publication , and want to support what it does for the . community As a publisher , I thank all my advertisers and appreciate their support . But , man , oh man , I do love the second type . For them , the decision to support a publication isn't simply an economic transaction it's an act of passion . And passion is contagious . Someone likes what I'm doing so much that she's putting money down to support it , with no thought to whether she gets it back Hey , if someone
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Image by my lovely wife used with permission, I hope.
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