John Thornton

Video: Education of the Entrepreneurial Journalist

Feb 15, 2010 10:26 AM

Last Friday at the Paley Center in NYC, at the Carnegie Journalism Educators Summit, I spoke on a panel on entrepreneurial journalism. Among the main points brought up were the skills that needed to be taught to j-students these days changes in the way the courses are structured at these…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Events, carnegie journalism educators summit, geneva overholser, jeff jarvis, john harris, john thornton, phil balboni, rafat ali

Nonprofit Texas Tribune Launches With Budget Covered For Two Years

Staci D. Kramer

Nov 3, 2009 7:30 AM

Monday evening as the Texas Tribune raced toward its launch this morning (some elements aren’t live yet), Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith took me through the new nonprofit journalism site—news stories, databases, blogs, a combined Twitter feed for every elected politician in Texas, the start of a Texas politics wiki. Unlike some…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Non-Profit, Online News, evan smith, john thornton, texas tribune