Some Smart Advice That Hurts

Here's a great article about the myths about a college journalism education. We'll discuss this in class next Tuesday when I give you my hour-long schpiel about becoming a freelancer. But for now, read this, print it out, stick it up on your bathroom mirror because what's in it will help you not just as a college journalist but a journalist throughout the your life.

Knight News Challenge: Finalists and their Proposals

The Knight News Challenge has sent out letters to 28 lucky finalists. Here is the beginning of a list of the finalists and their proposals. If you are looking for ideas and templates to follow for your own business plans and proposals, you may want to take a look at these.

The Cloud That Rains Music

Amazon's newly launched cloud player is trying to outdo Apple's iTunes, by making your music available everywhere, (without synching your devices yourself) including your Android phone, because your music will be sitting "in the cloud". Click here to read more.

"Of the Web" not just on it...

Emily Low used to run the successful website for the Guardian, a leading newspaper in the U.K. She now runs the Tow Center at Columbia Journalism. In this interview with Neiman Labs, she discusses the philosophy behind the Guardian's push into digital content. A useful read, especially regarding the importance of technical skills.

Not what I was looking for but PACKED with good info

I'm still on the hunt for anything that gives me an idea of HOW MUCH money can be made with an ad network. But in my quest for said information I found this site. It's a list of 21 ad networks with a description of the ad format and relevant audience figures. It covers everything from in-text to widget ads and the previously unknown (to me) "advertorial" (not gonna lie...it's a little exhausting).
Still, it's definitely worth a look-see.

http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/21-great-advertising-networks-for-publishers/

A Huff Post blogger's take

In this blog post by Jeff Jarvis, the author is very defensive of the attacks made on Arianna Huffington by the New York Times. Jarvis shares his view that the NYT doesn’t understand the Huff Post and that there are multiple misconceptions about it. Jarvis addresses issues such as free content, aggregation, Arianna’s political stance and the idea of fun in journalism. Jarvis originally posted it on his own blog, but decided to post it on the Huffington Post even though it is the subject of his post. Jarvis’ commentary is another side to the NYT pay wall debacle and gives the view of an unpaid blogger at the Huff Post.

Kara Venturino-Eyde

Erin O'Connor

Arianna Huffington vs. Newspaper Guild

According to an article on FoxNews.com, the 26,000-member national Newspaper Guild is taking a stand against the Huffington Post for not paying thousands of its writers. The union is asking all of its members not to share their work with the HuffPo to show their support for paid journalism. In response to the union, spokesman for HuffPo, Mario Ruiz, said that he also thought professional journalists should get paid, but also said that most of the writers they aren't paying are not considered professional; they are community bloggers who come from all over the place. Ruiz also said that HuffPo does have a staff of 160 full-time editors and reporters that it pays. Is HuffPo wrong for allowing bloggers to contribute free information or are the bloggers wrong for contributing information without pay? If a single video can sell for $150 to $1,000, HuffPo is saving a ton of money if they have 3,000 regular bloggers that they're not paying.

Kaleigh Robichaud