How sweet it is
“Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can- there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.” -Sarah Caldwell The last few days have been very trying ones. I’ve been trying to find a second job, praying for hours from my first job, while trying to climb from … Read more
‘Irina Samokhina speaks of government harassment against the media in Russia’ by Shakia Harris
Irina Samokhina (Russia), CEO of Krestyanin, described state run newspapers as ‘monopolist’ in Russia and discussed tensions between the media and the Russian government during the Press Freedom Roundtable. In Russia the state has the right to establish its own media. Samokhina said that there are 63 newspapers established by the state in the region … Read more
Dow Jones CEO: ‘Free costs too much’ by Shakia Harris
The first session of the World Newspaper Congress kicked off with talk of perhaps the biggest ongoing conversation amongst the media around the world: how to pay for the digital content the news industry creates. Les Hinton, CEO of Dow Jones & Co., told the Congress that charging for online news is a must, and … Read more
Schibsted International editor Frederic Filloux says journalists must learn how to sell themselves and their content
By:Shakia Harris Frederic Filloux, editor at Schibsted International, emphasized at the 16th World Editors Forum that journalists should be thinking long term and learn to promote themselves by selling their content with multimedia, blogs and other websites. When Laura Olivier, editor of journalism.co.uk, United Kingdom, asked if it was possible for multimedia to be picked … Read more
