• Stack of newspapers curved in s-shape, in black and white

    Seven ways to bail out the government’s journalism bailout

    This story was originally published by The Logic and appears here with its permission. I anguished over whether to weigh in on last week’s $595-million government-aid package for journalism because it’s deeply personal for me.  I’ve spent almost 20 years in traditional media, studied disruption theory in academia and now, I’m an entrepreneur trying to…

  • Funding journalism means defining who’s a journalist – not a bad thing

    This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The federal government’s recent announcement of financial support for news organizations has been met with understandably wide-ranging reactions — from relief to skepticism, and worse. Among other measures, the package will incentivize consumers to sign up for digital…