Two new books are essential reading for anyone considering a news startup - Poynter
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Fast forward a couple of decades and two new books are doing likewise across a media scene far more dramatically transformed than the one documented by Gillmor.
What's most valuable about the books by Ellen Clegg and Dan Kennedy ('What Works in Community News') and Brant Houston ('Changing Models for Journalism') is their clear-eyed account of what's emerging in the face of all that loss.
In practical terms, they are essential reading for anyone considering a news startup. For most people, journalist or not, launching a news venture without consulting these volumes invites the sort of outcome awaiting a novice cook attempting a Fr
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