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My week at Poynter and RootedAustin.com

by Logan on July 18, 2010

“Turn to clear vision.” That simple phrase struck me as I looked out over the water in Saint Petersburg. I was there for a Poynter Institute seminar called “Bottom Line News: Creating Sustainable Journalism Start-ups.” It was an amazing week. (…)

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The future of journalism school

by Logan on May 5, 2010

I previewed this post way back in February. Whoops. Thankfully, the topic is still just as timely now as it was when I first wrote about it. Some journalism schools have seen an increase in enrollment, despite the treacherous state of (…)

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Newspapers and money

by Logan on February 9, 2010

There’s a lot of talk about how to make newspapers profitable. I have some ideas (after the jump) but no Ultimate Solution. It’s going to take hard work and a lot of smart people to figure it out. I think (…)

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When snow is no longer amusing

by Logan on February 5, 2010

I wanted to go south for Super Bowl XLIV. I had it all planned out: I would get in the Camaro, take the T-tops down, drive until I was barely awake, sleep at the next rest stop and do it (…)

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