It's All Journalism

Here's another piece of audio from the 2014 Association of Alternative Newsmedia conference in Nashville.

This time around, Justin Ellis, assistant editor at the Nieman Lab, and Wouter Vermeulen, director of Platform Sales & Product Marketing at Opera Mediaworks, talk about mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are changing the way readers are consuming the news and how newsrooms need to shift their strategies to meet those demands.

Here's another piece of audio from the 2014 Association of Alternative Newsmedia conference in Nashville.

This time around, Justin Ellis, assistant editor at the Nieman Lab, and Wouter Vermeulen, director of Platform Sales & Product Marketing at Opera Mediaworks, talk about mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are changing the way readers are consuming the news and how newsrooms need to shift their strategies to meet those demands.

Generating content for companies for profit rather than news outlets, the Dallas Morning News' content marketing and social media agency Speakeasy is taking off. It has already generated $1.5 million in revenue since its start in late 2012. Grant Moise, the senior vice president of The Dallas Morning News, joined us on the podcast via phone to talk about the idea that's creating a profit center with more than 50 clients so far.

Generating content for companies for profit rather than news outlets, the Dallas Morning News' content marketing and social media agency Speakeasy is taking off. It has already generated $1.5 million in revenue since its start in late 2012. Grant Moise, the senior vice president of The Dallas Morning News, joined us on the podcast via phone to talk about the idea that's creating a profit center with more than 50 clients so far.

America is changing. The U.S. is facing two major shifts over the next 50 years. "We are on route to becoming a majority non-white country," Paul Taylor said. "At the same time, a record share of our population, like me, is going gray." Taylor is a senior fellow at the Pew Research Center, a non-partisan think tank that uses demographic research, media content analysis and public opinion polling to examine a variety of topics affecting America. He is also the author of the recent book, The Next America, which looks in greater detail at the looming generational showdown.

America is changing. The U.S. is facing two major shifts over the next 50 years. "We are on route to becoming a majority non-white country," Paul Taylor said. "At the same time, a record share of our population, like me, is going gray." Taylor is a senior fellow at the Pew Research Center, a non-partisan think tank that uses demographic research, media content analysis and public opinion polling to examine a variety of topics affecting America. He is also the author of the recent book, The Next America, which looks in greater detail at the looming generational showdown.

Penny Muse Abernathy is a Knight chair in digital media economics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to that, she was a business executive at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Harvard Business Review. She's also the author of the new book Saving Community Journalism: The Path to Profitability.

Penny Muse Abernathy is a Knight chair in digital media economics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to that, she was a business executive at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Harvard Business Review. She's also the author of the new book Saving Community Journalism: The Path to Profitability.

Winning the 2014 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning was a big deal for Jen Sorensen, whose work can be found in 20 alternative weeklies across the country. "It was a big deal," said Sorensen, who was the first woman to receive the honor. "It was possibly the thrill of my career."

Winning the 2014 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning was a big deal for Jen Sorensen, whose work can be found in 20 alternative weeklies across the country. "It was a big deal," said Sorensen, who was the first woman to receive the honor. "It was possibly the thrill of my career."