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THE ENTREPRENEURIAL

JOURNALIST'S TOOLKIT

MANAGE YOUR MEDIA

Welcome!

This is the companion website for The Entrepreneurial Journalist’s Toolkit. Today’s journalism and communication students need the tools to develop and maintain their own media businesses and freelance careers. In addition to mastering the basics of converged journalism practice, they need training in business entrepreneurship, mass communication and business law, and career and reputation management. The Entrepreneurial Journalist's Toolkit provides a solid foundation of multimedia journalism and also teaches readers to create solid business plans and develop funding proposals while maintaining high legal and ethical standards. This book details the process of pitching and working with clients, managing multi-platform communication campaigns to maximize reach, keeping the books, and filing taxes. It is provides everything a new or experienced journalist needs to get started as a media entrepreneur.

On this website you will find:

For students
  • Links to further resources for every chapter.
  • Chapter quizzes.
  • Multimedia storytelling assignments, including downloadable files to incorporate into the projects.
For instructors
  • PowerPoint lecture slides.
  • A sample syllabus.
  • The final project grading sheet.