Symposium coverage: ‘Better Business Models for Sustaining Non-profit Investigative News’

On March 5, 2011, a mix of investigative-news publishers, journalists, business and entrepreneurship scholars and experts gathered at the University of Colorado Boulder for the symposium, “Better Business Models for Sustaining Non-profit Investigative News.” The event was organized and sponsored by the Digital Media Test Kitchen at CU’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication and the Investigative News Network.

We’ve assembled links to coverage of the event, including articles, slide presentations, and video.

Articles about the symposium

• Symposium report: Investigative news publishers ponder their next revenue sources | by Steve Outing, Digital Media Test Kitchen
• Symposium report: E-books as a revenue source for investigative-news publishers | by Steve Outing, Digital Media Test Kitchen
• Symposium report: Unreasonable business strategies for investigative news | by Steve Outing, Digital Media Test Kitchen

Background materials

• Agenda
• Speaker slide presentations (those that were available)
• Supplemental materials (articles, videos)
• Twitter stream from the symposium

Session videos

• Videos of symposium sessions can be found here.
  Individual videos are below…
  • An intro to investigative news’ money challenge | Kevin Davis, Investigative News Network
  • Robert Rosenthal & Laura Frank | Center for Investigative Reporting, Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network
  • Premium memberships for news | Steve Outing, Digital Media Test Kitchen, University of Colorado Boulder
  • New revenue for new media | Matt Hemmendinger, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Colorado Boulder
  • An entrepreneurial approach to investigative news | Sandra Fish and Frank Moyes, University of Colorado Boulder
  • E-book opportunities for news | Dan Pacheco, FeedBrewer/BookBrewer
  • TV-news, VoiceofSanDiego partnership | Chuck Westerheide Jr., NBC-San Diego

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