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Tech and media journalist. Email me: simonowens@gmail.com. Full bio in link below.

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Simon Owens is an Assistant Managing Editor at US News and World Report. He currently lives in Washington, DC. He began his career as a newspaper journalist, writing for small newspapers in central and eastern Virginia. In 2008 and 2009 he was an associate editor for PBS’ MediaShift. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Forbes, Harvard’s Nieman Lab, and The Next Web. He’s been interviewed by reporters from The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post, and several other newspapers, television,…

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How 'Grammar Girl' turned a single hobby podcast into a growing media network

How 'Grammar Girl' turned a single hobby podcast into a growing media network

Mignon Fogarty thought she'd arrived at the podcasting scene too late. It was 2006, and as a science and tech…

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NPR's StateImpact project explores regional topics through focused, data-driven journalism

NPR's StateImpact project explores regional topics through focused, data-driven journalism

Scott Detrow heard a rumor, and like any good reporter, he set out to determine whether it was true. Detrow, …

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How a photographer generated over $100,000 through Facebook

How a photographer generated over $100,000 through Facebook

When I asked Craig Finlay how Facebook became a major lead generator for his wedding photography business, he…

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Is the Huffington Post reinventing the art of liveblogging?

Is the Huffington Post reinventing the art of liveblogging?

A few days ago, I clicked on a link to an Associated Press article published at the Huffington Post and repor…

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Can Todd Park Revolutionize the Health Care Industry?

Can Todd Park Revolutionize the Health Care Industry?

His title is chief technology officer, but at HHS, Park is the entrepreneur-in-residence, inspiring others to…

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The Hackers Who Keep the Washington Post Running

The Hackers Who Keep the Washington Post Running

Dan Drinkard and his fellow programmers are constantly juggling projects that add value to the paper's report…

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How Cityside turned a local news blog into a scalable nonprofit journalism network

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Editor’s note: This case study is based on an interview I conducted in 2024. When Lance Knobel moved to Berkeley in 2005, he wasn’t looking to reinvent local journalism. He had spent much of his career far away from city council meetings and neighborhood debates, working in global business journalism. He had edited a major business magazine in London and later ran the magazine for the World Economic Forum, the organization best known for its annual gathering in Davos.
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Why news micropayments never took off

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By Simon Owens Verified
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Welcome! I’m Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you’ve received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the latter camp and want to subscribe, then you can click on this handy little button: Let’s jump into it… I leave for a trip to Greece tomorrow and won’t return to producing new newsletters and podcasts until July 6th.
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Branded media needs to actually promote the brand

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By Simon Owens Verified
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Welcome! I’m Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you’ve received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the latter camp and want to subscribe, then you can click on this handy little button: Let’s jump into it… From Investment News Journalists at Sherwood News, the media arm of Robinhood, were among those laid off as part of the brokerage giant’s 10% staff reduction announced earlier this week.
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