Amir Kurtovic

Freelance Journalist, Writer and Social Media Victim

Month: January, 2010

Paywalls hit a wall – Only 35 sign up to pay for Newsday

How many people are willing to pay for online news? If Newsday is any indication, not that many. The New York Observer is reporting that 3 months after putting their content behind a paywall, only 35 people have signed up to pay $5 a week for access to the website.
Epic fail!
That astoundingly low figure was [...]

Free “Journalism Bootcamp” for St. Louis Area Journalism Students

The St. Louis chapter of the Society for Professional Journalist is hosting a “Journalism Bootcamp” on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the SUIE Saint Louis University campus. Registration is over in a few days, so hurry up if you are interested.
Seminars offered during the boot camp include:
•    Covering Higher Education (Kavita Kumar—St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
•    Writing Killer [...]