Matt Neznanski

A media, technology, journalism and idea mashup.

What do Lake Wobegon and journalism’s ‘golden days’ have in common?

A colleague forwarded a quote this morning from Garrison Keillor, of “Prairie Home Companion” fame: “This is the beauty of the new media: it isn’t so transitory as newspapers and TV. Good stuff sticks around and people email it to friends and it slowly floods the country. What the new media age also means is [...]

Taking lessons from Internet ubiquity and radio

Chris O’Brien has a great report on the steps NPR has taken to be leaders — not just in radio, but journalism itself — and how that has translated into a culture of innovation in the organization. Among some fascinating stats (26.4 million weekly listeners, 38 foreign bureaus, $1.5 million in digital storytelling training) O’Brien [...]

Lessons from Leatherman

I had a chance to hear Tim Leatherman, inventor of the multi-tool today (yes there is a guy named Leatherman). He was featured at Speakerlunch a monthly pep-talk for entrepreneurs put on by a local guy in Corvallis. I came away with a couple of entrepreneurial lessons to consider that I wanted to share: Leatherman [...]