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Bloguero exitoso gana poco dinero

Daniel Lyons, autor del blog The Secret Life of Steve Jobs, dice que a pesar de que atrajo a cientos de miles de lectores, no podía monetizar sus esfuerzos.

Lyons señala muchos otros ejemplos de blogs con alto tráfico que casi no rinden.

En mi búsqueda continua por nuevos modelos de negocios para periodismo, su columna (traducido en español de Newsweek) fue una desilusión.

Dr. Vongo's Powerpoint Tells the Other Side of the Health Care Story Here

Dr. Vongo clearly gets a kick out thinking people don't expect him to use a power point presentation to tell his story. He also enjoys pointing out that in a recent conference on leadership in the Zambia AIDS epidemic, he was one of the only -- if not the only -- speaker to stay within the 15-minute time limit.

"People think of us as the bad news," he says with a chuckle.

By "us" he means traditional healers -- the herbalists, diviners, spiritual counselors and birth attendants that 80 percent of people seeking health care turn to first in Zambia.

Los medios de España han vivido el año más horrible

Las cuentas de los grandes medios certifican el peor año que se recuerda | Pierden todos los medios encabezados por la prensa y ni la todopoderosa televisión se salva de la crisis | Más de dos mil periodistas han sido despedidos | Sólo internet ofrece esperanza para 2009, un año que ha empezado peor que el anterior

The Elephant in the Room Illustrates the Story of an Epidemic

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — "If you live on a small farm, as I do, your last prayer at night is that an elephant won't find your maize field," Dr. Mannasseh Phiri told an audience of African health journalists today. "It will wipe it out."

Phiri is a quietly compelling speaker and so he had the audience's attention as he went on to describe the feeding habits of elephants.

With small snouts and small mouths, they can only take in a little at a time, so they eat all day long. And as they search for food, they walk quietly; they don't run.

Knight Fellow visits Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Kenya

Editors Note: Rachel Jones visits Maai Mahiu Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Kenya.When I agreed to accompany Nairobi Star Reporter Wacui Makori to the Maai Mahiu Internally Displaced Persons Camp, the date of our journey didn’t register initially. But waking up on the morning of Friday, March 13th, the irony hit me right between the eyes.

My first trip to an IDP camp occurred on July 7, 2007—7/7/07, which was considered a “lucky” day around the world.

Finally in South Africa!

Editors Note: Fellow Mia Malan returns to South Africa.

Journalism in Bolivia

Greetings from Santa Cruz, Bolivia! The carnival is over and routine has come back to the capital of the eastern part of the country. Santa Cruz was paralised for one week, with thousands of people in the street drinking, throwing water and painting the walls, dancing with loud music... It was really crazy.Today starts a very interesting workshop organised by the ABOCCS, the association that integrates the main university graduates in communication, in Santa Cruz.

Power Outages Cripple Businesses Including Public Agenda, Newspaper Reports on the Issue

Since the beginning of the year, several communities in Accra have been experiencing major power outages as well as water shortages. What it means is that the power will go out for hours, crippling some businesses, like Public Agenda. When the power's out we sit around and talk politics and journalism; some people use it as a time to take a walk or go get the standard lunch -- rice and some sort of meat or fish in a sauce made with plenty of palm oil or, if it's Wednesday, fufu with meat or fish (it's heavier food and it keeps the reporters full on production nights).

Partner Organization Wins Ghana National Honorary Award for "The Best In Print Media"

Early into our partnership with Public Agenda, which bills itself as "Ghana's only advocacy and development newspaper," the publication received an award from the Ghana National Honorary Awards Hall of Fame for being "the best print media" in the promotion of peace during and after the 2008 presidential elections.  CACG said the newspaper won because of its "independent news presentation and analysis, effective monitoring and supervision of electoral activities before, during and after the 2008 elections towards ensuring free, fair, and transparent elections."

Stepping into the middle of a long story

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — Who is leading the fight against AIDS in Zambia?

That was the question that brought about 100 people together at the Intercontinental Hotel here today. And the answer was -- not nearly enough of the people who should be. That was the question that brought about 100 people together at the Intercontinental Hotel here today. And the answer was -- not nearly enough of the people who should be.

Father Michael Kelly, an Irish-born Jesuit priest and now a Zambian and AIDS expert was there.