Observer: Will Lewis fell into the gap between Euston and Victoria
Monday, 10 May 2010, 06:40
Peter Preston on Will Lewis's departure from the Telegraph: "Can newspapers, with their business professionalism, their shareholders, unions, cost controls, structures, traditions, somehow re-invent themselves as internet entrepreneurs, finding a fresh kind of genius to set digital cash registers ringing? How do legacy giants find a freewheeling future? And, ironically, can you defend good journalism by saying farewell to a very good journalist indeed?"
Adam Westbrook: Three ideas for news businesses which will never work (and why)
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 19:38
Adam Westbrook: "Too many news startup ideas fail because they take an upside down approach. Journalists think of a product and then decide who to make it for. Instead you need to define your audience first – and then ask “what do they need?”."
FORA.tv: Real Tales: Education of the Entrepreneurial Journalist
Monday, 15 February 2010, 21:07
Jeff Jarvis hosts a panel on teaching entrepreneurship in journalism education.
Media Guardian: Doing it for themselves
Monday, 30 November 2009, 10:51
A really encouraging feature about UK journalism education… "The students are learning not just traditional local reporting but also useful digital skills: publishing using Wordpress, exploiting Twitter, reciprocal linking, how to search for local stories online through Google Reader and Yahoo Pipes (using metasearches to pick out relevant stories) and monitoring the (rising) traffic with Google Analytics."
Media Guardian: Telegraph Media Group promotes Will Lewis and Tony Gallagher
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 14:31
"[Will] Lewis will set up and run the new digital division, an 'entrepreneurial unit' which will have a staff of 50 and be based in Euston, away from the company's main office in Victoria. As managing director, digital, he will also oversee TMG's existing digital businesses."
