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Amanda Lotz

Reimaginer of media industries and society in digital age Prof@QUT, ex UMich | Strategy consultant | US expat | Fan of swimming, baked goods & nature | drtvlotz@gmail | amandalotz.com | LinkedIn

Local Media: A Conversation with Michigan Radio Program Director Zoe Clark

Ep 55 Local Media: A Conversation with Michigan Radio Program Director Zoe Clark0:00/0:001× Amanda and Alex talk with Zoe Clark to learn about the challenges of managing a “local” mission of state-wide service and how NPR stations are filling the gaps in communities that have lost

Local Media: A Conversation with Neil Chase, Bay Area News Group

Ep 54: Local Media: A Conversation with Neil Chase, Bay Area News Group0:00/01× Alex and Amanda talk with Neil Chase, Executive Editor of the Bay Area News Group. He is a veteran journalist and marketer with deep experience in print and digital news, who got his start at

Local Media: A Conversation with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith

Ep 53 Local Media: A Conversation with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith0:00/0:001× Alex and Amanda talk with Evan Smith, CEO of The Texas Tribune, a digital-only, not-for-profit news organization that operates in Texas. Evan joins us to discuss what he's learned about

Answers for Infobae

Pablo Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein recently invited me to answer some questions to be translated for an article in their Digital Life column in Infobae. Here's the English version: 1. What has been the role of cable television in the transformation of televised entertainment over the past twenty

Local Media: A Conversation with Christopher Ali

Ep 52 Local Media: A Conversation with Christopher Ali0:00/01× In the second episode in our series on the Business of Local Media, we pose many of our questions about the challenges facing local media to expert Christopher Ali, author of Media Localism: The Policies of Place (University of

The Business of Local Media

Ep 51 The Business of Local Media0:00/0:001× Amanda and Alex launch a new series of episodes that focus on the business of local media. This episode discusses what local means in this context, what we hope to learn, and the particular challenges local media face.

Inside Cinetopia – A Look at the Business of Film Festivals

Ep 50 Inside Cinetopia - A Look at the Business of Film Festivals0:00/0:001× In this episode, Alex goes to the Cinetopia Film Festival in Ann Arbor and Dearborn to learn more about the business of film festivals and the role they play in getting films distribution. First, Ariel