Shoot Video, Upload, Get paid -Jon Cornwell, CEO, Newsflare

Jon Cornwell, CEO, Newsflare (a former management consultant) is helping thousands of freelance journalist to earn their living while enjoying their freelance lifestyle. Jon co-founded Newsflare in April 2011 with a very simplified process where freelance journalist shoots the videos and upload them at Newsflare. Newsflare sells them to News organizations and as they are … Read more

Momentum is everything -John Hugh advice to journalists

John D Hugh, a former journalist and a co-founder of Verifeye Media, advised journalist and news/media entrepreneurs the secret to success at London Hacks/Hackers Connect event (supported by the Google News Lab). He said, “Momentum is everything and keep moving”, “begin, analyze, adapt/change and again keep moving”. John correlates this business advice with his personal … Read more

London Hacks Hackers Connect Summit 2016 takeaways

London Hacks Hackers Connect Journalist Summit 2016 @HacksHackersLDN takeaways London Hacks Hackers Connect Journalist Summit 2016 hosted by  Hacks/Hackers London @HacksHackersLDN  with support from Google News lab took place at Rainmaking Loft in London from 5th Feb 2016 till 7th Feb 2016. Eminent Journalists such as Joanna G from Twitter news; Sarah M, from Wall Street Journal; Cassie W. from Quarts; Federica … Read more

Isa Sonnenfeld Google Cardboard VR demo at Hacks/Hackers London

Google has stolen the tech spotlight with its recent success of Google cardboard. This cardboard headset allows users to utilize their smartphone as a virtual reality viewer through supported apps and videos. Isa Sonnenfeld from Google News lab gave a very informative presentation at the Hacks/Hackers Connect London on Google Cardboard and Virtual Reality and … Read more

Hacks/Hackers Connect event for journalist in London

Hacks/Hackers Connect event for journalist and media entrepreneurs begin at Rainmaking Loft in London on February 5, 2016. More than 100 people attended the opening session. The event is organised by Joanna G from Twitter news; Sarah M, from Wall Street Journal; Cassie W. from Quarts; Federica C. from Newspaper world; Peter M, founder of … Read more

Angela Merkel Asylum blunder to cost Germany €50 billion

According to the Cologne Institute for Economic Research, asylum-seekers may cost Germany around €50 billion ($76bn) by the end of next year.   Shelter, welfare, and integration policies will cost €22bn this year and a further €27.6bn next year. However, Dr. Merkel disregarded people concerns over rising crime rate and refused to set a cap … Read more

Tech firms killing UK IT workforce by relax visa rules

UK has become the extremely competitive job market in the recent years, where for the each IT related job often more than 50 applicants are applying. For example, the following screenshot reflects that for a position.NET C#Developer-Asp.net/MVC/Agile-TDD,BDD/Ecommerce role more than 76 applicants applied.   Similarly, another example for the role of Senior Online Product Manager … Read more