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Interview with Austin-based Company Uplift Desk

Uplift Desk is an ergonomic company based out of Austin, Texas. They pride themselves on providing customizable designs at an affordable price for their consumers. Their main products are height-adjustable standing desks, to improve consumers’ posture and overall wellbeing. They have a booth at the SXSW Trade Show from now until March 14. Featured image from […]

How Modern-day Publishers Are Expanding Beyond Traditional Advertising

As digital media continues to rapidly advance, publishers are offered a variety of potential new revenue streams beyond traditional advertising. Today’s panel Modern-day Publisher Models: Beyond Advertising at SXSW featured a collection of industry professionals who shared their insights on diversification of publisher revenue. Speakers included President of Brit + Co Jill Braff, VP of Mktg & […]

Defending our human rights: Day 4 at SXSW

I usually write about all the things I did for the day at SXSW, but today I felt a little different. I want to focus on one panel because I felt like it was extremely important and was full of valuable information. Also , it was day and I was in need of a mental […]

Mark Hansen Interview

In the “Finding Signal in the Noise of Social Media” panel, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Professor and co-author of the New York Times investigative piece “The Follower Factory” Mark Hansen and fellow panelist Reg Chua explore the tools, skills, and mindsets citizens and journalists need to sift through to help combat the rise of […]