The end result of a weeklyish newsletter conducted as part of graduate research at NYU in Fall 2020 by Erin Mikail Staples. The newsletter covered topics about media entrepreneurship, the viability of the solopreneur for media-minded folks. questions, comments, concerns, collaboration? hit me up 👉🏻 [email protected]

Let’s start working together to build a better future, welcome to Media Hackers.

In this newsletter, you’ll get active tools, tips, and tricks towards building better media products and communities around them using no-code tools, basic monetization strategies, and community-building tactics. I’ve even already sourced interviews for those who are leaders in this regard, who share their story on how they're making it happen.

For full transparency, this is a project created by me, Erin Mikail Staples, a graduate student in NYU's Studio 20 program. During this project, I aim to investigate the future of the media solopreneur, and what this means for the media and news industry as a whole. Through this process, I'll be documenting and sharing it with you all!

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Solopreneurship guide

Here's the lowdown:

(Hey academia folks! peek here!)

The future of the solopreneur appears bright! We're seeing more and more people subscribe to new ways of creating content, but it also raises a ton of questions. Over the last year, I've researched the future of the solopreneur from an academic lens: taking a look at the tools, topics, and creators that are fostering the future.

Is the future of the media solopreneur a viable future for media organizations? If so, what does that path look like? If not? Why doesn't it?

So what's a solopreneur?

The media solopreneur is someone whose primary product is content. This could be a newsletter, a blog post, a podcast, a vlog, or webinar series — you get the idea. They're building their substack empires, have scaled their newsletter to be a larger corporation, or maybe just maintain it for a few close friends for fun.

Key Traits of the media solopreneur:

What can you expect here?

This project will deeply dive into the current survey and climate of the media solopreneur. I'll be looking at the different tools that make them successful, what is working for the many folks embarking on their own adventure — and what doesn't.

You can expect this space to be filled with: