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Katie Orenstein and the other side of the page
A folklore scholar learned how stories acquire authority. Then she founded The OpEd Project to help more people become the ones telling them.
Danielle Weisberg Built a Media Habit - Then Knew When to Leave It
She and Carly Zakin turned a 6 a.m. email into a company, a community and an exit. The useful lesson is smaller: meet people inside the life they already have.
Anne Droste Sold the Channels Nobody Knew They Wanted
Before streaming made distribution look effortless, Anne E. Droste spent decades persuading gatekeepers, building unlikely partnerships and turning small networks into channels millions of homes could actually watch.
Nina Perez
Nina Perez is the founder of Project Fandom, an entertainment news and podcast platform she launched in 2009 that covers TV, movies, gaming, comics, anime, and books from a geek's perspective. Dubbed 'The Oprah of MySpace' for her uncanny ability to get readers hooked on almost anything, she is also a published author with three series under her belt, a Social Media Community Manager by day, and a lifelong Brooklynite who now calls Portland, Oregon home.