Brian I'm in LaLa land so we get our share of all types of media: production firms, screenwriters, book writers, web designers and graphic designers. No journalists but they do some interviews here. The LA times axed a ton of ppl so most are still licking their wounds I presume and haven't figured out what they'll do next. But yes, I'd think I'd attract more by now.
Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work wide open" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Aug 19, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Susan Evans wrote: > > Hey Brian, > > We have one journalist working at Office Nomads (Charles Redell of > Sustainable Industries), and one publisher (Mike Jones of Morgan & > Claypool). > > I know we've had a few others come and drop in from time to time in > those industries as well, but those are the two that come to mind > right away. > > Jacob also took part in some larger conversations around Seattle about > the end of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's print edition and what > could come next - they held several meetings here at Office Nomads and > so are certainly well aware of what coworking can provide, but we > haven't seen much movement since then. > > Seems like a great idea to me, though - these days particularly the > news industry is looking to lessen costs and do what they > can...coworking seems to be a great solution. > > Just on a side note, we had a news crew from a local channel come > through and do an interview with us, and the anchor who interviewed us > loved the idea and explained it incredibly well - I think we found an > ally in her (you can see the clip by going to our news page - > http://www.officenomads.com/news/) > > Susan > __ > Office Nomads > http://www.officenomads.com > > On Aug 19, 9:34 am, Julie of souk <[email protected]> wrote: >> Brian, >> >> You may want to check with Jerome in LA. When I visited, he >> mentioned >> some media using Blankspaces. souk doesn't experience many media >> types coming through, so I can't speak to it for you. >> >> Julie Duryeahttp://www.soukllc.com >> @soukportland >> >> On Aug 19, 6:32 am, BrianR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> http://editdesk.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/carrboro-coworking-russell/ >> >>> Most of the folks at our space are web developers and designers. The >>> next biggest group of people are writers and journalist. I think >>> there >>> is a major opportunity for media companies to utilize coworking >>> spaces >>> to keep costs down and invigorate reporting. >> >>> Are any journalist working with you? Have any newspapers, radio, >>> or TV >>> owners contacted you? >> >>> -BrianR >>> Carrboro Creative Coworking > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
