Francis Zierer

@fzierer.bsky.social

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Researching, writing, podcasting about creators and digital media Editor @ Creator Spotlight for beehiiv Co-host of Tasteland with Daisy Alioto 📧 francis@creatorspotlight.com

“One, for journalists, they don't understand what keeps the lights on. So then there is this snobbery about, like, we couldn't possibly do this. But bills have to be paid. Your salaries have to be paid.

Two, then it prevents them from being entrepreneurial within organizations. And I think journalists have a lot of really good ideas, and they're exposed to so many different ideas through their work, there's no reason why they shouldn't be entrepreneurial and go after these bigger ideas, but they need money to do it.”