37. Should news be entertaining?

Did the Serial podcast draw necessary attention to a potential wrongful conviction? Or did it turn a murder into entertainment?

17. Does the Internet unite or divide us? Does it expose us to different ideas from faraway lands, or does it allow us to filter them out and more easily find information that confirms our biases? Does it connect us with people completely different than us, or allow us to find people very similar to us and ignore the rest?

7. What makes a magazine successful? How can some magazines thrive and new ones be created despite the rapid decline in print advertising revenue? What differentiates those that are thriving and those that are struggling? What exactly is a magazine, and what makes the value of a magazine unique, for readers and for advertisers? Will magazines exist…

40. What is “product” in journalism? Business functions usually have sales, production, marketing, accounting, distribution, etc. To what extent do media companies fit this framework?

I’ll ask this week’s question in a flow chart.

52. As journalists are paid less and less, are they becoming underqualified?

Sure, many journalists…

48. How should the terms “business side” and “editorial side” be used, if at all? We all intuitively understand what they refer to — but does the utility of the terms lead to organizational silos? What’s the right balance between keeping a wall between church and state and working as a unified team?

47. Which is healthier for a media company, subscription or advertising revenue? All else equal (forget everything about print/digital), if you were to buy a media company, would you rather the majority of its revenue come from subscribers or advertisers?

13. Why do media companies need their own original content? What’s the return on investment for op-eds and freelance content as opposed to original content, produced by our own reporters? To what extent is the value of a media company its original content creation, as opposed to its interface, system of delivery or aggregation of information? What is…