Entrepreneur Journalism: where we are now? Opportunities and Challenge in Professional and Journalism Education

Abstract

The survival of media has been talking points in the disrupt technology era. In the past 2-3 years, the number of digital media entrepreneurs has risen. Many journalists quit their job from big media company and turn themselves to online media startup. Some content creators start their career with niche and unique styles and with their focused audience target and direction. This academic article will portray and reflect the alternative ways of doing media startup in which will later have a chance to enrich the ecology of media in Thailand. And this can also fulfill the right content to the right audience. Moreover, this will see more competitive in terms of quality contents and media values for society. The challenging for media startups nowadays shift to the balance of how to do business creatively with good journalism ethics. Therefore, journalism school have to enhance their course to give new idea to students on how to be a good content creator and also understand the entrepreneurial journalism.