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Jim VandeHei

출생: February 12, 1972 – Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Jim VandeHei is an American journalist, media entrepreneur, and author whose work centers on politics, business, media, and communication. He co-founded Politico and Axios, co-authored Smart Brevity, and wrote the New York Times bestseller Just the Good Stuff, helping shape modern digital political and business journalism.

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Jim VandeHei is from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and his route into journalism was uneven. His publisher’s biography describes a period when a guidance counselor told him he was not cut out for college, followed by time at a two-year school and a shaky start at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. The decisive change came when he found two enduring interests, politics and journalism. At Oshkosh, he completed a bachelor’s degree, with university materials describing his studies as a double major in journalism and political science. ((https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739608/just-the-good-stuff-by-jim-vandehei/))

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You're being duped!
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99% of your competitors don't put in the work
-How to be a great reporter
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Experiment assuming the current glitches — usually hallucinations or incorrect answers — will be fixed as models improve
-Leadership in the AI age
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Plenty of these tools are free — use them voraciously, and get comfortable and adept
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The small can now destroy the big
-The age of AI asymmetry
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Be deeper, not louder
-Your new social media policy
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You control you
-The "Tell Them" theory
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You're living history
-Blunt AI talk
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No sane person is as confident as they seem
-Embrace your insecurity

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커뮤니티 의견

"Jim VandeHei built a lucrative career on pounding news into small, digestible morsels"

The Washington Post

"Jim VandeHei has cofounded two of the most influential news start-ups of the digital era"

Vanity Fair

"Jim VandeHei cofounded Politico, one of the most successful digital news startups in the U.S"

Nieman Journalism Lab

"As a media entrepreneur in the modern era, there actually isn't a parallel to Jim VandeHei, because he's done it twice"

Jonathan Swan

"Jim VandeHei has spent decades at the forefront of political journalism"

Mediaite

"Jim VandeHei left The Washington Post to create an entirely new kind of journalism"

National Press Foundation

"Jim VandeHei's Axios became an unprecedented second digital media success story"

National Press Club

"Jim VandeHei quickly established Politico as a high-metabolism challenger to storied media organizations"

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