Mark Briggs on Serra Media

Mark Briggs who is actually the co-founder of a software called Serra Media and the author of Journalism 2.0 - How To Survive & Thrive came into class today. He spoke on how his business runs by creating a social mapping platform that allows newspaper to build websites based off of local news. He also discussed another way his company took the software and invested in Bargain Babe which is a local shopping blog. This was huge because now people can know where to go shopping locally for best deals and what not. Mark also discussed different aspects of how companies like this actually make profit and also since he lives in Tacoma he wants to bring this type of community online into the south sound.