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Focusing on savvy consumers

November 23, 2018
Dave Lawler, one of the editors at The Washington Post, spoke about Axios, a news outlet founded by two journalists who argue that the media system “is broken.”

Axios: The Concept and Philosophy Behind the Current Media Phenomenon in Washington - November 2018

During the talk, titled “Axios: The Project and Philosophy Behind Today’s News in Washington,” Lawler explained how to succeed in a system characterized by “a broken media landscape, an overload of questionable information, and an audience with little time to stay informed.”

"Axios," he said, "is a news outlet founded by two journalists from The Washington Post."

If you read the first two paragraphs of our article, you’ll be better informed than if you read the beginning of the Washington Post article, since we’ve managed to condense all the relevant information.

Dave Lawler is an editor at The Washington Post and the international news editor at Axios, as well as the editor of the newsletter that goes out to his readers twice a week.

Martín Aguirre, a professor with a doctorate in law and editor-in-chief of the newspaper *El País*, asked Lawler where the digital media outlet was headed. “We’re not trying to become a major media outlet, but rather to focus on savvy news consumers,” summarized the editor of *The Washington Post*.

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