Archive for the “innovation” category
Learn something new for $1,549
Friday, January 11, 2008Here’s something you could do to make change possible in your newsroom: Attend the Web App Summit, March 26-28, in California. Yeah, three days for $1,549. I guarantee that you’ll learn more than you would in 10 days at any assortment of journalism industry conferences or workshops.
Andrew DeVigal and Steve Duenes, of The New York [...]
Finding time to innovate
Thursday, January 10, 2008Just about every newspaper in North America has experienced staff cuts, buyouts or a hiring freeze. Editorial staff has been cut to extreme levels in some cases, reducing morale as well as (in many cases) hurting the quality of the product.
So it’s going to sound crazy if I suggest that newsroom staffers be given 10 [...]
Time to get crazy
Friday, January 4, 2008I had a wild flash of inspiration while reading Steve Outing’s latest, very good “Stop the Presses” column yesterday. The flash came as a reaction to the oft-repeated observation that everyone in the newsroom knows the newsroom needs to change — but it hasn’t changed yet. No one seems to know how to get change [...]
Teaching the newspaper new tricks
Saturday, November 17, 2007In a post at the Technolo-J blog, Ron Sylvester of The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle explains how the paper took advantage of online media and digital reporting techniques to cover an important murder trial.
Multimedia is not just about adding a video or audio. It’s about an experience, using a variety of media parts to make [...]
How video should be used on the Web by newspapers
Wednesday, October 31, 2007Cyndy Green on the benefits of using a small video camera:
I am no longer an invader, infecting the story with my mere presence. I am invisible. An old(er) lady with a camera. Ignored. I can now see the real story … not necessarily the story being acted out for the benefit of the camera.
More in [...]
Yes, please stop imitating bad TV news
Thursday, October 11, 2007Roanoke.com is quitting its TimesCast, a daily online video program (some people call these “Webcasts”). While I have never been a big fan of the TimesCast, I did admire the effort the talented folks up there in Virginia lavished on it. I’m hoping that we’ll see some cool new stuff from them, now that all [...]
