trends in newsrooms july_2015

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2015 Trends in Newsrooms Thought Leaders:

• Alan Rusbridger - The Guardian• Maria Ressa - Rapler.com (Philippines)• Marty Baron – The Washington Post• Mannir Dan-Ali – Daily Trust (Nigeria)• Amy O’Leary – Upworthy


1. The Gamification of News

Virtual Reality storytelling is millennials-friendly:

• Immersive• Interactive • Intense• On demand• Technology-enhanced

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"There's no reason games should only be for entertainment. If you can make movies or you can make comic books on serious issues why shouldn't you make video games about them?”

Flaurent Maurin, journalist and game designer (The Pixel Hunt – Rebuilding Haiti)

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Project Syria


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“It has a whole different impact than a documentary film - extremely visceral, extremely deep…I feel like I get stronger reactions now in the pieces that I build in VR than I did in even the most powerful of my documentary films.” Nonny de la Peña, VR journalism pioneer


2. Source Protection Erosion – the rising threat to investigative journalism

• Global case study based on interviews with over 2 dozen senior journalists


Evidence of changing practices to avoid impacts of surveillance, data retention, anti-terrorism/national security legislation

2. Source Protection Erosion – the rising threat to investigative journalism

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3. Automated Reporting



“A shallow magnitude 4.7 earthquake was reported Monday morning five miles from Westwood, California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:25 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 5.0 miles.”

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“In automating [news] we’re getting out fast and quick with just the facts, the basics, and I think for any news outlet to survive we have to produce content that nobody else has, and in order to do that you need time, and you only get that time by getting rid of the stuff that isn’t high value anymore.” Lou Ferrara, AP


4. Journalism After Charlie

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4. Journalism After Charlie – lessons to be learned

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• A watershed moment for press freedom• Western target on homefront = front page news• Increasing threats to journalists on the frontline• Security vs. liberty• Meanwhile, Boko Haram…• Reflecting on ethics - reporting on culture and

religion


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5. Audio – the podcasting revolution


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5. Audio – the podcasting revolution

• Affordable• Accessible• Intimate• Conversational• Community-building


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6. Analytics – the next phase


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6. Analytics – the next phase

• Investing in performance• Tracking and measuring• The audience is not your foe• The rise of the Audience Development

Editor


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7. The Business of Gender – overcoming barriers and tackling online harassment


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7. The Business of Gender – overcoming barriers and tackling online harassment

• Bloomberg News strategy for real newsroom transformation (5 key methods)

• The news threat to women in news: Cybermisogyny (9 recommendations)

• 2015 – the year for action – the time for talking has passed


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8. Global case studies in innovation

• UGC for community building in Singapore• Rapping the news in Vietnam and • Using newspapers as a physical health intervention

in Sri Lanka


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9. Chat apps: the social media revolution’s 2nd wave


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9. Chat apps: the social media revolution’s 2nd wave

• What?

• Why?

• How?

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