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Thursday, April 7, 2016
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Want to start a small data journalism team in your newsroom? Here are 8 steps“There are a bunch of skills needed in building news apps, but at the most abstract level they fall into three buckets: Code, Design, and Journalism. Recruit people who have at least two of those skills and be willing to teach them the third.” By Scott Klein. |
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Audible, long known only for audiobooks, is branching out into podcasts — and newsThe podcast/audio world has been waiting for Audible to make its big move into the space. It’s here, including original content from major publishers like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post. By Shan Wang. |
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Digital disruption is coming quickly to TV news; how can broadcasters adapt and respond?“The question should not be what will replace traditional television news. Nothing will. The question has to be: How can we move beyond television news as we know it?” By Rasmus Kleis Nielsen and Richard Sambrook. |
What We’re Reading
The Marshall Project
The Marshall Project launches The Record →
A library of “the most recent and the most authoritative articles on the topics, people and events that are shaping the criminal justice conversation.”
Harvard Business Review / John Geraci
“What I learned from trying to innovate at The New York Times” →
“Employees at the Times rarely go offsite for lunch or meetings. When you work there, your network is inside the building. That's where all of the action is, where the valuable information is traded, where the battles are fought, and where the victories are won. When the Core Team or the Newsroom Team or the Beta Team finds a solution, it is a Times solution.”
CNN / Dylan Byers
Mashable lays off executive editor Jim Roberts and at least 12 other staffers in ‘strategic shift’ toward video →
“In a staff meeting, chief operating officer Mike Kriak said the site was “moving away from harder news” and toward an “entertaining digital culture,” two sources familiar with his remarks said.”
The Information / Amir Efrati
Facebook struggles to stop a decline in “original” sharing →
“The sharing problem was particularly acute with Facebook users under 30 years of age who were sharing much less than they were a year earlier compared with people over 30, according to the data. As of earlier this year, original broadcast sharing was down roughly 15% year over year, says one person familiar with the figure.”
IRE
These are this year’s IRE Award winners →
The top medals go to AP for the seafood/slavery project, ProPublica and NPR for a look at vanishing worker protections, and the Tampa Bay Times for a look at failing schools.
iTunes / Reddit
There’s now an official Reddit iPhone app →
“Inline images, themes, and simpler navigation means easier discussion, easier discovery, easier cats, easier app.”
ProPublica
ProPublica has redesigned its mobile apps →
New design, a “streamlined reading view,” and improved offline reading support.
The Wall Street Journal / Mike Shields
Al Roker looks to lead a live video revolution →
“The initiative, dubbed Roker Labs, has resulted in the formation of something of a multi-channel network for live streaming video; the venture has helped develop shows, use data to inform programming, and even sell ad opportunities to marketers.”
NBC News
Another news org jumps onto a messaging platform: NBC News is now on Line →
NBC will post political news to Line as well as “original reporting — notably from our Asian American and Pacific Islander content team” to appeal to the app’s large Asian audience. It’ll be available in the United Staes, Canada, and South Korea.
From Fuego
Today I Sent This Note to The Mashable Team —www.linkedin.com
Dean Baquet Responds To “Gay Talese Goes Through the Twitter Wringer” | The New York Times Company —www.nytco.com
Globe editor McGrory: It’s time to rethink everything we do —dankennedy.net
Facebook Struggles to Stop Decline in ‘Original’ Sharing —www.theinformation.com
David Cameron admits he profited from father’s offshore fund —www.theguardian.com
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