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Boston Globe’s plan for digital reinvention: Be ready for constant change
The Boston Globe’s much-awaited plan for digital reinvention came out Monday in a 3,000-plus word memo from Editor Brian McGrory. The changes, which result from a year of rethinking what they…An Audience Engagement Team. This is a group of creative-minded editors, producers, and reporters who are particularly skilled at getting the right journalism in front of the right audience at, again, the right time. They are able to spot what’s trending, or what might trend before it does, quickly work across the enterprise to deploy resources, and will be expert in eeping our subscriber base deeply engaged – i.e., retained. They will oversee our alerts and newsletters, be the rigorous stewards of provocative and delightful headlines, push training opportunities to the broader room, and know the ins and outs of the major social platforms where huge readership – and revenue opportunities – await. This, too, will be overseen by Jason. We’ve also asked Jason to run the lobby juice bar at 53 State, be the Globe CFO, and manage the company softball team.Neiman: The changes are the latest indication that American metro newspapers are coalescing around a relatively unified vision for the future.
A Boston Globe memo puts the spotlight on an emerging consensus on how to transform metro papersThe Globe is the latest paper trying to “once and for all break the stubborn rhythms of a print operation, allowing us to unabashedly pursue digital subscriptions.”Express desk: Breaking news and social media. The common thread in all these stories is an urgency to get them published.A digital Story-Telling Team, comprised of staff from product, development, and design. This is utterly central to what we do, how we attract digital subscribers, and how we keep them. We have such a team already, but it’s been hammered by attrition. We need to rebuild it, fast, and in the reconstruction, we need to devote ever more of our design and graphics firepower to the digital side, a goal that is being embraced by Tonia Cowan and Heather Hopp-Bruce.VIDEO: We’ll work double-time with other departments around the building to seek a more coherent video strategy. Right now, there’s a disconnect between what our advertisers want and what our readers are clicking, and a stark, perhaps unchangeable disparity between the huge success of our videos on social channels and the far more modest viewership on site.
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Not the Globe
Some newsrooms may think that audience engagement starts and ends with how many people have reacted to their posts on social media. However, entrepreneur and radio journalist Jennifer Brandel is trying to help newsrooms see there’s more to audience engagement than that. Her startup, Hearken, lets the public work with journalists in pitching and assigning stories.
5 Ways ‘Engaged Journalism’ Made Progress in 2016 – MediaShift
In January, the Agora Journalism Center and MediaShift kicked off the year with a 11-part series on engaged journalism, an emerging approach that conceives of news as a conversation — one in which community members, not politicians or pundits, take center stage.
An average post in the private subscribers group of just over 2,000 members attracts about twice the number of comments as a post on the Globe’s main Facebook page, which is approaching half a million likes.
Democracy in America: How Is It Doing?
A new research project will periodically survey political scientists on crucial measures of a functioning democracy, looking for change over time.
Just How Abnormal Is the Trump Presidency? Rating 20 Events
The first month of the administration has been head-spinning. Here is a guide to what matters, and what doesn’t.
Global reporting on the front lines of the planet’s most urgent issues — from terrorism to global warming to income inequality. Veteran correspondent Charles Sennott partners with the next generation of international reporters to tell stories that will change the way you see the world and the journalists who cover i
My Visit to the ISIS Front Line
Last month the Iraqi government recovered the eastern part of Mosul, a major victory against the Islamic State. A reporter visited the front line.
The effort calls for the company to forge deeper ties with publishers by collaborating on publishing tools and features before they are released.
Introducing: The Facebook Journalism Project | Facebook Media
By Fidji Simo, Director of Product Facebook is a new kind of platform and we want to do our part to enable people to have meaningful conversations, to be informed and to be connected to each other. We know that…
Podcasts
Wall Street Journal Introduces WSJ Podcasts
Twelve News, Opinion and Lifestyle Podcasts Expand the Journal’s On-Demand Digital News Offerings
Taking the Plunge Into the Podcast Pool
Is the way to a young reader’s heart through the earbuds? The Times is hoping that may be the case.
“Podcasts are gracious hosts for a kind of journalism that is more conversational and personality driven than gray type naturally accommodates. “
How to podcast: Content? Think of what kind of structure: interviews, narrative, group discussions. #HUBweek
How to podcast: Content? Think of what kind of structure: interviews, narrative, group discussions. #HUBweek
The Run-Up,” is attracting the youngest audience of any Times product ever surveyed, and one that spends far more time on it than most readers do on stories. When “The Run-Up” first came out in August, it reached No. 2 on iTunes, the digital shelf on which most podcasts are found, and it remains high on the charts.
The election is over. But the story has just begun. Michael Barbaro, who has covered the last two presidential races for the Times, hosts our twice-weekly conversation about the biggest stories and surprises coming out of the campaign. The show features Times political reporters, Opinion columnists and data analysts.
Still Processing,” hosted by Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham, is so unconstrained, edgy and playful that’s it’s hard to believe it’s a product of the Times newsroom.
Free radio for everything you do. Store 50,000 tracks from your personal collection. Subscribe for on-demand access to 35 million songs and offline listening.
Gimlet Media is the award-winning narrative podcasting company that aims to help listeners better understand the world and each other. Gimlet was founded in 2014 and is based in Brooklyn, New York. Gimlet podcasts are downloaded over seven million times per month by listeners from nearly 190 countries worldwide.
Each week, Historically Black will feature one object in black history and the story behind it.
Washington Post sportswriters Des Bieler, Mike Hume and Gene Wang introduce a new podcast for anyone overwhelmed by fantasy opinions and hot takes. The Fantasy Football Beat will be devoted to covering the coverage. Get a taste of what’s to come this football season, starting with the first full episode Aug.
Host Allison Michaels gives a look at what to expect from the newest podcast from the Washington Post.
A podcast from the creators of This American Life. One story. Told week by week. Hosted by Sarah Koenig.
One hour of radio. One city block. Everybody’s story. One hour of radio. One city block. Everybody&
Podcasting Resources: http://transom.org . Podcasts called How Sound and Out on the Wire. Podcast garage studio in Allston #HUBweek
Audio Diary?
A bi-weekly podcast on radio storytelling produced by Rob Rosenthal for PRX and Transom.
New tool: Resize images for social media
Landscape is a free tool that allows you to resize images at the perfect dimensions across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and more.
What is a social media and community editor? | RJI
Francina Morel joined a team of social media and community editors at msnbc.com in the summer of 2015. This team has grown to accommodate the demands of the never-ending news cycle and the needs of those getting news from their social media platforms.
Use & remix – Creative Commons
One goal of Creative Commons is to increase the amount of openly licensed creativity in “the commons” – the body of work freely available for legal use, sharing, repurposing, and remixing. Through the use of CC licenses, millions of people around the world have made their photos, videos, writing, music, and other creative content available …
Thousands fill Copley, denouncing Trump’s immigration order – The Boston Globe
Thousands of protesters jammed Copley Square Sunday to protest President Donald Trump’s order blocking Syrian refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly-Muslim countries.
This isn’t great, but it’s an example of journalism gymnastics. DSLR in one hand, managed to reach my phone, turn on voice memo, hold it out with the other and get some audio. I don’t recommend it. Dumb luck. I blew another interview the same day
Social media and mobile reporting are linked
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Graphic: 036_How digital news outlets are extending their reach beyond the homepage
Mobile reporting
Facebook Live
Shooting, editing and pubishing
Beyond your native camera app
FiLMiC Pro – Mobile HD Video Camera for iPhone, iPad | App of the Year
http://www.filmicpro.com/apps/apple/filmic-pro/
Editing
Lots of gear out there.
The Photojojo Store ❤ the Most Awesome Photo Gifts and Gear for Photographers
Only the Most Awesome Photo Gifts and Gear for Photographers.
Launching our new Chrome extension NewsCheck – First Draft News
Today we’re launching First Draft’s NewsCheck Chrome extension. A year ago, I was incredibly fortunate to receive a flash grant from the Shuttleworth Foundation, and I promised to use the money to build something connected with verification. My plan was to launch a product related to the grant within six months.
NEXT WEEK
A timeline of Trump’s immigration ban
A timeline of President Donald Trump’s immigration ban and the deportations, protests, and rulings that followed the order.
What we won’t be doing.
The state of video: Over 100 million hours of video on Facebook and over 650 million hours of video on YouTube get consumed each day,
The State of Video in 2016: Social Video, Mobile Video, Heavy Competition – MediaShift
This is a guest post that originally appeared on Storyhunter’s publication The Video Strategist and is cross posted with permission.
5 Things That Make a Story Right for Video
Online print journalism and storytelling has a place in today’s world. However, publishers should be investing in digital video, or at…
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The Video Strategist provides media and marketing professionals the latest insights and trends in digital video production.
The video interview
BU Today is written news style, but I don’t consider it journalism .It is written to promote BU. Still, the quality of their multimedia is amazing. Every week, they do a segment called “You Speak.”
YouSpeak: Weighing In on 2016 | BU Today | Boston University
Students on what they’ll remember most about the past year
Social media
Use social media to:
Find story ideas
Reporting: Find human and paper sources for stories
Monitor the news/beat
Publish the news
Share with followers — Why are they following and what do they want to know.
Engage with readers/followers
Don’t try to use every platform all the time. Pick a few.
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are essentials.
Find story ideas
Reporting: Find human and paper sources for stories
Monitor the news/beat
Publish the news
Share with followers — Why are they following and what do they want to know.
Engage with readers/followers
Don’t try to use every platform all the time. Pick a few.
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are essentials.
FL#179: 6 favorite digital tools from Reported.ly | RJI
Which digital and social tools are instrumental to a breaking-news operation?
TinEye is a reverse image search engine. Search by image: Give it an image and it will tell you where the image appears on the web.
SAM enables some of the most comprehensive social media search. Search across multiple social networks with powerful filters that help pin-point valuable social media content.
Frontline is trying something new: an interactive, annotated script that audiences can use to navigate the film, and new software that lets users highlight portions of the film and share them on social media or via email.
Frontline’s new interactive, annotated film can be shared in pieces on social media
“The challenge for journalists now is to show how we have done our work. The audience needs to have it at their fingertips so they don’t need to look too deeply for it — it’s right there for them.”
Trump’s Road to the White House
An investigation of how Donald Trump defied expectations to win the presidency.
Engagement
An average post in the private subscribers group of just over 2,000 members attracts about twice the number of comments as a post on the Globe’s main Facebook page, which is approaching half a million likes.
Chatbots
Tech story with visual, impact
Greeting JO304 S17. Here’s a few new multimedia projects to check out:
STORY: Segregation Now
This story includes a video, a timeline, an interactive map and data visualization tool, and a collaborative section, Six Words. Each element tells a different aspect of the story. Together, they allow the reader to objectively understand the issue and also empathize with the people affected by school segregation.
I”m not sure I like the photo scroll at the top. It looks good, but takes a while to get to the story.
Segregation Now: The Resegregation of America’s Schools
Sixty years after the Supreme Court declared an end to “separate but equal” education, many schools have moved back in time, isolating poor black and Latino students in segregated schools. ProPublica investigates Tuscaloosa schools, among most rapidly resegregating in the country.
Multimedia for PBS documentary: The viewer is enter the website through a mix of texts on alternating backgrounds displaying information about the characters in the videos. Easily digestible quotes from the inmates and statistics about incarceration or the foster care system, for example, are provided in large font on intertwining black and off-white backgrounds and including full bleed photos.
Broken Justice: Stopping the Revolving Prison Door
Credits: Reported and Produced by Beth Summers, Designed and Developed by Megan Crigger, Photos by Mike Fritz, Correspondent: William Brangham
In a web project on prisons, saving video for last
A look at how covering a jail job-training program turned into a larger piece about the effects of incarceration upon release.
Ghost Boat: Today, it’s been over a year since the boat went missing. Segen’s fate, and that of the other passengers, remains a mystery. Almost nobody has done anything to try to figure out what happened.
The Story – Ghost Boat – Medium
Read writing about The Story in Ghost Boat. An open investigation into the disappearance of 243 men, women and children. T.
Teen Vogue: Fashion, Beauty, Entertainment News for Teens
The latest on fashion, beauty, celebrity style, entertainment, teen issues, videos and more from TeenVogue magazine on TeenVogue.com. Fashion starts here.
Need to sign into NewsU for this one.
We’ll be doing more like this:
Or, video elements that add to a story.
Wicked Cyclone coaster is ahead of the curve at Six Flags New England – The Boston Globe
AGAWAM – With a click . . . click . . . click, the Wicked Cyclone roller coaster car slowly rises 112 feet into nothing but sky. As it levels at the top, riders get a quick view of the Six Flags amusement park and the treetops of Agawam beyond.
Mobile
Did this with iMovie before the show. Uploaded to YouTube and tweeted it out.
iMovie: On the train home
Breaking news
DATA
Tool: Piktochart
Create Easy Infographics, Reports, Presentations | Piktochart
Easy and quick designing is now possible anytime, anywhere. Continue to website instead Our designers work hard so you don’t have to. In fact, you’ll have access to a weekly updated library of over 500 professionally-designed templates. Finding a style that fits your message is easy. Edit text, fonts, and colors.
Social Media
About 6-in-10 Americans get news from social media
Graphic: About 6-in-10 Americans get news from social media
Twitter
Lots happening this summer. Could social media save journalism? Keep up here. First note: We are changing the way we write headlines -more words, information and a little tease.
Facebook live
Podcasts. I want us to do a podcast episode this term. It will be a first for this class. Here are some samples.
Otherhood | Public Radio International
A PRI podcast created and hosted by Rupa Shenoy about the people who came to the United States as children or are the children of immigrants. They’re shaped by the same experiences and motivated by many of the same emotions. That’s why, as they’re getting older, they’re having a huge impact on this country.
This one is on audio storytelling, from Transom, a great resources for those who want to do sound reporitng
What else is up ?
Gathering info
From Fall 2106
Futures Lab Update #166: CNN’s Approach to Snapchat – MediaShift
This story first appeared on RJI’s Futures Lab.
Blogging and WordPress
Set Up Your Blog in Five Steps
Congrats, you’ve registered your blog — maybe you’ve even published your first post! Run through these five steps to make sure you love the way your blog looks, and wow all your new readers. 1. Update your title and tagline. You chose a URL like http://myawesomeblog.wordpress.com when you registered, but your blog’s title can be…
Be professional
Be brief
Use first person sparingly
Confirm, confirm
Aggregate
Use art
Honor copyright
Be brief
Use first person sparingly
Confirm, confirm
Aggregate
Use art
Honor copyright
The Revolutionary Gleam Has Faded. Yet Blogging Remains at the Center of the Digital Media Toolbox.
How to find copyright-free images and music
Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.
Publishing on Social Media
Altman: Mass. is the only state that has recognized that it should be involved in total state #health spending http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/quality/cost-control-efforts-working-so-far-ma?page=0%2C1 …
MT @Poynter: “When we balance the facts and heart correctly, that’s when we do our best work.” http://www.poynter.org/2016/science-vs-and-the-art-of-using-humor-to-bust-myths/430369/ …
Instagram
The latest Tweets from COM 201 (@CO201). Tinker Ready’s writing and multimedia classes @ BU and Northeastern
For IOS you can also use iMovie
For Android
For Existing Users Create and Share a Video Project Tap to create a project. Tap . Enter a name for the project. Tap on videos and images in the media browser to add them to the project, …
How @WUFTNews tweeted a mass shooting (with images) · macloo
A TV station in Jacksonville, Fla., set up a live video feed from the press conference, which started late, around 8:15 or 8:20 p.m. NOTE: We learned of this feed in advance via Twitter! We were able to watch the feed and tweet directly from statements made on-air.
Reporting with Twitter
Finding news, verifying sources with Twitter
Training videos, resources and interactives for journalists on social newsgathering, digital verification and ethics
Pushing your story out via Twitter
Diana Lind and Erica Palan will host a series of workshops in 2015 with the goal of giving journalists at Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Ph…
Futures Lab Video #138: Mobile Video Editing Apps – MediaShift
This story first appeared on RJI’s Futures Lab. Reporting by Reuben Stern and Rachel Wise. This week we explore options for editing video on mobile devices. “It’s increasingly common to edit video on a mobile device.” – Reuben Stern Several mobile apps offer full-featured editing functionality to rival desktop software, but in some cases a …
Welcome to ONA’s new online job board, open to the entire digital journalism community. For recruiters, we offer a targeted approach that allows you to find only the most relevant candidates, including instant resume access (with a paid listing), easy online account management and significant discounts for ONA members.
JournalismJobs.com — The Job Board for Media Professionals
JournalismJobs.com has job listings for online media, newspapers, tv, radio, magazines, nonprofits, and academia.
Lots happening this summer. Could social media save journalism? Keep up here. First note: We are changing the way we write headlines -more words, information and a little tease.
Social media: A sample
Periscope: Live Twitter video.
The latest Tweets from Periscope (@periscopeco). Explore the world through someone else’s eyes. Follow @periscopetv to see some of our favorite broadcasts. San Francisco
Instagram photo
Instagram video
Snapchat video
How Washington Post foreign correspondents are using Snapchat to tell a global story
On Monday, foreign correspondents with The Washington Post started taking Snapchat users along for a ride. OK, several rides. So far, they’ve ridden along on public transportation in Tokyo, South London and Beijing. Still to come: Paris, New Dehli, Moscow, Washington, D.C. and Mexico City.
Facebook Live
Facebook is becoming an important news platform.
ban.jo : “Banjo captures, understands and organizes the world’s digital signals to deliver instant insights into what’s happening anywhere in the world at any time. Organizations using Banjo’s global “crystal ball” have access to an unprecedented level of data, helping them make faster, smarter decisions. “
Adobe Spark – Communicate with impact
Turn your ideas into impactful social graphics, web stories and animated videos-in minutes. It’s free, start now on the web or in the app store.
Adobe Spark
FL#160: Visual storytelling apps from Adobe Spark | RJI
This week we look at Spark, a bundle of visual storytelling apps from Adobe that can enable journalists to create webpages, social graphics and animated videos. Reporting by Whitney Matewe. For more information: Alex Rossi, Sky News Senior Correspondent, has produced several text- and photo-rich stories using Spark Page.
Video
Visualization
Create Easy Infographics, Reports, Presentations | Piktochart
Easy and quick designing is now possible anytime, anywhere. Continue to website instead Our designers work hard so you don’t have to. In fact, you’ll have access to a weekly updated library of over 500 professionally-designed templates. Finding a style that fits your message is easy. Edit text, fonts, and colors.
How CNN juggles different mobile chat apps to cover the Olympics – Digiday
Masuma Ahuja’s feet may be on the ground in Rio de Janeiro, but she has to be in several places at once for CNN.
More data visualization
Timeline
Correction: August 30, 2016 An earlier version of this graphic erroneously indicated that Marc F. Racicot is voting for Hillary Clinton. While Mr. Racicot has stated he is not voting for Donald J. Trump, he has not said is voting for Mrs. Clinton.
MAPS
America’s unique gun violence problem, in 17 maps and charts
America’s mass shooting epidemic In December 2012, a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 20 children, six adults, and himself. Since then, there have been at least 998 mass shootings, killing at least 1,105 people and wounding 3,929 more.
Tools
We collaborate with journalists and entrepreneurs to help build the future of media.
LINKS for Fall 2016
Video profile
What a 15-minute op-doc looks like. Great use of interview, action, animation