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Terry Britt: Lightning rounds: News archives as cornerstones of collective memory
Scroll to view transcript TERRY BRITT: [00:07] Hello, everyone. When people ask, “What do I do in research?” I usually reply, “A little bit of journalism study, psychology, sociology and just a tiny dash of neuroscience to really make things interesting.” So, what I wanted to do for this conference is to take some of the psychology and sociology … Continued
Please don’t go: New digital ad platform keeps visitors on your news site after they click an ad
AdKiosks is a new digital ad platform that will allow a consumer — while visiting a website — to browse an in-ad catalog and purchase an item from inside the ad without leaving the webpage. The hope is that visitors will stay and consume other content after they’re done, says Peter Meng, founder of AdKiosks and a 2011-2012 … Continued
Newsletter optimizer Opt In allows newsrooms to improve newsletters or create one from scratch
Eighth in a series to help newsrooms curate effective newsletters.
FL#196: Automation at The Washington Post
Jeremy Gilbert, director of strategic initiatives at The Washington Post, says computer automation could increase a newsroom’s capabilities in three important ways: analyzing vast amounts of data, putting information into digestible forms, and tailoring the end result for each individual user. We dive into the details and find out how the Post has experimented already. … Continued
Memory holes and permanent errors: Part 4
The preservation of online news corrections, updates and post-publication edits.
FL#195: A home page designed by algorithm
(Video missing) The Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet developed an algorithm guided partially by editors and partially by reader preferences that delivers a personalized home page for each website visitor. Editor in chief Fredric Karén credits the technology with a significant boost in online traffic and digital subscriptions. Reporting by Lily Oppenheimer, Rachel Wise and Jessica … Continued
Class is in session: Join me to create mobile learning in digital skills for journalists
Second in a series introducing our 2017-2018 RJI Fellows and their projects.
Memory holes and permanent errors: Part 3
The preservation of online news corrections, updates and post-publication edits.
RiskMiner: A test case for information access and revenue streams
First in a series introducing our 2017-2018 RJI Fellows and their projects.
FL#194: Immersive video conversations with Portals
Portals take video conferencing to the next level. The project combines new technology with a set of gold-painted shipping containers to enable people across the globe to converse as if they were side by side. Amar Bakshi, a former journalist who created the project, explains how it could expand upon traditional coverage of global news … Continued