Innovation in Focus
Innovation in Focus is a series exploring new tech, tools and methods of storytelling for newsrooms worldwide. We interview experts, test ideas and provide our findings on a different topic each month.
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Whether you’re a one-man band or a large metro, this series will help you take the next step in innovative journalism.
How to operate a WeChat newsletter with the help of the community
We introduced using WeChat for newsletters in the last article, including how to create a newsletter and the importance of WeChat in the Chinese community. The next step is to figure out how to operate a newsletter consistently, especially when there are not enough Chinese speakers in the newsroom to give the newsletter leads a … Continued
AI audio enhancers provide new paths to quality sound
Adobe Podcast, Audo Studio and other tools bring new possibilities to editing audio and overprocessing.
Creating an audio newsletter to serve local Chinese communities
WeChat subscriptions and how to build your own.
Harnessing the power of communities to reinvent local journalism
Through communication and outreach, we are building a network of community members who are highly engaged with high school sports to contribute to the Sun.
Multilingual newsrooms need multilingual transcription services
A conversation with Kenan Cerimagic, Executive Producer for Radio Free Europe.
Five different AI options for transcribing audio
Rev and Sonix compete with Otter.ai by providing new features and multi-language transcription for journalists.
Building interactive maps to more equitably serve community
Bloomfield Info Project created community level maps to establish baseline tools to guide coverage decisions.
Three college media challenges and how we plan to solve them
Student newsrooms must collaborate and innovate to improve their journalism.
How a newly founded newsroom is building community connections
AfroLA is making data-informed decisions to meet audiences where they are.
Defined focus can help newsrooms automate
A contained core of apps and systems keeps automated tools approachable and trackable: A discussion with Joe Amditis.