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.
Whether you’re a one-man band or a large metro, this series will help you take the next step in innovative journalism.
Automating story follow-up tracking — for free
Airtable, Zapier and Google Drive products make remembering when to circle back to a topic a breeze. We built a simple automation system to track and share ideas for follow-up stories.
Students should lead innovation in the journalism industry
Introducing the College Media Innovation Coalition, a resource for student-led newsrooms to collaborate and communicate.
Newsrooms’ service roles need to be grounded in community relationships
Building trust in a community requires listening and unlearning: a discussion with Bevin Christie.
Creating an affordable text system for your community centered newsroom
SMS systems are often expensive, pay per a text plans can make it affordable.
Being the utility man of product work
There is a lot to gain from getting to experiment in different spaces of product work on a team.
Honoring the vulnerability of people’s stories when designing projects
A conversation with Ilia Blinderman, Senior Journalist-Engineer at The Pudding.
How to curate product kits with resources you already have
Repackaging past work into helpful tools for your audience.
Craft a utility content strategy to better serve your community during natural disasters
NOLA.com organized their evergreen content, prepared templates and planned a strategy to make sure their community will have the vital information they need.
Building a visual storytelling experience in Newspack
Newspack streamlines publisher content, but creative storytelling can be a challenge.
How listening sessions can connect you to the local community
Build trust and improve content coverage from direct contact with readers.