Innovation in Focus
Innovation in Focus is a series exploring new tech, tools and methods of storytelling for journalism. We interview experts, test ideas and provide our findings with templates, guidance and how-tos so you can implement the same innovations in your newsroom.
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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.
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How to produce and measure impact on your journalism
It is about tracking a wide variety of aspects from story pitch to execution to promotion, to make sure your stories can affect the communities they’re created in service to.
Capture cards for news: “It’s a tool not a replacement”
Stan Heist of Sinclair Broadcast shares his thoughts on using capture cards for journalism.
Capture cards: A useful tool for video journalists
Improve image quality for live video journalism in the field or in remote locations.
The people behind the data points
Weihua Li of the Marshall Project balances the severity and humanity of incarceration through data.
The power of minimal interventions to lower barriers to journalism
Small solutions can still bring about positive change.
Q&A: What a newsroom learned switching story budgets to Airtable
Save time, collaborate, integrate with new tools and share records requests.
Best practices for trauma-informed journalism
Experts and journalists provide tips to keep yourself and your sources safe.
Want to collaborate more? Get your tools to talk to each other
Put automations to work to make collaborating easier with tools like Airtable, Slack and Google Drive The One Newsroom, which is the convergence of The Columbia Missourian, KBIA, KOMU, Vox Magazine, and the Missouri Business Alert, into one space, has created more opportunities for collaboration. The Missourian converted its old content budgeting process (once hosted … Continued
When and how should we use AI in news?
We spoke with Marc Lavallee of The New York Times about newsrooms incorporating AI technology and tools into their work.
Building interactive visual experiences from data
How we helped the Current analyze and visualize public salary data.