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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Building relationships is the best tool for making a collaborative work
A conversation with Heather May, director of the Great Salt Lake Collaborative.
Testing tools to promote better collaboration in editorial budgets
How Notion, Coda and Google Tables (beta) stacked up.
Reaching multilingual communities starts with listening and collaboration
A conversation with Aala Abdullahi.
Testing multilingual text-to-speech tools to serve underserved communities
We translated English text to Hindi audio with the Indian Currents Newsroom.
Build a culture and practice of user research across the newsroom
Translate your team’s projects into a culture of listening to users, data-informed products and frequent research sprint.
News organizations should be investing in chatbot experimentation
A conversation with Maria Crosas Batista.
Build a push notification strategy that aligns with your subscriber retention goals
How the Star Tribune reimagined its push notification strategy from scratch.
Building a chatbot trained on your newsroom’s content
What it takes: time, money and ethical considerations.
Explaining complicated ideas, processes with digestible and impactful graphics
A conversation with Kavya Beheraj, Axios.
Tips for starting a hyperlocal podcast
What we learned from debuting a local sports podcast.