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Archives: June 17, 2014

Justin EllisJune 17, 2014

Here’s the Scoop: Looking under the hood of The New York Times’ content management system

“Suddenly, the CMS, an often derided but necessary tool of modern journalism, is cool.”

Some clues into how The New York Times will price its lovely cooking site

Jeff IsraelyJune 17, 2014

Jeff Israely: Entertain or inform? Save readers’ time or spend it?

Our startup correspondent, building Worldcrunch in Paris, says it comes down to content strategy: “One fundamental question for the news industry is: What content — both old and new — should it fight to own, and what should it just let go?”

Juan Antonio GinerJune 17, 2014

“From a news business to a networked business”: The FT pushes its workflows to digital

“The biggest challenge for the FT, we feel, lies not in its transition to digital, which can be achieved with web-savvy staff, but in the transition of the print staff to this ‘post-news’ method.”

From Nieman Reports: How comics can bring new audiences to narrative nonfiction

“In a world of information overload, beautifully crafted, hand-illustrated comics provide clarity and emotional resonance.” Erin Polgreen