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“Suddenly, the CMS, an often derided but necessary tool of modern journalism, is cool.”
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?”
“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.”
“In a world of information overload, beautifully crafted, hand-illustrated comics provide clarity and emotional resonance.” Erin Polgreen
Six pilot sites will serve as guinea pigs as the Local News Lab tries to locate solutions for a sustainable news ecosystem in New Jersey.
Sports reporters often lead their newsrooms in activity on social media. That doesn’t mean they have to like it.
“We all used Twitter, and we asked ourselves: Do we really need microphones emblazoned with the name of a TV station to let people know what’s happening?” Engin Onder