Caroline O’Donovan | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by Caroline O'Donovan

Caroline O’Donovan is a staff writer at the Nieman Journalism Lab, where she covers media, technology and the future of the news business. As a Lab staffer, she’s been heard on NPR’s All Things Considered and CBS Radio. Previously, she was a fellow at Chicago Public Media, where she reported and produced stories in the Chicago area, as well as for American Public Media’s Marketplace.

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November 21, 2014

What’s the right news experience on a phone? Stacy-Marie Ishmael and BuzzFeed are trying to figure it out

“Nobody has to read you. You have to earn that. You have to respect people’s attention.”

November 5, 2014

Can Berkeleyside turn an engaged community into a profitable membership program?

The Bay Area local news site has a dedicated audience and significant ad revenue, but to continue growing they’ll need additional sources of income.

The near future of First Look’s next site, Racket, looks fuzzy

The site, promised as a “satirical approach to American politics and culture,” was set to launch this month, but now it’s unclear when or if it’ll get off the ground.

October 22, 2014

Six fresh ideas for news design from a #SNDMakes designathon

New media and legacy media came together at the second weekend-long “hackathon” hosted by the Society for News Design.

BuzzFeed now has editorial and product people in place for its forthcoming news app

Stacy-Marie Ishmael, coming from the FT, will join Noah Chestnut on the new, newsroom-integrated team.

October 14, 2014

California Sunday Magazine has a solution for how to find readers: Pay newspapers for them

Across the state, 400,000 demographically appealing readers have been selected to receive a magazine trying to find a new model for sustainable, high-quality regional journalism.

October 3, 2014

This American Life tries to turn its radio audience onto podcasting with its new show Serial

What does a hyper-successful public radio franchise incubating its first spinoff tell us about the state of podcasting?

October 1, 2014

With limited time to revamp WNYC’s Schoolbook, John Keefe decided to take his team on the road

The new Schoolbook will have targeted emails, major content partnerships, three languages, and more — and building it took just seven days.

September 24, 2014

The third edition of Circa is here, and improving the user experience is the name of the game

Circa has a lot of good ideas, but whether the app can appeal to a large audience remains to be seen.

September 24, 2014

CNN, anywhere: How TV Everywhere strategy is evolving in the world of cable news

CNNgo is the network’s attempt to break the linear model for broadcast television.

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