“We’re calling it the Splice Low-Res Festival, because it’s a quick and dirty idea and we all know video conferences can be pretty fuzzy…We’re doing this because it’s cheaper than therapy.”
“I think the interesting challenge is figuring out how to balance investment in the organizations that are producing the quality journalism today with those organizations who might be emerging and able to produce several years in the future.”
Losing the chance to gather together to swap stories and ideas is very low on the list of the virus’ negative effects, of course. But it’s a harbinger of the sort of disruption that could be coming on a larger scale.
“We’re ultimately trying to do this as small and nimble as possible so that we can be seeing what’s working and throw out what’s not — and quickly being able to shift in a way that’s a little bit harder when you’re working with a 150-year-old newspaper.”
“We’re living in an age of journalism where people want to help each other and are prioritizing collaboration over competition. We want to seize on that in a way that ensures no matter who is in the newsroom there’s still a mechanism for them to use this.”
“A lot of this is taking advantage of what Google has to offer as a partner. They’re tracking all of these interesting trends all the time: what people are looking for and what they’re missing.”
Schmidt, Christine. "Mandy Jenkins will build McClatchy’s Google-funded new local sites. What’s her plan?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Jun. 2019. Web. 31 Mar. 2020.
APA
Schmidt, C. (2019, Jun. 11). Mandy Jenkins will build McClatchy’s Google-funded new local sites. What’s her plan?. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 31, 2020, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/06/mandy-jenkins-will-build-mcclatchys-google-funded-new-local-sites-whats-her-plan/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "Mandy Jenkins will build McClatchy’s Google-funded new local sites. What’s her plan?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 11, 2019. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/06/mandy-jenkins-will-build-mcclatchys-google-funded-new-local-sites-whats-her-plan/.
Wikipedia
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