jtm-next-newsroom

Building the Next Newsroom -- the conversation begins

DISCUSS THE PLAN

Dozens of people since 2001 have added pieces to the thinking that's gone into The Next Newsroom prototype. Now the conversation begins. Help refine JTM-The Next Newsroom Prototype business plan.

• READ -- You can print and review a PDF version --
  Download next-newsroom-plan.pdf
• EDIT -- You can edit the actual plan, via our wiki.
• BLOG -- Bookmark this blog . Every couple of days we'll post a new question, and invite you to react. Your first assignment -- answering the three essential questions.


• DIG IN -- Look at the categories to your right. We've excerpted many of the conceptual and operational points from the plan to allow you to add topic-specific comments appropriately. Simply click on the category, find an appropriate related post, and add a comment.

AUDIO: JTM at Pointer --Marketing "journalism that matters"

What would seed heightened public awareness of the need to sustain "journalism that matters"? Some 15 people considered this question on Tues., March 3, 2009, during a breakout session at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla. The 80-minute session was part of the event, "Journalism That Matters: The New News Ecology." We broke the discussion into two pieces: -- What is journalism and what kinds of information do communities need? -- How do we make sure the public recognizes the value of this information? Click on the carat to the left of the bar below to launch an audio stream of the discussion, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening.

 Hannah Miller, who is national field director of the Media and Democracy Coalition (hmiller@media-democracy.net / (215) 888-8036), is seeking advice on how to launch a national grassroots campaign to encourage "journalism that matters."

AUDIO: The national news collaborative: Urbanite? Newshare?

A breakout group at the Journalism-That Matters/Poynter Institute for Media Studies convening brainstorms a national news collaborative during a one-hour session.  Click on the black carat on the left of the bar below to launch an audio stream, or download an MP3 audio for offline listening. 

Participating in the discussion were: Lynn Bazelle; Ken Carpenter, journalism professor at Valencia [Fla.] Community College; Jay Young, free-lance investigative reporter from Altoona, Pa.; Bill Densmore of the Media Giraffe Project at UMass-Amherst; Tracy Durkin of The Urbanite in Baltimore, Md.; Jackie Hai, a senior at UMass and editor of AmherstWire.com; and Sara Justicia Doll, of Primera Hora in San Juan, P.R.; Dori Maynard, founder/director of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education; and Lou Ureneck, journalism department chair at Boston University.  (Photo, from left: Tracy Durkin and Jackie Hai.)   MORE PHOTOS OF PARTICIPANTS. 

AUDIO: Closing reflections and actions at JTM-Poynter

Listen to the one-minute closing reflections of more than 50 participants in the Journalism that Matters/Poynter convening, "New Roles for Journalists in the New News Ecology." The March 1-3, event drew more than 85 journalists, citizens, academics and researchers to the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Poynter Institute for Media Studies. In this audio excerpt from the closing day, participants describe what they learned from the gathering and the actions they intend to take as a result.  Click on the black carat on the left of the bar below to launch streaming audio, or download an MP3 audio for offline listening. (48 minutes, 27 seconds; File Size: 11.63 MB)

 

AUDIO: Assessing CMS options/systems at RJI Talkfest

IN a two-hour afternoon workshop, participants in the RJI Talkfest on content management systems participants talk with consultant and facilitator AmyWebb.

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AUDIO: RJI talkfest -- content management

Reynolds Journalism Institute 2008-2009 fellow Jane Stephens introduces the RJM Talkfest on Content Management System.

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AUDIO: RJI Talkfest -- Three CMS systems previewed

Listen to three content-management systems vendors discuss their services at the Reynolds Journalism Institute Talkfest:
-- Steve Yelvington, Morris DigitalWorks and the Drupal-based platform
-- Richard Anderson, VillageSoup.com, and the open-source VS platform.
-- Ralph Gage from Lawrence.com and the Ellington system based on Jango.
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ATTACHED: PDF of Next Newsroom plan

Download next-newsroom-plan.pdf The latest version of the NextNewsroom plan

AUDIO: Ideas for bringing crowdpower into your newsroom

This is an afternoon session at the Duke Next Newsroom seminar in Durham, N.C. These notes are by Bill Densmore of a breakout called by John Keefe of WNYC radio in New York City. he's talking about "How can we harness the power of crowds in the newsroom?"  There were nine other people in the session and there's an audio podcast you can access from HERE, or you can stream the audio by clicking on the carat of the bar below. There's also an archived videocast of the sessions reached from HERE.

VIDEO: Why aren't U.S. newspapers investing in their future?

Randy Covington spent a career in print reporter and TV news management. Now he heads the IFRA Newsplex, a state-of-the-art training facility at the University of South Carolina. Covington says the users of the facility are mostly not U.S. news organizations. In this five-minute video interview with Bill Densmore of the Media Giraffe Project, he explains why.
(covington@ifra.com) 803-447-6886  / 5 minutes, 32 seconds, 8.72MB

AUDIO: What skills does the "next journalist" need?

Listen to a one-hour audio capturing the informal discussion of about 10 people at the Duke Next Newsroom summit in Durham, N.C., on Friday, April 4. In this breakout group, about eight people lead by Sasha Norkin, of the Boston University School of Journalism, discuss the question: "What skills will be needed by the 'next journalist' in the 'next newsroom.'?" Click on the carat on the left of the bar below to launch streaming audio.
  / or download MP3 podcast