Technology
Strategies for Building Customized Tools with Tarbell
- Joanna S. Kao
- Alex Newman
Stories that warrant a “Tarbell project” generally have exceptional photography, long-form, narrative storytelling, and rich, multimedia elements. These are special projects,...
The Live Stream Landscape
- Shadi Rahimi
- Tim Pool
Live streaming has been a part of newsrooms for a while, but with the advent of Periscope, Meerkat, Stringwire and other tools, it has become ubiquitous, both for reporters and...
Where Science Meets Storytelling: Reporting from the Unsurfaced Web
- Ted Bailey
- Gregory Gittrich
- Damien Patton
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Moderated by Áine Kerr
This session will focus on how new media and technology ventures are exploring beyond trending topics and using public data to discover exclusive stories, hidden perspectives, and...
Whose Idea Of The Future Is This?
- Teresa Jusino
- Sherryl Vint
- Ytasha L. Womack
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Moderated by Matt Thompson
Rapid advances in tech and shifting population dynamics in the United States ensure we are destined for a future beyond current white-male-dominated media thinking. We’ve...
You and What Developer Army? Local Election Coverage Without a Large Team
- Adam Nekola
Most newsrooms don’t have a huge roster of dedicated developers building digital tools for election coverage. So what can newsrooms do to engage voters? We’ll discuss how to...
Behind the Screens: Creating A Great News App
- Stacy-Marie Ishmael
- Nathalie Malinarich
Whether you’re a digital-only outfit or a legacy organization, you’re most likely seeing the majority of your audience finding your content via a mobile device. Two experts...
Dial ‘M’ For Mobile Revenue
- Frédéric Filloux
Yes, generating revenue from mobile is a challenge. Advertising space is scant, often accommodating only a single ad. The precision required in designing a mobile news app means...
Tinder Hearts: What We’re Learning from User-Friendly Mobile
- Farhad Manjoo
Uber, Tinder, Square and other trendsetters have created radically different — and extremely popular — experiences for their users. What might newsrooms learn from user...