#Tip: Sign up to Journalism.co.uk’s weekly podcasts

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A bit of self promotion here, but each week at Journalism.co.uk we produce a podcast looking at topical issues in journalism, often focused on digital innovations, tools and techniques.

Recent podcasts have included:

• Snow Fall and beyond: A look at long-form online storytelling
• How journalists can gather news from diverse communities
• Managing user-generated content in breaking news
• Getting started in data journalism
• How magazine publishers are innovating in online video
• Then and now: Two years of the New York Times paywall

The podcasts are published every Friday on the Journalism.co.uk homepage and our blog. All Journalism.co.uk podcasts are also published on our SoundCloud account, and you can sign up to Journalism.co.uk podcasts on iTunes.

The subjects covered in the podcasts should provide journalists with inspiration and practical tips, as well as give the opportunity to listen to what colleagues at news outlets across the world have to say on a range of subjects.

If you have a tip you would like to submit to us at Journalism.co.uk email us using this link.

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#Tip of the day for journalists: Digital projects to inspire multimedia storytelling

New York Times’s Snowfall package

On the 10,000 Words blog Lauren Rabaino puts a spotlight on ten different examples of “innovative storytelling formats”, prompted by the New York Times Snowfall package, which could inspire others considering similar projects.

If you have a tip you would like to submit to us at Journalism.co.uk email us using this link.

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#Podcast: How news outlets are bringing content ‘to life’ with augmented reality

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A number of news outlets have this year launched projects centred on using augmented reality technology to bring content to life, from adding interactivity to magazine or newspaper editorial and advertising, to highlighting hyperlocal blog content to mobile users.

The podcast looks at a number of AR projects from a hyperlocal level through to national media in the UK and US. We speak to:

• Mark Challinor, director of mobile platforms, Telegraph Media Group
• Emily Smith, senior vice president of digital, LA Times
• Sarah Hartley, managing director, Talk About Local
• Hugh Mark, head of ad innovation, The Times

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You can hear future podcasts by signing up to the Journalism.co.uk iTunes podcast feed.

Related reading/information:

• Article by the LA Times: L.A. Times to link Olympics print coverage to Web content via app
• Journalism.co.uk report: Talk About Local takes hyperlocal content to augmented reality
• Blog post by Sarah Hartley: Augmented Reality as a tool for journalism
• IJNet post: Five augmented reality apps for reporters abroad
• Editors Weblog post: News publishers innovate with augmented reality
• Times announcement: Times Magazine augmented reality special

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#Podcast – Paywall pointers: Digital subscription lessons for news outlets

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While digital subscriptions may not appeal to every publisher, many news outlets have launched paywalls or more metered-models in recent years as the industry looks for new revenue streams for online journalism.

In this week’s podcast we hear from those behind established paywalls at The Times, The New York Times and Piano Media (which operates national paywalls in Slovakia, Slovenia and Poland), to hear about their approaches and pointers for other news outlets considering online pay models.

The podcast hears about the importance of pay model clarity, conversations with the audience, flexibility to alter the pay model or even lift the wall in certain cases and already having a community of loyal readers. The interviewees also highlight the importance of considering models based on your own content and audience, rather than trying to find a one-size-fits-all solution.

We speak to:

• Lucia Adams, digital development editor, the Times
• Jim Roberts, assistant managing editor, The New York Times
• Tomas Bella, chief executive, Piano Media

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Some related reading on relatively recent paywall news:

• Telegraph launches metered paywall outside UK
• Times and Sunday Times to pull down paywall for Jubilee
• New York Times to cut free online article allowance by half
• Piano paywall in Slovakia increases subscriber content
• New York Times lifts paywall for Hurricane Sandy

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#Podcast – Connecting journalism and technology: Lessons for hack day success

Both within and outside of the newsroom, journalists, developers, designers – and people with other skillsets – are coming together to either work on projects as part of dedicated hack days, or just make new connections through more casual meetings.

This week’s podcast hears from those experienced in running hack day events, who share their approaches, lessons and top tips for staging hack day events and encouraging collaboration around journalistic issues.

The podcast features:

• Stephen Pinches, group product manager for FT.com
• Chrys Wu, user engagement strategist and a co-organiser of the New York City chapter of Hacks/Hackers
• Dan Sinker, director of the Knight Mozilla OpenNews project

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Some background reading and watching:

• A Journalism.co.uk report on the launch of the Financial Times’ first hack day
• Video from the FT’s hack day event
• A Journalism.co.uk video feature from a Hacks and Hackers event at Reed Business Information in 2010

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#Podcast – How news publishers are branching out into the ebook market

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A number of news publishers have started to offer ebooks alongside their usual output, with content varying from original works produced especially for that platform, to collections of content offering a packaged reading experience, such as based on an overall theme or event.

In this week’s podcast, Journalism.co.uk editor Rachel McAthy speaks to three people who have entered the ebook market. The podcast looks at their approaches, and some of the lessons learnt so far.

The podcast hears from:

• Martin Belam, principal consultant at Emblem
• Michael Wolf, a vice president at GigaOM
• Daniel Ionescu, managing editor of The Lincolnite

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Here is some background reading and information on some of the topics covered in the podcast

• The Lincolnite launches its first iBook
• GigaOM to help readers ‘delve deeper’ with new ebooks
• Value of non-fiction digital book sales increase by 128 per cent
• Martin Belam’s blog and ebooks
• Ebooks: a new publishing solution to an old business problem?

You can hear future podcasts by signing up to the Journalism.co.uk iTunes podcast feed.

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#Podcast – Discussing user experience and news site design

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A topic which comes up frequently in industry conference discussions is that of user experience, from engaging users with immersive, rich and interactive content, to providing a clear journey through the site.

In this week’s podcast we discuss just some of the issues relating to digital user experience, focusing on the importance of audience research and the presentation of content on digital platforms, with pointers from digital journalism and design experts.

The podcast hears from:

• Raju Narisetti, managing editor, Wall Street Journal Digital Network
• Jacek Utko, design director, Bonnier Business Press
• Max Gadney, founder and design director, After the Flood

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While this week’s podcast focuses on the user experience in terms of the design and delivery of content, this previous Journalism.co.uk podcast looks at building interactive content itself and offers tips for creating engaging experiences for audiences with interactives.

You can hear future podcasts by signing up to the Journalism.co.uk iTunes podcast feed.

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#Podcast – Real-time reporting: Liveblogging lessons for digital journalists

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Whether you’re a journalist working for a national news outlet, a niche magazine or a local newspaper, there are likely to be plenty of opportunities for you to put liveblogging skills into practice. From big breaking news events and regular local public meetings, to political speeches and visual gadget launches, online audiences are keen to be fed up-to-the-minute information.

In this week’s podcast we hear from three journalists who have much experience in liveblogging for a range of audiences, and are able to share some of the lessons they have learned along the way. As well as some practical pointers on managing a liveblog, we also discuss recent technology developments which have helped enhance the liveblogs of today and what developments are just round the corner.

The podcast hears from:

• Josh Halliday, reporter, the Guardian
• Neil Macdonald, head of web and data development, for Trinity Mirror in Merseyside, which includes looking after the websites for the Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Echo
• Adam Tinworth, independent consultant and journalist, working in the fields of digital journalism, social media and blogging

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Josh, Neil and Adam shared lots more practical tips with us on liveblogging – keep an eye on Journalism.co.uk over the coming week(s) for more of their advice.

In the meantime here is some background reading on liveblogging from Journalism.co.uk:

• How to: liveblog – lessons from news sites
• ScribbleLive: Four ways to make money from liveblogging
• #GEN2012: How news organisations are embracing liveblog coverage

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#Podcast – Digital lessons and opportunities for long-form journalism

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In recent years a number of interesting platforms and projects dedicated to long-form journalism have launched, in a bid to give the reporting style a solid footing in the digital space.

And research has shown that portable devices, such as the iPad, are likely to be natural playgrounds for the longer read. For example, a study carried out by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism with the Economist Group and released in October last year, found that tablet owners spend around an hour and a half each day on their device – suggesting users may have time for more immersive experiences, as well as accessing the latest news snippets.

To find out more about the digital evolution of long-form journalism this podcast hears from three people closely involved in digital publication about the challenges which have been faced by long-form non-fiction, the new and innovative projects and platforms emerging in the digital world, and the business models supporting them.

We speak to:

• Alissa Quart, editor-at-large, The Atavist
• Jim Giles, co-founder, Matter
• Lucia Adams, digital development editor, The Times

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Here’s more on Matter from Journalism.co.uk, and here are some links for wider reading across the web on the topic of long-form journalism on digital platforms:

• Inside Forbes: How long-form journalism is finding its digital audience, by Lewis DVorkin on Forbes.com
• Times’ freelancers make a bet on long-form local journalism with new site, Narratively, by Joe Pompeo on CapitalNewYork.com
• Could digital publishing save long-form journalism?, by Michelle Castillo on Time.com
• The transition to digital journalism, by Paul Grabowicz on Knight Digital Media Center
• PostDesk: The latest long-form journalism startup, by Mona Zhang on 10,000 Words

You can hear future podcasts by signing up to the Journalism.co.uk iTunes podcast feed.

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#GEN2012: ‘If journalism isn’t there to protect people, people get hurt’

Monetisation of digital journalism, described earlier today as the “elephant in this room” by CNN’s Peter Bale, formed the basis of an afternoon session at the News World Summit in Paris today, with a focus on financing investigative journalism.

There was no dancing around the importance of the issue. As Howard Finberg of the Poynter Institute put it:

The challenge, as Paul [Steiger] pointed out, is if we don’t do this people die. If journalism isn’t there to protect people, then people will get hurt.

This is not just a matter of economics to keep jobs, this is about economics that support democracy.

I feel passionately that we need more experiments, more subscription models, more donation models. We also need to figure out how we can tell the public the value of investigative journalism … even if they don’t support if financially they can support it in other ways.

He called for more creative solutions. Online it is “going to be increasingly difficult for traditional media”, adding that recent figures showed 68 per cent of online display advertising in the US controlled by the five big technology firms.

Our difficulties are fairly well documented so we need to start looking for some solutions that are different.

Also speaking about the issue on the panel, ProPublica founder Paul Steiger said he expects the decline in print advertising accelerate, “so the challenge of getting more and more revenue from online is going to be greater rather than less”.

He said ProPublica, which is funded largely by donations, is “looking at the possibility of subscriptions, but we need to make all of our stuff accessible and so the challenge is to figure out to how to keep in the conversation and how to find a variety of sources of revenues.”

He added that investigative journalism is significant for democracy and therefore “worth supporting in multiple ways, including charitable contributions”.

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