40 Questions & 12 Trends for the Future of News.

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Trends & Questions
For The Future of Journalism.
News Next
Oct. 2015

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I
#newsnext
The New News
Business
Assymetric Competition from New Platforms

"For the ﬁrst time in 200 years news publishers are
not in control of how news is created and distributed.”
Emily Bell, Director
of
Tow
Centre
for

Digital
Journalism
at
Columbia
J
School.

Big online players (Facebook,
Google, YouTube) and new channels
(Snapchat, Whatsapp, Wechat,...)
are becoming more and more the
front and center of the news
experience. At the same time they
are increasingly in control of the
distribution of information.
Trend
#newsnext
h:p://www.journalism.org/2015/07/14/the-‐evolving-‐role-‐of-‐news-‐on-‐twi:er-‐and-‐facebook

FACEBOOK INSTANT
ARTICLES
BBC, NYT, National
Geography,…

SNAPCHAT
DISCOVER
CNN, Vice, Yahoo News,
…
BBC EBOLA
Whatsapp
.
GOOGLE DIGITAL
NEWS INITIATIVE
BBC, Euronews, NRC
Group,…
#newsnext
Examples

www.nextgeneration.com#newsnext
Reported.ly: Social Media First Newsagency

Questions
•  What is your position towards the new big media ?
•  Should you go where your audience is or stay in
control of your distribution?
•  Makers of content < > masters of distribution?
•  How do you get a seat at the table of big media?
•  Who is taking the responsibility for publication?
•  Who is controling what the audience will see? You or an
algorithm?
•  ….

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II
#newsnext
Mobile
Flows & Formats
Smartphones are changing the journalism playing ﬁeld.

The relentless rise of smartphones,
tablets and wearables creates an
expectation of immediacy.. The
audience wants the news always
and everywhere.
Correspondingly news brands are
developping distinctive mobile
experiences through apps or social
media.
Trend
#newsnext
h:p://ﬂurrymobile.tumblr.com/post/124152019870/mobile-‐addicts-‐mulMply-‐across-‐the-‐globe

WSJ WHAT’S NEWS
10 most important
business stories ﬁt for
mobile. Maximum news,
minimum time.

BREAKING NEWS
Real breaking news based
on proximity, topic alerts,
smart ﬁlters,…
REDBOX
Revival of the newsletter
in a clear and concise
format
.
NINJANIEUWS
New visual format on
Instagram for young
audiences
#newsnext
New formats

New ﬂows
Mobile
Alerts
Social Website Message
Apps
Breaking
News
Stories and
updates
Archive 1 on 1
#newsnext

Questions
•  In what ways does the mobile revolution force you to
formulate a new newsproposition?
•  How does mobile change the news process?
•  Gathering: i-reporters, mojo
•  Selection: image based stories.
•  Distribution: always, everywhere, as it happens, near
you.

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III
#newsnext
Everyone
Journalist
The public in a new role

”Citizen Journalism: When the people formerly known
as the audience employ the press tools they have in
their possession to inform one another.”
Jay Rosen, Professor
of
journalism
at

New
York
University.

The audience as…
#newsnext
source opinion factchecker (co)creator

GUARDIAN WITNESS
A platform voor UGC
from the Guardian.

CNN iREPORT
Since 2006 the citizen
journalism platform from
CNN.
CRITICL
A curated
newsenvironment by and
for news users..
SEENIT
App to enageg your
audience as producers of
news.
#newsnext
Examples

www.nextgeneration.com#newsnext
Hearken: Public Powered Journalism

Hearken Public Powered Journalism Model
#newsnext
idea selection reporting publication feedback
Newsroom
Hearken
involvment
Audience

Questions
•  Which role do you give the audience in the collection of
news?
•  What interactions before, during and after the news
process are important?
•  How do you handle UGC? (cfr rights, liability, privacy,
reliability,..?)
•  …

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IV
#newsnext
Thousand
Sources
Need for curation & veriﬁcation

“In a world where everyone can report
on news, there is a lot of noise.”
Alexis Ohanian, Reddit.

GUARDIAN WITNESS
Een platform voor UGC
van the Guardian.

CNN iREPORT
Al sinds 2006 het citizen
journalism platform van
CNN. Op hoogtepunt
meer dan 1 miljoen leden.
CRITICL
Een nieuwsomgeving door
en voor nieuwsgebruikers.
.
SEENIT
App om je community in
te schakelen als ﬁlmploeg.
Onder meer ingezet door
BBC Earth & BBC Three
#newsnext
Curation

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#newsnext
Veriﬁcation

CHECKDESK
Veriﬁcation footnotes &
modules to investigate
news topics
collaboratively.

BELLINGCAT
Investigative journalism
for and by citizen
journalism.
STORYFUL
Full online service for
curating and verifying
news
BBC SOURCE GUIDE
Sourcing and veriﬁcation
guide for BBC journalists
#newsnext
Examples

Questions
•  Which sources will the public trust in the future?
•  What are determining factors? How can you leverage
trust?
•  How do you position yourself: speed < > accuracy?
•  How can you sharpen your news proposition by
curation?
•  What is your role in ﬁltering information? What are your
criteria?
•  How transparent is your news process? (selection,
sources, methodology,…)

I

V
#newsnext
Explain it
Please!
Explainers and background stories
in a world of growing complexity

VOX CARDS
Topical cards with clear and
structured information around
speciﬁc subject and themes.
WASHINGTON POST KNOWLEDGE MAPS
Easy expanable information within articles allowing
reading on multiple levels
#newsnext
Context

CHECKDESK
Veriﬁcation Footnotes &
Modules om samen met
anderen nieuwsfeiten te
onderzoeken.

BELLINGCAT
Onderzoeksplatform
door en voor
burgerjournalisten.
STORYFUL
Volledige online service
voor curatie en verificatie
van social media.
BBC SOURCE GUIDE
Handleiding voor BBC
journalisten voor sourcing
en veriﬁcatie van UGC
#newsnext
Structured Journalism

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
Newssite specializing in
making news out of (big) data.
GOOGLE TRENDS DATASTORE
Curated collections of data sets by Google News Lab.
#newsnext
Data

Questions
•  How do you bring more context and background in a
atomised and fragmented news landscape?
•  How can you rethink background journalism in order to
have a better ﬁt with the questions news users have?
•  How do you give ‘meaning’ to information by
establishing patterns and coherence in growing data
ﬂows?
•  Which role do you have in opening up and interpreting
(public) data for citizens?

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VI
#newsnext
How can
we help?
News as a service.

”In an age where information is everywhere
journalist have to do more than just passing
information on. News has to connect, broaden, offer
solutions and help citizens to make informed
choices for themselves, their family, their
community and their world.“
Jeff Jarvis, Director
of
Tow-‐Knight

Centre
City
University
New
York

NEXTDOOR
Platform for hyperlocal
news and information.

PROJECT SUNROOF
Google search engine that
reveals how much sun
energy potential your
home has.
VRT TRAFFIC
ANCHOR
The traffic anchor at the
Belgian public
broadcaster..
BBC POP-UP
Traveling news service
that embeds itself in a
city or country working
with stories brought by
local people.
#newsnext
Examples

PROJECT SUNROOF
Google zoekrobot die
aangeeft hoeveel energie
je kan opwekken met
zonnepanelen.
VRT
VERKEERSANKER
Luisteraars vlot en veilig
door het verkeer loodsen.
BBC POP-UP
Reizende nieuwsdienst die
zich steeds opnieuw
embed in een stad of land
en verhalen uitwerkt die
bewoners aandragen.
#newsnext
What are the problems? Needs?

PROJECT SUNROOF
je kan opwekken met
zonnepanelen.
VRT
VERKEERSANKER
BBC POP-UP
zich steeds opnieuw
bewoners aandragen.
#newsnext
Design Thinking for Journalists

PROJECT SUNROOF
je kan opwekken met
zonnepanelen.
VRT
VERKEERSANKER
BBC POP-UP
zich steeds opnieuw
bewoners aandragen.
#newsnext
Lean Journalism Canvas

Questions
•  What role in society has news/your newsroom?
•  Watchdog, witness, fact-checker, explainer,
facilitator, debate, rolemodel, community builder,
service…?
•  What service do you offer?
•  How do you learn more about the needs, wishes and
values of your reader, viewers,… ?
•  Which areas or themes do you have to cover based on
audience insights? What products do you have to make?

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VII
#newsnext
Authentic
Voices
Personality & Storytelling

GUARDIAN WITNESS
van the Guardian.

CNN iREPORT
CNN. Op hoogtepunt
CRITICL
.
SEENIT
#newsnext
Example

Questions
•  How far should you go in authentic storytelling?
•  Neutrality > personal angle > taking position
•  Where and when should you use storytelling?
•  Are deontology/journalistic principles ﬂexibel? How
much do they depend on your target audience, platform,
content form?
•  Can you take position? And do you want to?

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VIII
#newsnext
Journalism
Tools
The developer enters
the newsroom.

GUARDIAN WITNESS
van the Guardian.

CNN iREPORT
CNN. Op hoogtepunt
SEENIT
#newsnext
Example

Questions
•  To what degree are innovation and exploration of new
forms and products an essential part of your news
service?
•  How multiplatform, multiformat can you be? And to
what extent do you have to make choices?
•  What new processes, workﬂows and proﬁles are
necessary to enable continous innovation?

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IX
#newsnext
V for
Video
The inevitable rise of moving images.
2

“Globally, consumer internet video traﬃc will be 80
percent of all consumer Internet traﬃc in 2019,
up from 64 percent in 2014. ”
Cisco VNI, 2014-2019

CHROMECAST
Mirror video from your
smartphone or tablet to
your television.
APPLE TV
Setup box with OTT
content & apps.
AJ+ APP
New video formats for
mobile.
PERISCOPE
FACEBOOK LIVE
TWITTER VIDEO
Livestreaming via social
media.
#newsnext
Examples

Questions
•  To what extent do you have to rethink your news offer to
answer the growing importance of video?
•  In which manner can you use video to serve different
target groups and there information needs and user
behaviors?
•  What new processes, workﬂows and proﬁles do you need
to implement fast and mobile focused video news?

I

X
#newsnext
The long tail
of the internet
Niches, unbundling & personalisation.

BLENDLE
Platform that unbundels
newspapers and sells
articles with a
micropayment strategy.
POLITICO EUROPA
New online niche players.
REUTERS.TV
An on-demand app with
personilized news feeds
based on algorithms and
personal settings.
RADIOTOPIA
HOWL
Curated audio targets to
speciﬁc audiences.
#newsnext
Examples

Questions
•  To what extent do you tailor content for targeted
audiences/niche groups?
•  How can you unbundle your current offer?
•  To what extent can you personalize your news offer? And
to what extent do you want to do this? (ﬁlter bubble)

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XI
#newsnext
Measuring
to know.
Rising importance of
analytics and metrics in the newsroom

”If you want that your newsroom understands digital
than they need to see the numbers.”
Chris Moran, The Guardian Digital
Audience Editor.

GUARDIAN WITNESS
van the Guardian.

CNN iREPORT
CNN. Op hoogtepunt
CRITICL
.
SEENIT
#newsnext
The Guardian
Ophan

Questions
•  How do you meassure succes and engagement?
•  How do you use data to rethink your news strategy?
•  How do you involve everyone in the evaluation of your
news offer?

I

XII
#newsnext
The
News Club
Beyond the newspaper or broadcast.

CHROMECAST
Mirror video van je
smartphone of tablet naar
je tv.
APPLE TV
Setup box met OTT
content en apps.
AJ+ APP
Optimaal uitgewerkte
videonieuwservaring voor
mobiel.
PERISCOPE
FACEBOOK LIVE
TWITTER VIDEO
Livestreaming via social
media.
#newsnext
Events, workshops, line extensions,…

Questions
•  How do you position yourself outside your traditional
and or digital channels…in real life?
•  How can events, conferences, debates, workshops,…help
in connecting with existing audiences in new ways and in
reaching new audiences?
•  …

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