Digital journalism is redefined daily by countless users and producers via social media, apps and other technology. From Medium to Meerkat, there are myriad ways to tell stories online and more storytellers doing it. Today, three journalists who have long been on the frontier of digital storytelling will discuss its limitless possibilities and what you can do now to improve your own stories. They are Kim Bui, West Coast producer for reported.ly and co-founder of #wjchat, a weekly Twitter chat for web journalists; David Cohn, executive producer at AJ Plus, part of Al Jazeera’s research and development team, and former Chief Content Officer of Circa; and Victor Hernandez, a news innovation strategist and former “news futurist” at CNN who is currently co-chair of the San Diego chapter of the Online News Association.

1. 6
GROWTH AREAS TO ALLOW YOUR
DIGITAL STORYTELLING GAME TO BLOSSOM
Bui
Cohn
Hernandez

2. YOUR ‘DIGITAL FLORISTS’ FOR THE HOUR....
@kimbui @Digidave @ToTheVictor

3. TODAY’S FLOWER FIELDS
1. Road to 2020
2. Big Picture
3. Platform Intelligence
4. Evolving Stories
5. Mini-stories
6. Newsletters
7. Livestreaming Buzz
8. Mobile Video Breakthroughs
9. Q&A

4. The Road to 2020
2015 starts the road to 2020 and begins to better define the next five years in
news reporting and innovation. Our trends are focused around the rapid
evolution of media and technology, digital journalism breakthroughs and --
ultimately -- audience behaviors helping to shape the next five years.
Technology is intertwined in our lives and old definitions of media are being
replaced with algorithms, data, social activation and creative expression across
screens.
Welcome to 2015 and the road to 2020.

5. 2003
Friendster
Launches
Database
Journalism
iPhone
Launches
Wikileaks
Digital
Journalism
Oculus Rift
NYT Innovation
Report Leaks
2015 2027
Newsroom
Decentralization
Wearables
for BBC
Virtual
Reality
Auto
Translation
Robot
Journalists
Driverless
Cars
End of the IOS
Man on Mars
FUTURE OF NEWS: TIMELINE OF THE CONNECTED GENERATION
Source:
BBC
News
Labs
-­‐
January
2015

6. PLATFORM INTELLIGENCE
Are you producing content for the medium in which it is being consumed?

9. CONTENT CAN APPEAR WITHOUT CONTEXT.
This is also related to the “death of the homepage”

14. TO STREAM.
OR NOT TO STREAM.

15. VS.
MEERKAT PERISCOPE
iOS app (Android coming) iOS app (Android coming)
Not Twitter friendly Twitter friendly
Zero learning curve!
Stream: All or nothing
Disappear once stop
Saves to camera roll
Engagement features
Notifications avail
Discovery options
Lots more features
Control over who sees
Saves for 24 hours
Saves to camera roll
Engagement features
Notifications avail
Discovery options
X

16. If 2004 was about Meetup, 2008 was about
Facebook, and 2012 was about Twitter, 2016 is going
to be about Meerkat (or something just like it).
Dan Pfeiffer
Former Pres. Obama press sec.

17. CHALLENGES + OPPORTUNITIES
DATA & BATTERY LIFE
HORIZONTAL VS. VERTICAL
CREEPY FACTOR
INDIVIDUAL VS. BRAND ACCT
POLITICAL EVENTS
BREAKING NEWS, BEHIND-SCENES

18. THE FUTURE OF BROADCASTING?

19. MOBILE NEWS
REPORTING EVOLUTION
‘Four-­‐wire’ Satellite Live
U/TV
U Mobile
Devices

20. •voice
•email
•camera
•web
•social
•gps
•editing
•hotspot
•mapping
•sensors
•gaming
•video
chat
•texting
•streaming
•payments
SMARTPHONE
FUNCTIONALITY

21. •Lightweight but sturdy bag is a must
•No. 1 rule for ‘mojos’ (and life) -- A.B.C.
•Can’t be all digital. Don’t forget notepad and pens.
•Try out new apps at home -- not in the field
•Get yourself organized! Use folders on your smartphone.
•Airplane mode is awesome when shooting (avoid interruptions)
•Best to zoom with your feet, not your fingers
#PROTIPS
FOR MORE INFO: tinyurl.com/journcamp-smartphones

22. tinyurl.com/spjwest-digital
QUESTIONS?