Hyper-local media is growing in importance as consumption of local media changes with more use of the web. There is no single definition of hyper-local but it generally refers to media at a smaller geographical scale than traditional outlets, often seeking to serve local audiences in ways larger outlets do not. Key issues for hyper-local media include finding a proven business model, the rise of location-based and hyper-local advertising, and assessing the true size of local audiences.
Introduction to hyper local media: full 12 inch versionDamian Radcliffe
Full slide pack offering a personal take on hyper-local in the UK. Would very much welcome comments, feedback and suggestions. A cut down version of these slides was presentation at Birmingham City University on 1st December and is also available on SlideShare, as is this pack broken into three due to file size.
Hyper local update: 20 key developments, December 2010 - January 2011Damian Radcliffe
Follow on from recent, more detailed slide pack offering a personal take on hyper-local in the UK. These slides include developments I thought were noteworthy in Dec10 - Jan11. Would very much welcome comments, feedback and suggestions.
Slides from BBC Innovation Academy session on 21st Century Local News: http://www.bristolmedia.co.uk/2011/3/28/bbc-innovation-academy-21st-century-local-news
Presentation to Regionalmedien Austria (RMA) an Austrian media company. RMA distributes free (advertiser-funded) newspapers throughout Austria that include local, regional and national content, reaching almost 50% market saturation. (Wikipedia)
Hyper Local update: 20 key developments, June - August 2011Damian Radcliffe
A personal take on hyper-local developments in the UK and USA. These slides include developments I thought were noteworthy in June 11 - August 2011. Feedback and suggestions welcome.
Copy of presentation given at BCU to media students about hyper-local in the UK. This is a cut down version of the full 12” pack. Comments, feedback and suggestions are very welcome.
Personal round up of developments in the hyper-local space across the UK and US during Nov-Dec 2011. Curation of stories covering local media, location based services, research and journalism. Comments and feedback welcome.
Introduction to hyper local media: full 12 inch versionDamian Radcliffe
Full slide pack offering a personal take on hyper-local in the UK. Would very much welcome comments, feedback and suggestions. A cut down version of these slides was presentation at Birmingham City University on 1st December and is also available on SlideShare, as is this pack broken into three due to file size.
Hyper local update: 20 key developments, December 2010 - January 2011Damian Radcliffe
Follow on from recent, more detailed slide pack offering a personal take on hyper-local in the UK. These slides include developments I thought were noteworthy in Dec10 - Jan11. Would very much welcome comments, feedback and suggestions.
Slides from BBC Innovation Academy session on 21st Century Local News: http://www.bristolmedia.co.uk/2011/3/28/bbc-innovation-academy-21st-century-local-news
Presentation to Regionalmedien Austria (RMA) an Austrian media company. RMA distributes free (advertiser-funded) newspapers throughout Austria that include local, regional and national content, reaching almost 50% market saturation. (Wikipedia)
Hyper Local update: 20 key developments, June - August 2011Damian Radcliffe
A personal take on hyper-local developments in the UK and USA. These slides include developments I thought were noteworthy in June 11 - August 2011. Feedback and suggestions welcome.
Copy of presentation given at BCU to media students about hyper-local in the UK. This is a cut down version of the full 12” pack. Comments, feedback and suggestions are very welcome.
Personal round up of developments in the hyper-local space across the UK and US during Nov-Dec 2011. Curation of stories covering local media, location based services, research and journalism. Comments and feedback welcome.
Round up of developments in local and hyper-local media across the UK in 2012 including Local TV, Radio, Newspapers, Funding, Local Government, some examples of content from 2011.
Digital Public Infrastructure: A Corporation for Public SoftwareTodd Davies
Slides from presentation by Todd Davies and John Gastil on "A Corporation for Public Software" from the second workshop in the series "Reclaiming Digital Infrastructure for the Public Interest", Digital Civil Society Lab, Stanford University, October 27, 2020 (https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/research/digital-civil-society-lab/reclaiming-digital-infrastructure-for-the-public-interest/). See also the paper at https://doi.org/10.1145/3342194.
'DAB Digital Radio Lobbyists Fail To Persuade European Union To Force Switcho...Grant Goddard
Analysis of the doomed strategy of digital terrestrial radio lobby group World DMB to persuade the European Union to adopt a policy to require member states to replace analogue FM/AM radio broadcasts with DAB radio, written by Grant Goddard in November 2010 for Grant Goddard: Radio Blog.
Local tv starting from the internet post IFNCwilliam perrin
Following the IFNC annoucnement in the UK this is a rapid update of my presentation on doing local tv differently, but starting from on the internet and achieving the public service news outcomes in a different way
Draft presentation prepared for ARNIC Spring 08 Workshop on "US Digital Policy in the Global Context: Issues and Prospects Beyond 2008"
http://arnic.info/workshop08.php
(copyright 2008 by the authors)
Introduction to hyper local media, part one: audience data, definitions and U...Damian Radcliffe
12" pack broken into three, due to file size. This is part one which looks at audience data, definitions, and different UK examples.
Comments, feedback and suggestions are very welcome.
Hyperlocal 101: Part Two, Production Models & TypologyDamian Radcliffe
There is no such thing as a typical hyperlocal offer. It is not just business models which vary.Sites also have different: Production Models, Geographic footprint, Platform / Content specialisms and Purposes.
These slides provide a quick overview of this diversity.
Hyper Local update: 20 key developments, April - May 2011Damian Radcliffe
A personal take on hyper-local developments in the UK and USA. These slides include developments I thought were noteworthy in April 11 - May 11. Would very much welcome comments, feedback and suggestions.
Round up of developments in local and hyper-local media across the UK in 2012 including Local TV, Radio, Newspapers, Funding, Local Government, some examples of content from 2011.
Digital Public Infrastructure: A Corporation for Public SoftwareTodd Davies
Slides from presentation by Todd Davies and John Gastil on "A Corporation for Public Software" from the second workshop in the series "Reclaiming Digital Infrastructure for the Public Interest", Digital Civil Society Lab, Stanford University, October 27, 2020 (https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/research/digital-civil-society-lab/reclaiming-digital-infrastructure-for-the-public-interest/). See also the paper at https://doi.org/10.1145/3342194.
'DAB Digital Radio Lobbyists Fail To Persuade European Union To Force Switcho...Grant Goddard
Analysis of the doomed strategy of digital terrestrial radio lobby group World DMB to persuade the European Union to adopt a policy to require member states to replace analogue FM/AM radio broadcasts with DAB radio, written by Grant Goddard in November 2010 for Grant Goddard: Radio Blog.
Local tv starting from the internet post IFNCwilliam perrin
Following the IFNC annoucnement in the UK this is a rapid update of my presentation on doing local tv differently, but starting from on the internet and achieving the public service news outcomes in a different way
Draft presentation prepared for ARNIC Spring 08 Workshop on "US Digital Policy in the Global Context: Issues and Prospects Beyond 2008"
http://arnic.info/workshop08.php
(copyright 2008 by the authors)
Introduction to hyper local media, part one: audience data, definitions and U...Damian Radcliffe
12" pack broken into three, due to file size. This is part one which looks at audience data, definitions, and different UK examples.
Comments, feedback and suggestions are very welcome.
Hyperlocal 101: Part Two, Production Models & TypologyDamian Radcliffe
There is no such thing as a typical hyperlocal offer. It is not just business models which vary.Sites also have different: Production Models, Geographic footprint, Platform / Content specialisms and Purposes.
These slides provide a quick overview of this diversity.
Hyper Local update: 20 key developments, April - May 2011Damian Radcliffe
A personal take on hyper-local developments in the UK and USA. These slides include developments I thought were noteworthy in April 11 - May 11. Would very much welcome comments, feedback and suggestions.
Hyper-Local update: 20 key developments, February - March 2011Damian Radcliffe
Follow on from previous slide packs offering a personal take on hyper-local developments in the UK and USA. These slides include developments I thought were noteworthy in Feb 11 - March 11. Would very much welcome comments, feedback and suggestions.
Revised slides from a presentation I originally gave at WOSU Public Media in Columbus on Friday, December 11, 2009. I was asked to talk about the "future of public media" and gathered some stats, some recommendations and more to share with the assembled group.
Additional versions of this presentation -- including a voiceover edition in video -- are available at gravitymedium.com
Hyperlocal 101: Part One, 10 hyperlocal business modelsDamian Radcliffe
A short presentation giving ten examples of different hyperlocal business models being used by start-ups and traditional media (mostly from the UK). Please feel free to add other examples as this list is by no means exhaustive.
'Laser Broadcasting Limited: Strategy Document: December 2005' by Grant GoddardGrant Goddard
Strategy document for the corporate development and business plan of a local commercial radio station group in the UK, written by Grant Goddard in December 2005 for the board of Laser Broadcasting Limited.
Hyper-local Media: A Small but Growing Part of the Local Media EcosystemDamian Radcliffe
"Hyperlocal media has expanded significantly in the UK in the past 12 to 18 months, notes Damian Radcliffe. Supported by new funding and training initiatives, interest from academics and policy-makers, as well as the increased take-up of internet-enabled mobile devices, the result has been a step-change in activity and interest in the hyperlocal scene." Contribution to “What do we mean by local? The rise, fall and possible rise again of local journalism” – published Sept 2013 by Abramis Academic Publishing and edited by John Mair, Richard Lance Keeble, Neil Fowler: http://www.abramis.co.uk/books/bookdetails.php?id=184549593
Summary version available on the BBC College of Journalism website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/blogcollegeofjournalism/posts/Hyperlocal-media-A-small-but-growing-part-of-the-local-media-ecosystem
• PESTLE analysis by Alison O’Hara, Chief Executive ANE. PESTLE is an analysis of the external macro environment (big picture) in which a business operates. Alison will explore the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors affecting the cultural sector now and in the near future.
PRSA 2009 International Conference (San Diego, Nov 7-10)
Track 3: Specialization & Practice Areas
Sponsored by: Technology Section
"Analog-Digital Wars: Traditional Media Fights to Remain Relevant"
Henry P. Feintuch, president, Feintuch Communications, Inc.
Susan Dingethal, new media consultant
Digital technology has accelerated a shakeout and transformation of the "old guard media." Get an in-depth look at the migration of traditional media to newer forms and the resulting business upheaval, as well as its impact on public relations practitioners and marketers. See and discuss specific evolutionary and revolutionary applications being developed by traditional media organizations and what they are doing to fight back.
If you're interested in having this talk presented to your organization, please contact us at henry@feintuchpr.com!
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Moving Beyond Twitter/X and Facebook - Social Media for local news providersDamian Radcliffe
Slides from a workshop exploring "Moving Beyond Twitter/X and Facebook - Social Media for local news providers"
This presentation outlines social media habits in the US (and globally) and offers suggestions for how local newsrooms can tap into them.
The presentation features key data, user case studies and recommendations for new things to try out.
The presentation was part of the New York Press Association's 2024 spring conference.
https://nynewspapers.com/2024-nypa-spring-conference/
Slides from a workshop exploring "How is AI changing journalism?"
This presentation outlines how newsrooms have been using artificial intelligence (AI) for some time, and how the emergence of Generative AI is accelerating this usage. The presentation outlines use cases, key steps for implementation and some emerging areas and issues to keep an eye on.
The presentation was part of the New York Press Association's 2024 spring conference.
https://nynewspapers.com/2024-nypa-spring-conference/
Lessons from Community-Centered Journalism for Local Journalism ResearchDamian Radcliffe
Slides presented by Regina Lawrence - based on our research - at the 2024 Local Journalism Researchers’ Workshop, March 25-26, 2024 at Duke University. The presentation outlines key points from our research, including: why Community-Centered Journalism matters, the backdrop that it plays out against, and five key challenges for growing this journalistic practice.
After the sobering read seen in our 2022-23 report, this year’s World Press Trends study strikes a more cautiously optimistic note, with more than half of the respondents conveying a positive outlook about their companies’ business prospects for the foreseeable future.
This is despite publishers grappling with challenges on various fronts, including elevated inflation and interest rates, surging paper and printing expenses, continual shifts within advertising markets and audience behaviours, as well as wider geopolitical uncertainty reflected in conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, wider strategic challenges such as the surge of Generative AI, changing relationships with platforms and continued challenges to press freedom and freedom of expression, also continue to vex many journalists and publishers.
In response, news publishers are inevitably looking closely at their revenue strategy, investment priorities, areas of focus, cost management, and their stance on areas such as AI and other technologies. We delve into these themes extensively within this report.
This report is primarily based on the findings of an online survey distributed to WAN-IFRA members and other senior media executives between July and September 2023, and was available in four languages (English, French, Spanish and German).
Survey participants were typically members of the senior team at a newspaper or a newspaper group. Based on the information provided by our respondents, a third (66%) are C-Suite (CEOs, Publishers, Managing Directors). A further third is either a Commercial Director/Heads of Strategy or Executive Editor.
We received 175 complete responses from 60 nations around the world. Using classifications developed by the World Bank, 58% of respondents come from developed economies and 42% from developing economies. Our sample also features a wide range of different countries with respondents coming from countries as diverse as Argentina, Canada, Russia, and Indonesia. They also came from some of the world’s largest media markets, including Germany, India, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Through the data and insights that they provided, we are able to comprehend the attitudes of today’s industry leaders in a variety of business and editorial roles. Their observations, regarding the sector’s present and future, can be seen throughout this report.
As ever, we want to express our appreciation to everyone who participated in this annual survey. This report would not be possible without their contributions.
A huge thank you to all of our contributors: Damian Radcliffe, Dr. Francois Nel, and Teemu Henriksson. Last but not least, this report would not be possible without the support of our partner, Stibo DX.
Full CV/Resume as of March 2023, listing my previous experience, research and journalistic output, media mentions, speaking engagements and events/conferences that I have organized. (Produced for an academic audience, hence the length!)
Redefining News: A Manifesto for Community-Centered JournalismDamian Radcliffe
This forward-thinking report makes the case for embracing a more inclusive, community-focused model of journalism, one that prioritizes listening to and collaborating with communities to produce relevant, equitable and impactful news and storytelling. The report features an actionable framework to put the principles of Community-Centered Journalism into practice and explains how this approach differs from traditional models of journalism, with potential benefits including rebuilding trust, tackling inequities, and fostering civic engagement.
Building a Stronger Local Media Ecosystem: The Role of Media PolicyDamian Radcliffe
This paper plays out against a backdrop of continued closures and diminished local news reporting across much of the United States. It explores the role that media policy can and should play in supporting local journalism.
In examining this topic, we investigate three fundamental questions:
What is local media policy?
What are the key existential issues and/or problems local media policy must wrestle with?
What potential solutions to the local news crisis can media policy potentially help address?
The core of our response to these questions is derived from a series of five public webinars hosted by the Tow Center. Through these events, we invited a range of industry and academic experts to share their perspectives on areas related to these major themes.
Our conversations explored the scope of media policy, barriers to implementation, opportunities for policy to make a difference, and some of the unique characteristics that shape U.S. media policy and attitudes toward potential policy interventions.
To this, we have added further context and updates on some of the latest policy developments, based on a literature review and our continued interest in this subject.
The latest World Press Trends report shows that business sentiment in the industry has taken a downturn, in a context where multiple challenges face news publishers around the world. Yet there are causes for optimism, as revenue diversification progresses and publishers double down on new revenue sources and editorial products.
This year’s World Press Trends study makes for a sobering read after the optimism of our previous report. The mood in the industry has changed, and publishers find themselves in a more unpredictable business environment due to a number of challenges, including high levels of inflation, rising paper and print costs, as well as ongoing changes to advertising markets.
The change in business sentiment is one of the main findings of the new World Press Trends Outlook report. As in the previous years, the analysis is based on an online survey distributed to industry leaders. 167 news executives from 62 countries took part in the survey in Fall 2022 – a big thank you to them for sharing their insights, results and strategies.
WAN-IFRA also works with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Zenith for key performance indicators (global revenues and circulation). For audience insights, we work with analytics specialist Chartbeat. World Press Trends is supported by Protecmedia, the content management provider.
Damian Radcliffe, longtime industry analyst, journalist and academic, authored most of the report, offering his analysis and context to the survey and emerging trends. Dr. Francois Nel, also a longtime analyst, well-known academic within our industry and longtime contributor to WPT, provided his analysis, contribution and data analysis of all our collected data. WAN-IFRA’s Andrew Heslop shared his analysis on our Press Freedom data, and WAN-IFRA’s Teemu Henriksson helped to coordinate the project along with Dean Roper.
Here is what makes up the core of the report:
Executive Summary
Methodology and Profile of Respondents
Chapter 1: Global snapshot of performance indicators
Chapter 2: Business Outlook
- Tougher times ahead
- Priming the profit pump
- Relationships with Platforms
- Digital Transformation
Chapter 3: Revenues
- Back in black
- Print’s continued importance
- Revenue diversification in practice
- A bumpier revenue road in 2023
- Ad advice Publishers, it’s all about controlling what you can control
Chapter 4: Investment and Expenditure
- Investing in Revenues
-Tech spending
- AI and publishers
- Costs and Outgoings
Report partner: How AI and automation solutions can impact newsrooms
Chapter 5: Media Freedom
Social Media in the Middle East 2022: A Year in ReviewDamian Radcliffe
Welcome to the latest annual study on Middle East Social Media Trends. This report, the eleventh in a series dating back to 2012, provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of social media in the Middle East. As the most comprehensive and up-to-date study of its kind, it is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the region's digital landscape.
In this report, we examine the most popular social media platforms and the ways in which people are using them. We explore the impact of social media on politics, business and culture in the region. Our findings will be of interest to anyone interested in how social media shapes the way we connect with one another, as well as the ways in which we consume and find information. These trends are relevant to marketers, journalists, brands and businesses, as well as government agencies and public bodies.
Over the past decade, the Middle East has seen a significant increase in social media adoption. Today, it boasts some of the highest penetration rates of social media in the world, making it a key market for platforms and businesses looking to engage with Arab audiences.
From staying in touch with friends and family to consuming news and entertainment, social media - as it is around the world - is an integral part of daily life in the region. Social media is also playing an increasingly important role in politics, with many politicians and activists using the platforms to connect with the public and mobilize support for their policies.
Damian Radcliffe is a journalist, researcher, and professor based at the University of Oregon.
He holds an endowed chair as the Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, and he is also a Professor of Practice, an affiliate faculty member of the Department for Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA) and the Agora Journalism Center, and a Research Associate of the Center for Science Communication Research (SCR).
Damian is also a three time Knight News Innovation Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, an Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture Studies (JOMEC), and a life fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).
In spring 2023 he will be a Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, his alma matter.
With over 25 years of experience in the media industry, Damian has worked in editorial, strategic, research, policy and teaching roles in the USA, Middle East and UK. He continues to be an active journalist, writing regular features for leading trade publications such as Digital Content Next, International Journalists' Network (IJNet), What's New in Publishing, journalism.co.uk and other outlets.
He is a globally recognized expert on digital trends, social media, technology, the business of media, the evolution of present-day journalistic practice and the role played by media and technology in the Middle East.
As an analyst, researcher and trainer, he has worked with a wide range of industry and academic organizations including the BBC World Service, Facebook, FIPP, INMA, Thomson Reuters Foundation, World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the United Nations.
He has been quoted on issues relating to digital media and journalism by major outlets such as AFP, BBC, Business Insider, Editor & Publisher, NPR, The New York Times, Snapchat, Wired and Voice of America.
As a freelance journalist his work has also been published by leading publications and trade outlets such as the BBC, Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), Harvard’s Nieman Lab, HuffPost, PBS MediaShift, Poynter, TheMediaBriefing and ZDNet.
Originally from the UK, Damian lives on the west coast of the US with his wife and three young children.
The Most Popular Social Media Accounts in the Middle East (H1 2022)Damian Radcliffe
For the first time, this report brings together the most popular accounts originating in MENA on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.
Each of these platforms is explored in more detail in this report, but below we outline the account with the largest number of followers, likes and subscribers, across MENA as well as the region's four biggest markets: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
The report was made by possible by support from the New Media Academy and data from Emplifi. My thanks to them both.
From the Ground Up: How Community-Centered Journalism can Help Create a More ...Damian Radcliffe
A look at some of the key themes and ideas from an upcoming report on Community-Centered Journalism, commissioned by the Agora Journalism Center. Presented at a local journalism researchers workshop hosted at the University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill, on Feb 19th 2023.
Mental Health and Digital Safety Tips for Journalists.pptxDamian Radcliffe
Tips and recommendations for my Social Media for Journalists class (Fall 2022) at the University of Oregon. The deck includes tips for digital safety, self-care and mental well-being, as well as managing digital overload. It features links to resources and materials from DART, CPJ, Poynter and others.
This edition of WAN-IFRA’s annual flagship research and report reveals an industry challenged but optimistic about its business. It examines the results of publishers’ business in 2021, their forecasts for 2022 and beyond, and the trends and issues shaping the industry.
Our research shows news publishers feel confident about tackling the ongoing coronavirus crisis, and that some of their early pandemic-era pivots are beginning to pay dividends. However, publishers still need to navigate considerable transformation and turmoil, even if there are signs of a resurgence in global advertising markets and a maturing of many reader revenue strategies. The invasion of Ukraine has further undermined companies’ plans, as how that conflict will unfold can have long-lasting effects on industries across the board, in addition to the humanitarian crisis it is causing.
As in the previous years, the World Press Trends Outlook analysis is based on an online survey distributed to industry leaders. 162 news executives from 58 countries took part in the survey in Fall 2021 – a big thank you to them for sharing their insights, results and strategies.
In addition, WAN-IFRA works with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and ZenithOptimedia for key performance indicators (revenue, circulation and ad spend). For additional audience insights, we work with analytics specialist Chartbeat.
World Press Trends is supported by Protecmedia, the content management provider.
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Per the report intro (page 4): "Damian Radcliffe, longtime industry analyst, journalist and academic, authored most of the report for the first time, offering his analysis and context to the survey and emerging trends. Dr. Francois Nel, also a longtime analyst, well-known academic within our industry and contributor to WPT, provided his analysis, contribution and data analysis of all our collected data. WAN-IFRA's Teemu Henriksson helped to coordinate the project along with Dean Roper."
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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But there’s more:
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Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
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But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
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Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
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Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
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Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
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• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
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The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
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4. Consumption of local media is high Use TV, radio, internet, newspapers, magazines or teletext to source local information 100% 93% 92% 92% 91% 90% All adults 80% 70% 60% 50% 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source: Ofcom’s Media Tracker, rolled data from April and October 2008
5. And localness matters to consumers % saying local and regional content is very important - weekly users Scores based on respondents importance rating 9/10 on a scale of 1-10. Source, Ofcom research
6. But consumption is changing What is your main source of news about what is going on in your local area? Source: Ofcom media tracker, rolled data from April and October 2008
7. With the web in ascendancy Use of local media now compared to two years ago Source: Ofcom research 7
8. So, I’m mostly going to focus on the web today. But before that, what do we mean by local?Or indeed hyper-local?
14. As a result, definitions of community vs local vs regional media differ by individualSource: Ofcom qualitative research 2006
15. News or content pertaining to a town, village or small community. Geographically smaller than traditional broadcast regions. Comes in many different shapes and sizes. Professional. Citizen run/produced. Hybrid. Aggregator/Automated. Sometimes also referred to as ‘ultra-local’ or community media. And on all platforms: TV, Radio, Print and Web.
16. Common Characteristics More localised – both in terms of geography and types of content - than more mainstream media outlets such as commercial radio, TV regional news, BBC regions, or regional and local newspapers. Often seeks to fill gaps - geographical, special interest or demographic – audiences hyper-local producers see as unserved, or under-served, by mainstream media. Diverse sources of funding (if any). Including: advertising, subscriptions, grants from public and private funding bodies and in-kind funding from volunteers. The value and role of community media goes beyond the provision of content, with specific value often seen in the social capital generated by it’s production. May be single issue-based, or too small for commercial operators to merit ROI.
21. Still a big industry as seen by the number of titles, 1995 – 2009
22. And the number of publishers: - the Newspaper Society identified 87 local / regional press publishers in early 2009. Source: Newspaper Society / Oliver & Ohlbaum analysis
24. Local Video: Launched in 2008 offering “Local Television for Monmouthshire”, Features a weekly 15 minute news bulletin as well as a range of other content such as local Sport, Music, Festivals and human interest stories. Typically gets 1,000 users a day, increasing by 300% at busy times e.g. Festivals. December 2009, it recorded its millionth visitor. Run (voluntarily) by two professional filmmakers, and volunteers - some doing 15 hours p/w to help with filming, editing and scheduling. A lot of the content is generated by students doing a City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma at the station; with coursework being showcased in the “Mon TV Academy” . Many graduates stay on as volunteers after graduating.
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26. Recently won the Gold award for General programming in the New York Festivals International Radio Awards. Launched 2008; available to download for free each month from their website. The winning podcast looked at water and how it fits into the lives of people in Hackney. Featured author and psycho-geographer Iain Sinclair and architectural historian Simon Inglis, and music from electro-acoustic composers incl. Francisco Lopez and Stefano Tedesco. “The Hackney Podcast is just the type of targeted and locally orientated content that sets podcasting apart from conventional radio broadcasting. Using first rate contributors the podcast examined how water fits into the lives of people in Hackney. The production quality is outstanding giving the whole listen a water like lyricism that carries the listen through to it's conclusion.” Sony Radio Judges, 2010
27. Local Print & Web: 10,000 copies distributed face-to-face in the first week of every month at markets, train stations, and events and also in cafes, shop, businesses and libraries. Estimated readership: 30,000. Plus online audience: http://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/ Written by the community incl. freelancers from NCTJ, Telegraph and the Guardian. No office, no staff, no overheads. No previous experience. (Keith Magnum who runs it used to work for the Green Party.) Sell ads, ABC1 skew. Won’t take ads from chains competing with local business e.g. Morrisons. Uses free Guardian API to pull in relevant content produced elsewhere e.g. a visit from Jude Law to the Petchey Academy in Dalston.
28. Local Commercial ‘Postcode’: SE1 London SE1 Community Website - local news service and discussion forum for London's South Bank, Bankside, Bermondsey and Waterloo areas. http://www.London-SE1.co.uk Supported by in SE1 monthly printed what's on guide. SE1 Direct weekly email newsletter7,200+ subscribers. SE16.com is our online events guide for Rotherhithe and Bermondsey. All produced by Bankside Press, a small family-run web and print publishing business in SE1.
29. Local Online Forums Examples include: http://www.urban75.com/ Brixton (and plenty of non-Brixton) related content from gig reviews to photographs and local forums. Traffic “in excess of quarter of a million page impressions per day” despite being non-commercial and free of advertising. Launched in 1995. Launched July 2007. Using white label social networking tools e.g. Ning, Flickr. Sign up required. 2,000 members. Discussion and interaction with both a civic and social purpose within the neighbourhood of Harringay in the Borough of Haringey. www.harringayonline.com
30. Local Environmental Campaigning Cemex: $multi-billion Mexican multi-national concrete company. Very noisy plant in KX. Resident led campaign uses videos to evidence noise. YouTube links sent to UK CEO, Council etc. Cemex capitulate – correct problems and restructure plant.
31. Local Storytelling Stories about life in Spitalfields, East London. Focus on human interest stories and history. Email sign up for daily updates. Ambition to author 10,000 posts. “At the rate of one a day, this will take approximately twenty-seven years and four months. Who knows what kind of life we shall be living in 2037 when I write my ten thousandth post?” Readers from Qatar, Seattle and all over the world, not just E1! Sample user comments: “Your blog has become a daily joy I look forward to savouring. It’s a bit like a grown-up (and sometimes not-so grown-up) advent calendar. I open it with the same anticipation…” “I love you gentle author. I read Spitalfields Life when my heart is worn. It makes me think of you and how remarkable the beauty. 2037 indeed. Hope I’m here.” http://spitalfieldslife.com/
32. Typology Conclusions No single definition; comes in many different shapes and sizes including: Professional - e.g. http://ventnorblog.com/ Citizen run/produced – http://parwich.org/ Hybrid – such as those produced by professional journalists/academics e.g. http://bournvillevillage.com/ Aggregator/Automated e.g. http://planetbalham.org.uk/ Their purposes can also vary widely. Therefore there is no such thing as a typical hyper-local site. Each one varies in tone, quality and ambition.
34. 1. Finding a proven business model “To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art.” Chinese Proverb
35. Context: key business challenges For small scale hyper-local operations, like many listed earlier, key challenges include: Discoverability. Audience perceptions of quality. Lack of single / group editorial vision and voice. Funding – very few commercially viable. Inconsistent coverage i.e. there isn’t one everywhere. Most hyper-local content is online – so 30% of the population are immediately disenfranchised. Big business doesn’t necessarily find it any easier…
36. 1.1 - Closure of The Guardian has announced the closure of local news websites (Leeds, Cardiff, and Edinburgh). “As an experiment in covering local communities in a new way, it has been successful and enlightening. Unfortunately, while the blogs have found engaged local readerships and had good editorial impact, the project is not sustainable in its present form.” Meg Pickard, head of digital engagement Source:http://bit.ly/hbtSJy “Despite years of talk, hyperbole and failed experiments in “hyperlocal” journalism, which has been championed by many including the Guardian Local staff, there remain few concrete examples of formalised such efforts becoming commercially sustainable. … GNM’s decision may be one more indication that there is no future for industrialised “hyperlocal” journalism.” PaidContent’sRobert Andrews Source: http://bit.ly/fmUxl5
37. 1.2 – Expansion of AOL’s AOL expanding its Patch US local news network to 837 sites across more than 20 states. Part of editorial expansion following February’s $315m acquisition of the Huffington Post. Source: http://reut.rs/mvtyZf Patch sites have also introduced blogging for the first time, with each Editor being tasked with recruiting 10 bloggers from their community as part of integration into Huff Po. That’s 8,000 bloggers. Editor in chief Brian Farnham, gave them a week to achieve this target. Source : http://onforb.es/eP2pbA In December, Patch had just over three million unique visitors, 80 times that of a year earlier, according to comScore. Source: http://nyti.ms/eP7pku Meanwhile, Paid Content estimated the cost of Patch at $30m per quarter. Source: http://bit.ly/g4IA9a Patch claims their websites costs 1/25 of the cost of a daily newspaper in the same town. Source: http://bit.ly/ow3zWZ
38. 1.3 - Lessons from TBD in the US “Hyperlocals like TBD: More hype than hope” ( http://bit.ly/h7Camr ) said failure caused by: Small audiences; Big expenses; Small revenues; and Big losses. Rick Edmonds’ – Six business lessons from TBD’s early demise: Branding, Effective Ad Sales, Filling an existing need, “Pedigree does not equal strategy”, “Building out big is a risk” and “Fail Fast”.
39. 2. Advertising "Advertising is on its deathbed and it will not survive long, having contracted a fatal case of new technology.“ Roland T. Rust and Richard W. Oliver - The Death of Advertising
40. Context: Local Advertising Traditional Advertising Strong heritage: Local Newspapers, Commercial Radio etc. But the internet is drawing traditional revenue streams away from old local media. Percentage of advertising spend on internet 2007 Source: Advertising Association
41. 2.1 – Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes Old models switch to digital Recent Yell Group results: Digital media revenue grew 9.4% to £457.0m or 24.3% of revenue (2010 – 19.6%). Print revenues fell by 18.6% to £1,317.1m. Digital media advertisers grew by 4.5% to 902,000. Print advertisers were down by 9.4% to 1,195,000. “The digital marketplace is already twice the size of the total print market and some ten times larger than the segments of the print market Yell traditionally addressed.” CEO,Mike Pocock Source: http://bit.ly/lhuKLE New models emerge Hyper-local media buying agency Oxbury Media, has built up an ad network of 10,000 sub local newspaper publications and sites representing a 10m+ audience. Offers to “broker advertising, by postcode, region or even village” in print and online.
52. But not everyone thinks there’s potential:“Hyperlocal audience is hypersmall audience” Heading from an article covering new research by Borrell Associates, a consulting firm that tracks local advertising in the US. In its report, “How Unique is Unique?: Gauging the (Actual) Size of Local Web Traffic,” Borrell surveyed 16 local websites and found overall that: 30% of a local website’s visitors don’t live in the market, 20% of page views are delivered to “fly-by” users who won’t come back for a year, if ever, and the average unique visitor count overstates the number of local users by a factor of five, meaning a site that sells local advertisers on a half-million monthly uniques is in the end probably only delivering 100,000 local users. Cited at: http://bit.ly/gWErpH
53. 3. Location, Location, Location “I like to drink to suit my location.” Tom “What’s New Pussycat” Jones
54. 3.1 - Location Meets Advertising Location Based Advertising Predicted value $1.8bn by 2015, up from est. $43m in 2010 (ABI Research Sept 10). Uses a mix of GPS, Wi-Fi, and /or Cell-ID depending on the product or service, the region, the consumers, and the location accuracy required. Targets users with relevant local information, and ads for local businesses. Google, says such ads already get 8% more clickthroughs than basic mobile ads. Already live in the UK O2 customers signed up to O2 More receive messages pushed from Starbucks and L'Oreal, regardless of handset or contract, when they pass through locations pertinent to the companies. Service is opt in. Launched 15/10/10. No more than one message a day.
55. 3.2 - Location Meets News In May Google announced the launch of a new U.S English edition feature for mobiles called "News near you". The service works for Android or iPhone users, who – once they have registered their location – can use a default menu to tailor own news feed. Read more: http://bit.ly/kf2eGU Search Engine Land notes: “Google isn’t the first to offer local news like this. Bing’siPhone app also has a section for local news under the “News” tab, and CNN’s iPhone app also offers local news (and weather) via the “My CNN” tab.” Source: http://selnd.com/mEkDwr Example created for someone in Topeka, Kansas
56. 3.3 - Location meets Social Localmind is an iPhone app that allows users to send questions and receive answers from fellow users about what is going on—right now—at a given location. You check in with services like Foursquare, Gowalla, or Facebook Places you become available to be sent a question about that location. The service announced at the O’Reilly Where 2.0 conference that they would soon be available on Android. They’ve also created an API. Source: http://bit.ly/iVgLYY Members of the Localmind community, can earn karma points when they answer questions, or check in, eventually moving up the ranks from being a “Newbie” though to the highest level, (Level 4) where you become a “Localmind Legend”.
57. Or a combination of the above Information and entertainment services, accessed through mobile networks which harness the ability to identify the geographical position of the device/user. Characteristics Share your location – and status - with friends. Discover businesses and services near you. Rate aforementioned businesses and services. See if your friends are nearby, or invite them to join you. Rewards / incentives to share e.g. badges, discounts etc. Best known examples: Foursquare and Facebook Places. Others, often US only: Gowalla, SCVNGR, Whrrl, Loopt and Brightkite Facebook through Facebook Deals and Facebook Places merges the advertising and social. Director of Local, Emily White said: “We're building a product that is social from the ground up. All of these deals are things you want to do with friends, so no teeth whitening, but yes to river rafting.” Source: http://reut.rs/gMmpvl
58. But, still small fry… Why? It’s pretty new, so low awareness. 7% awareness amongst adults in US, April 2010. Low understanding of benefits. Low numbers vs. critical mass. “None of my friends are on it. so what’s the point?” Not enough businesses /deals to merit signing up. 4. Privacy “The danger is publicly telling people where you are. This is because it leaves one place you're definitely not... home.” http://pleaserobme.com/ Big brands, the rise of the smartphone and popularity of new ‘deals’ services may change this.
59. 4. Democracy 2.0 "Technology is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand and stabs you in the back with the other.” English physicist and novelist, C.P. Snow
60. Does politics have an image problem? Falling turnout Declining trust New Scandals Declining party memberships Voter apathy, especially amongst the young. Can the hyper-local web help?
61. 4.1 - Government encouraging interaction “Council meetings have long been open to interested members of the public and recognised journalists, and with the growth of online film, social media and hyper-local online news they should equally be open to ‘Citizen Journalists’ and filming by mainstream media. Bloggers, tweeters, residents with their own websites and users of Facebook and YouTube are increasingly a part of the modern world, blurring the lines between professional journalists and the public.” Local Government Minister Bob Neill in a letter to local authority leaders Source: http://bit.ly/ektNLF "Opening the door to new media costs nothing and will help improve public scrutiny. The greater powers and freedoms that we are giving local councils must be accompanied by stronger local accountability.” Secretary of State, Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles
62. 4.2 – Interaction by Elected Officials Engagement by Elected Officials East Dulwich Liberal Democrat Councillor James Barber won the award for online councillor of the year from the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU). He has published more than 1,300 posts and his thread on the East Dulwich Forum viewed over 40,000 times. “Formby First” started May 2007, by Sean Brady, a Parish Councillor. Formby, is a small seaside town in Merseyside.
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64. Ventnor Blog who have been live-blogging Isle of Wight proceedings since 2007.
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66. 5.1 – Open Data and Accountability Government transparency agenda includes a commitment to make public all Council Expenditure over £500, salaries of Public Servants earning £150,000+ and organograms. CLG are encouraging financially literate citizens to act as ‘Armchair Auditors’ scrutinising Council expenditure in a similar manner to the way that the Guardian asked people to help them review MP’s expenses. Adrian Short’s Website for the Royal Borough Of Windsor & Maidenhead
67. 5.2 – Using Data to Understand Services Bournville News took public information but presented it in a useful way for residents, byt producing a map of Birmingham City Council gritting routes in Bournville. “I thought the potential grit shortage might mean that some roads would stop getting gritted should the cold spell continue and knowing which roads were meant to be gritted would be useful knowledge. ‘Will my road get gritted?’ is an easy question to answer since the City Council has a alphabetical list of all the roads that are gritted in order of priority.” (With thanks to Dave Harte for this.)
68. 5.3 – Using Data for Civic Action Residents group set up site with help from Talk about Local and the Council. Detailed discussion about traffic data following this repeat accident. (Thanks to Will Perrin for sharing this example and images)
69. Putting this all in context… Hyper-local is being shaped by – and is part of - wider media and technological changes …
70. Wider trends include: More choice – more media outlets and sources than ever before Personalisation tools like paper.li or Trove Filters - from who you follow on Twitter, through to Google Alerts or dashboard services like Netvibes Social News – stories shared by your social network friends, or via email Social Search and Social Q&A like Quora orGootip Social Bookmarking like Delicious or Digg Declining trust in journalism and traditional media 8. Online communities so we can talk about, debate, question, and meet people who think about the world in similar or different ways.
71. “When we change the way we communicate, we change society.”Clay Shirky
72. Thanks for listening.Any questions?Contact me: damian.radcliffe@ofcom.org.ukTwitter: @mrdamian76
Editor's Notes
Image: http://onvizi.co.uk/images/local_mktg1.jpg
Consumers value local and regional content92% consume some form of local media at least weeklyOver half say local/regional news on TV is very important while over a third say the same for paid for local newspapers and local radioIts also worth saying that more people view early evening regional news programming on the BBC and ITV than watch the combined UK-wide network news programmes around the same time (8.7m vs 8.2m) – 10% higher
Image: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VPoXM9K2sYU/TUkg4Gv8B2I/AAAAAAAAEG4/m3bLffDhDyo/s1600/hyperlocal+wordle.JPG And http://wannabehacks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Hyperlocal-wordle.jpg
As defined by me and included in our review of Local and Regional media.
See: http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/local-video-online-guest-post-from-damian-radcliffe/For content creators, the appeal of such sites is the relative ease with which they can be set up. Equipment to shoot and edit video material is cheaper than ever, and online video services don’t need a licence from Ofcom, nor do they need to adhere to the Broadcasting Code.
Source: Ofcom report on Regional and Local Media pages 33 and 36.
See: http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/local-video-online-guest-post-from-damian-radcliffe/For content creators, the appeal of such sites is the relative ease with which they can be set up. Equipment to shoot and edit video material is cheaper than ever, and online video services don’t need a licence from Ofcom, nor do they need to adhere to the Broadcasting Code.
Logo from: http://www.mon-tv.com/main/
http://hackneypodcast.co.uk/http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?awid=198&awname=Best+Internet+Programme&year=2010http://hackneypodcast.co.uk/2009/09/edition-14-water/http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?awid=198&awname=Best+Internet+Programme&year=2010Gold Award details: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/sep/29/new-york-festival-awards-radio
http://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/ An application programming interface (API) is an interface implemented by a software program that enables it to interact with other software. It facilitates interaction between different software programs similar to the way the user interface facilitates interaction between humans and computers.
Population stats: http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/sheffield-facts-figures/population-information (Oct 2010)Site data from Sheffield Forum as of 1st Nov 10.