Technology and Trends
                           in Digital Journalism




Monday, October 31, 2011
There are 653,324 ideas
                    • We can experiment with networked
                           reporting, new editorial structures,
                           storytelling tools, data base journalism
                           and more.




Monday, October 31, 2011
Why Experiment?
                    • Rule of the Internet: Cheaper
                           and easier to try than to debate
                           about trying.


                    • Stems from “Agile and Iterative”
                           Fail early, fail often - try again.


Monday, October 31, 2011
Two Radical Concepts




Monday, October 31, 2011
First Concept


                  Technology Companies
                   are Media Companies

                    • And they know it.........


Monday, October 31, 2011
“Social Media”       New Startups   Mega-Giants




Monday, October 31, 2011
Media Companies

                           MUST BECOME

               Technology Companies
                            •   Problem: They don’t all know it......



Monday, October 31, 2011
Technology Companies




                            The future of
                               media
                            consumption



      Media companies
                             Path to obscurity


Monday, October 31, 2011
Hope is not a strategy




Monday, October 31, 2011
Second Concept

                   It’s still journalism
                    even if we don’t
                       recognize it.

Monday, October 31, 2011
Technology Companies




                           EVOLUTION      We might not
                                            The future of
                                       recognize this space
                                          media consumption




       Broadcast Media
          companies

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“A Horseless Carriage”


Monday, October 31, 2011
Mistake

                    •      1890 horse breeders
                           thought they were in
                           the horse business.


Monday, October 31, 2011
Mistake
              • 2011 Broadcasters think their in the broadcast
                      business
              • Newspaper reporters think they are in the
                      newspaper business
              • Radio reporters think they are in the radio
                      business




Monday, October 31, 2011
• You are in the information business.




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Are you comfortable
                       with concepts I and II
          •      Media companies should   •   It might not look like a
                                              “broadcast news organization”
                 become technology
                                              but it will contain the process/
                 companies
                                              goal.




Monday, October 31, 2011
Two Radical Techniques




Monday, October 31, 2011
Technique One
                    • Thinking through the process of broadcast
                           journalism and a willingness to Fail


                           Process                                            Goal
                •      Collect information
                                                              •   Inform communities

                •      Filter information
                                                              •   The fourth estate

                •      Distribute information
                                                              •   Speak truth to power
                               Caveat: Information is             We have a rough notion of what makes
                           accurate/ethically reported, etc       journalism an important kind of media

Monday, October 31, 2011
Collaboration
                    • Content is King and is the most important.
                    •      Collaboration is Queen and is the most powerful




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Here Comes Everybody
                           • Figuring out success on the web is like
                             predicting the weather. It’s not an exact
                             science - but we are getting better all the
                             time.
                           • Journalism will only succeed on the
                             shoulders of its failures. (May a thousand
                             flowers bloom).
                           • The law of numbers says we will figure this
                             out.

Monday, October 31, 2011
The Web Isn’t Going Away

                  • Story time....... How does a four-year-old
                           interact with the world?




Monday, October 31, 2011
Contact Me Anytime

     • David Cohn

     • twitter.com/digidave
     • http://blog.digidave.org


Monday, October 31, 2011

Korea PDF Presentation

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    Technology and Trends in Digital Journalism Monday, October 31, 2011
  • 2.
    There are 653,324ideas • We can experiment with networked reporting, new editorial structures, storytelling tools, data base journalism and more. Monday, October 31, 2011
  • 3.
    Why Experiment? • Rule of the Internet: Cheaper and easier to try than to debate about trying. • Stems from “Agile and Iterative” Fail early, fail often - try again. Monday, October 31, 2011
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    First Concept Technology Companies are Media Companies • And they know it......... Monday, October 31, 2011
  • 6.
    “Social Media” New Startups Mega-Giants Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Media Companies MUST BECOME Technology Companies • Problem: They don’t all know it...... Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Technology Companies The future of media consumption Media companies Path to obscurity Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Hope is nota strategy Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Second Concept It’s still journalism even if we don’t recognize it. Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Technology Companies EVOLUTION We might not The future of recognize this space media consumption Broadcast Media companies Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Mistake • 1890 horse breeders thought they were in the horse business. Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Mistake • 2011 Broadcasters think their in the broadcast business • Newspaper reporters think they are in the newspaper business • Radio reporters think they are in the radio business Monday, October 31, 2011
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    • You arein the information business. Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Are you comfortable with concepts I and II • Media companies should • It might not look like a “broadcast news organization” become technology but it will contain the process/ companies goal. Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Technique One • Thinking through the process of broadcast journalism and a willingness to Fail Process Goal • Collect information • Inform communities • Filter information • The fourth estate • Distribute information • Speak truth to power Caveat: Information is We have a rough notion of what makes accurate/ethically reported, etc journalism an important kind of media Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Collaboration • Content is King and is the most important. • Collaboration is Queen and is the most powerful Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Here Comes Everybody • Figuring out success on the web is like predicting the weather. It’s not an exact science - but we are getting better all the time. • Journalism will only succeed on the shoulders of its failures. (May a thousand flowers bloom). • The law of numbers says we will figure this out. Monday, October 31, 2011
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    The Web Isn’tGoing Away • Story time....... How does a four-year-old interact with the world? Monday, October 31, 2011
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    Contact Me Anytime • David Cohn • twitter.com/digidave • http://blog.digidave.org Monday, October 31, 2011