This document proposes rethinking how news is shared and produced in the mobile age. It suggests creating an online community platform that allows users to discuss curated news stories while also empowering them to produce high-quality news content themselves. This ecosystem would include tools like a journalist academy for training, a network of professional journalists, personal drone devices for mobile reporting, and expedited editing tools. The goal is to better inform and engage people as active participants in the events shaping their lives by establishing a global community that disseminates trusted news through both consumption and democratic content creation.

1. Rethinking News in the Mobile Age
Produced by more people from more places
JEFF LIN
GRAD ID M5THESIS PLAN
APRIL 19, 2016

2. User Enterprise WorldSelf
ENGAGE IN HOW PEOPLE LIVE
FACILITATE NEW BEHAVIORS
TECH IN MEANINGFUL WAYS
CREATE PRODUCT & SERVICE
EXAMINE INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
RELATETO OTHERS
EASY SHARING EXPERIENCES
REDUCE ONLINE AXIETY
ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY
EMPOWER CONTENT CREATION
DEMOCRATIZE NEWS
BUILD MASSIVE COMMUNITIES
FOSTER A SENSE OF PURPOSE
REDUCE DIGITAL NOISE
DRIVE GLOBAL MOVEMENTS
MAKETHE WORLD SMALLER
CLARIFY WORLD EVENTS
SHAPETHE FUTURE
Value Criteria

3. How are people sharing experiences online?

4. Primary Research
Digital Natives
Secondary Research
UNDER 20’s
MEDIATECHNIQUES
Platform experts
YOUTUBE
REDDIT
Backcasting
TELEGRAPH
GLOBAL NEWS AGENCIES
Current landscape
LIVE-STREAMING
VIDEO CURATION
Trends &
future scenarios
HYPER-CONNECTIVITY
TIME-INDEPENDENT BEHAVIORS

5. People share relevant news as a means to stay connected, build
relationships, promote ideologies, and be informed.

6. The consumption of news is changing
Platforms have difficulty creating engagement
Production remains a skills-based and time-based barrier to entry
Issues

7. How might we disseminate news in a way that inspires people to
become both consumers and active participants in the events that
shape their lives?

8. Trusted news must come from a reputable source
Capture and production of content is complex
Likes are easy but meaningful participation is harder
Driving Insights

9. Establish a online community where curated news can be discussed, and people
build a reputation through production of high-quality news
Opportunity

10. Ecosystem
A. Community Platform
B. Journalist Academy &
Veteran Network
D. Editing Tool
C. Drone Capture

11. A.
Community Platform
SWITCH BETWEEN DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS
SEETHE DIGITAL PAPERTRAIL
CONVERSATION BRANCHING
ONE-STEP SHARING
JOIN PAID SUBSCRIPTION CHANNELS

12. B.
Journalist Academy
ACCREDITATION SYSTEM
ONLINE SCHOOL
COMMUNITY MEMBERS LEVEL UP
Veteran Network
TRADITIONAL JOURNALISTS ON RETAINER
CRITICAL EVENT / LIVE NEWS COVERAGE
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WITH COMMUNITY

13. C.
Personal Drone Device
ONE-MAN REPORTINGTEAM
HANDS-FREE /VERSATILE REPORTINGTOOL
REDUCED LEARNING CURVE
WIRELESSLY CONNECTED

14. D.
Expedited Editing Tools
QUICK POST PRODUCTION
TEMPLATES FOR QUICK EDITING
INTELLIGENT EDITING / CAPTIONING
SHORTEN ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION

15. Empowering people to curate and produce news through the lens of professional
journalistic standards will create a global community better informed and engaged
with their world.
Summary
DEVELOP BUSINESS MODEL
DESIGN EXPERIENCE
MOCK UP PROTOTYPES
Next Steps

16. Workplan
Expert Interviews
JOURNALISTS
NEWS EXPERTS
System Model
BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM
SERVICE DESIGN
Design
UX/ID &VISUAL LANGUAGE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Production
VIDEO NARRATIVE
PHYSICAL PRODUCTS
APPLICATION PROTOTYPES
Proof of Competency
PRESENTATION PREP
POSTER & KEYNOTE PREP
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17. Questions & Answers