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Akronist: TV-quality studio video from mobile devices

Community News Leadership 3.0

Wed, June 3, 2015 | 12:39 p.m. PDT

Think you need a lot of costly equipment or space to build a TV studio? Think again. The Akronist assembled their TV studio for just under $3000, relying heavily on consumer-level mobile technology and space at the public library.

Facebook top source of political news for Millennials

News for Digital Innovators

Tue, June 2, 2015 | 10:56 a.m. PDT

by Nancy Yoshihara

When it comes to getting news about government and politics, 61% of Web-using Millennials, ages 18-to-33, report that they rely on Facebook, according to a new analysis by the Pew Research Center.

“Digital leads” newsrooms push print to the back of the line

Community News Leadership 3.0

Mon, May 25, 2015 | 10:00 p.m. PDT

by Michele McLellan

In a '‘digital leads’’ newsroom, journalists first create content and engage on digital platforms – phones, web, tablets. Then, the digital content that is most likely to interest print readers is repurposed for the next day’s newspaper.

A step-by-step guide to create a simple, virtual reality data visualization

News for Digital Innovators

Mon, May 25, 2015 | 10:00 p.m. PDT

by Nancy Yoshihara

Roger Kenny, an interactive designer at the Wall Street Journal offers a tutorial on building 3D graphics to StoryBench.

Using alerts and push notifications to reach on-the-go viewers

News for Digital Innovators

Tue, May 19, 2015 | 8:38 a.m. PDT

by Nancy Yoshihara

Reaching viewers on the go on their smartphones or other mobile devides is getting easier with the many mobile app alerts, and even a desktop push notification, that are now available. But there are rules of engagement.

Owning the local news franchise

Community News Leadership 3.0

Mon, May 18, 2015 | 10:00 p.m. PDT

by Michele McLellan

Knight Digital Media Center at USC Annenberg introduced the concept of franchise topics to the newsrooms in 13 local markets as part of its work to help the traditionally print news organizations speed their digital transformation.

Personas connect journalists with digital news consumers

Community News Leadership 3.0

Mon, May 11, 2015 | 10:00 p.m. PDT

by Michele McLellan

A major goal of an initiative to drive digital transformation in newsrooms was to help journalists understand and engage with digital news consumers.

More apps for collaborative mobile videos; a new tool to follow-up website stories

News for Digital Innovators

Mon, May 11, 2015 | 10:00 p.m. PDT

by Nancy Yoshihara

Move over Snapchat. Other apps are now available which, in some cases, offer more loading and editing features so that a mobile video compiled from multiple sources can be viewed on social media.