11.09.16
#5: How do you pitch a machine?
Automation is in the news – and in the newsrooms. The New York Times created a story that displayed differently depending on a reader’s location. The Washington Post tweeted about […]
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11.09.16
#6: The future (of broadcasting and publishing) is in our control
In the last decade, social media platforms have reinvented the way stories are told. For example, we no longer need to rely on traditional media outlets – whether print or […]
11.08.16
#7: Customized curated news
We’ve already talked about a pervasive milieu of mistrust, so the rise of customizable, curated news comes as no surprise. The ‘echo chamber’ is alive and well, and will only continue, posing […]
11.08.16
#8: Are we at the end of the press release era?
Ah, the press release. For many it conjures images of typewriters, word processors, fax machines, and other “Mad Men”-era technologies employed by companies to disseminate announcements to media recipients. Yes, […]
11.07.16
#9: Trust endangered
9. Trust Endangered Trust and confidence in American institutions is at an all-time low. Organized religion? Not a prayer. Public schools? We don’t need no education. Congress? Vote me off […]
11.07.16
# 10: Voice activation
10. Voice Activation Because point-and-click is sooo 2006 and touchscreens are so 2008. Being able to speak commands or queries and get answers has already permeated our daily lives through […]
08.30.16
I Spy With My Little Eye: A Celebrity, An Endorsement…and A Hidden Hashtag?
A pound sign and two letters—#sp—buried among a paragraph of hashtags at the end of an Instagram caption. Right now, that may be the only indication if the tea-holding celebrity […]
08.26.16
BuzzFeed Splits News and Entertainment Divisions
In a move that could impact cable news channels, BuzzFeed has announced plans to split the company into two units, one focusing on entertainment content and the other focusing on […]
07.19.16
The Times (Post, Trib, Et Al.) Are A Changin’
Bob Dylan once wrote, “The times, they are a-changin.’” As “Anchorman’s” omniscient narrator Bill Lawson noted, Ron Burgundy had never heard that song but for anyone working in the newspaper […]
06.23.16
Video killed the text star
As professional communicators, we recently wrote about our dismay over the slow erosion of the relevance of the period. Imagine the depression that set into our office when we read Slate’s take on the […]