Exclusive study (1/5). Over the course of a year I analysed 330,000 headlines from 37 daily regional media outlets, shared on Facebook, to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of each. The analysis was broken down by local, national and international news, by keywords, and… Read More »What drives engagement? 330,000 Daily Regional headlines analysed
Interview with Antoine Laurent, expert in fact-checking, data journalism, mobile journalism (MoJo) and the organisation of hackathons in newsrooms. Antoine provides NWE Academy with a first series of key training courses to accelerate innovation and transformation of the media. Mobile will have profoundly changed journalists’… Read More »Develop the right skills to accelerate the transformation of your media!
This spring 2022 saw the roll out of a number of NWE Academy initiatives. A highly successful study tour in Germany was followed up by an extremely well received training program with more than 20 newspaper managers profiting from our seminar “Giving meaning”.
I recently found in Dan Oshinky’s newsletter a reference to an article by CJ Chilvers, who published his first newsletter way back in 1987: “35 lessons from 35 years in newsletters”. There are so many good pieces of advice in this article about consistency, creation,… Read More »There is no competition for your personal voice
Dr. Mario Garcia is a legend in the world of news design. His award-winning work with over 700 titles has seen him redesign iconic news outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Die Zeit, and The Hindu. For all his work with newspapers… Read More »Secrets to Successful Mobile Storytelling: Interview with Visual Storyteller Mario Garcia
‘Hybrid working’ has gone from buzzword to standard practice in record time and will soon be the norm for the vast majority of journalists in news media. It’s a change that poses its own set of challenges when it comes to attracting talent, as does… Read More »Hybrid Work and Diversity are still challenges in newsrooms – an interview with Federica Cherubini about the Changing Newsrooms report
Kara Chiles, VP Consumer Products, Gannett, USA Head of the consumer product management team responsible for one of the largest networks of national news outlets, Kara Chiles oversees full product lifecycle, strategic development and optimization of experiences for web, video, native apps, newsletters and voice.… Read More »Kara Chiles ‘USA Today, Sports Plus is a one stop sports experience built on authoritative sports news expert analysis’
Audio entrepreneurs Max Franke, the Managing Director of Axel Springer Audio. Max Franke, the Managing Director of Axel Springer Audio isn’t shy about his ambitions (as you can read here). In fact his declared ambition is nothing less than becoming: “By 2025, we want to… Read More »Max Franke says ‘Audio gives us an exciting opportunity to extend our reach there in new usage situations’
Ana Bakalinova, Head of Product at dmg media, UK Ana is Head of Product at dmg media UK. She is a senior strategic thinker at the intersection of editorial, technology and product development and is an experienced and entrepreneurial manager of people and digital products.… Read More »Ana Bakalinova says ‘Having a product vision and aligning the teams on that vision is actually what a product manager does‘
Julia Shalet, award-winning innovator, product consultant. An outstanding line-up of speakers from both sides of the Atlantic gave their tips on staying ahead of the game in product development. VPs, MDs, and a Product Doctor laid out their strategies for keeping one step ahead of… Read More »Julia Shalet says ‘If we don’t embrace innovation at the corporate level, then we are not going to keep hold of our innovative people’