A new edition of the World Editors Forum’s ‘Trends in Newsrooms’ review was launched at the Kiev event last week.
The eighth edition offers a summary and analysis of the year in news industry transformation.The 120-page report is inspired by and based on the organisation’s Editors Weblog.
The new report shows how the roles of journalists, editors and the newsroom are changing as digital evolution continues. Editors are being asked to focus efforts towards digital delivery and social media while continuing to produce a high-quality print product.
This means that editors must be highly focused on innovation, look towards some of their new digital competitors, to find ideas on services and features.
The 2012 report includes seven chapters dealing with the evolving newsroom, apps, digital business models, social media, boosting reader engagement, ethical challenges for newsrooms, learning from the competition and more.
Highlights include:
- Mario García on how people really use tablets;
- Practical advice and tips on using social media effectively;
- How to build a community around your publication;
- Lisa MacLeod on a decade of newsroom development at the ‘Financial Times’;
- In-depth interviews with David Boardman of the ‘Seattle Times’, Steve Buttry of Digital First Media, Michael Golden of the ‘New York Times’, Stephen Pritchard of ‘The Observer’ and Mark Little of Storyful;
- A look at the latest developments in online video;
- An overview of who has put up pay walls, and alternative digital business models.
Contact WAN-Ifra for details at http://www.wan-ifra.org/reports/2012/09/04/trends-in-newsrooms-2012
or email WEF executive director Cherilyn Ireton, cherilyn.ireton@wan-ifra.org