Why newsrooms need to stop transforming and start changing
Why newsrooms need to stop transforming and start changing - The news industry has had the greatest gift of all when it comes to disruption: time. And it squandered it.…
No thing can save journalism
As I've been arguing for a while now, the most important thing to get right is structure - our internal structures should reflect our readers (customers) and not just be the 'traditional', siloed way.…
News 2050: a 30-year outlook for the media
News media executives often comfort themselves that the digital world is moving so fast that “you can’t predict what’s going to happen next year, let alone in five years’ time”. We say that’s nonsense.…
Strategy isn't sexy. It just means having a (good) plan
This is where I think most people fall down. They can do a list of actions, but making them coherent seems to be really difficult because it means you have to start making choices. Real life trade-offs.…
The opportunity in choosing to be different
There is tremendous opportunity in choosing to be different, in ensuring your readers and their needs are at the heart of your decision making. It does mean you won't be for everyone, but it also means those readers that choose your product know for sure why they like it.…
Why is speed good?
What is the value of speed then? I think for modern newsrooms trying to create the best possible product experiences what we are actually interested in is learning quickly and making better decisions.…
Let's talk about how the roles in newsrooms are evolving
TL;DR I’m starting a newsletter focused on exploring all the new roles that have appeared in newsrooms as they evolved over the past decade or more. You can sign up here [https://evolvingnewsroom.substack.com/about?] It’s been almost a decade since I graduated from university without…
Experimenting with Apple News (The first time around)
This was first published on Medium. Read it there [https://medium.com/digital-times/experimenting-with-apple-news-5704b0a6ae55]…