Cherry picking metrics in newsrooms
But what interests me is the stat. As someone who cares about how newsrooms use data to information decision making (both for our journalism and our product experience) there is crucial context missing.…
A brief reflection on my first 18 months mentoring
It's been 18 months since I started offering mentoring slots to anyone who felt I could help them. I wanted to publish a couple of observations and renew the call/option for people to book in for a session if they wanted.…
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.…
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.…