With deadlines always looming and tools that always seem to be broken, a journalist’s everyday is filled with frustration. Who has time to be creative? But creativity is essential to any newsroom. It’s the way we find and tell better stories. It’s the way we surpass seemingly impossible roadblocks. From neuroscience to psychology to the […]

Are you a journalist covering the tick-tock of the 2014/2016 election cycles? A local reporter digging into a burgeoning fracking industry? A young upstart tracking the uncanny allure of Justin Bieber? Whatever your beat, we guarantee there’s a political influence angle to consider. This panel will cover all of the tips, tools and databases today’s […]

It turns out email newsletters – for so long neglected by editorial and product teams alike – are pretty effective after all. So what are the best techniques for making them openable and readable? And what are the right kinds of hooks to get your readers to go to your site? Whether big news sites, […]

The power of audio: The neglected half of the video equation In the race to have video a part of online news gathering, the one thing that can be even more important than the visuals is often overlooked – audio. Anyone can record noise. This session aims to teach people how to collect and use […]

I envision this panel as a panel discussion of the “lean back” variety. This is a list of people who do really interesting criticism online. They work for a variety of publications, and each are known for thinking critically about how to do criticism in the digital space. Kevin, Moira and Rachel run independent publications […]

Whether you are a small newsroom without a graphics staff, or a large newsroom who would like to save your creative and technology team for more in-depth projects, embeddable charts can be an invaluable tool for extending the capacity of your newsroom, and enhancing your stories with best practices in information design and data analysis. […]

I would love to present the top ideas I’ve seen from more than 600 newsrooms we work with across the country. I’ll use an animated ‘Prezi’ presentation complete with video elements, entertaining examples and tangible ideas that the audience can walk away with and use right away. While the presentation will be inclusive of 7 […]

How do you harness the energy of startup culture to rejuvenate the newsroom? Embed a startup with your journalists! That’s what we did at the New York Daily News. It’s working for us and it can work for you too. We all see how rapidly our industry is changing and the required skill set for […]

Data is everywhere, and it’s becoming a bigger part of the reporting being done in all types of media. While data visualizations can help explain the meaning behind the numbers, often reporters need to distill a story using audio or text. How do you do that, get your point across, and not make your audience […]

Is your newsroom struggling to pursue in-depth journalism that meets the demands of digitally-focused media? How do you dig deeper on a great story idea while keeping your audience engaged along the way – and enlisting their help? What can news organizations of all shapes and sizes do to invigorate their reporting of significant and […]