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JournalHub
Team PurpleOctober 28, 2015Feasibility Presentation
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Tracking the journalistic process - so you don’t have to!
The Mentor
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Digital News Editor for the Virginian-Pilot
Erica Smith
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The Team
Benjamin Cowan
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Zobair Alijan Mark Cunanan Jason Mayo
Gabriel Marquez Adam LawsonJournalHubFeasibility PresentationPurple TeamCS 410October 28, 2015
The Problem
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Current tools for the organization and management of the journalistic process are inefficient and inadequate
The Problem (cont)
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● 97% of organizations believe that adequate project management is critical to success (Semore)
● 35% of businesses struggle with a lack of a central source of project information (Burger)
● The use of project management software improves efficiency and satisfaction (Puscasu)
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The Customer
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News organizations that are in need of a reliable and easy to use organizational tool to manage the journalistic process
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The SolutionJournalHub
JournalHub will make conveniently accessible all of the information pertaining to the development of a story
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The Current Process
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The Modified Process
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Aspects of a Solution
Centralization
Keep track of...• Slug• Assignments• Files• Section• Subsection• Length• Print?• Deadlines• Changes
Organization
Searchable by...• Slug• Staff• Date• Section• Keyword
Accessibility
• Web• Phone App• Email
notifications
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The Competition
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Functional Components
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Benefits
• Efficient storage and retrieval of information
• Persistent archive• Journalism-specific
search criteria• Improved
coordination among staff
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What we will do
• CMS• Search Utility• Phone App• Website
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What we will not do
• Database Interfacing
• Database Management
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Works Cited
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Burger, Rachel. "14 Surprising Project Management Statistics." Capterra
Blog 14 Surprising Project Management Statistics Comments. N.p., 7
July 2014. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.
<http://blog.capterra.com/surprising-project-management-statistics/>.
Puscasu, Alex. "Project Management Statistics." N.p., 26 Apr. 2015. Web. 21
Oct. 2015. <http://apepm.co.uk/project-management-statistics/>.
Semore, Brandy. "Project Management Success: Part 1, Know Your
Stakeholders - Pinnacle." Pinnacle. Pinnacle Business Systems, 20
Oct. 2014. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. <http://pbsnow.com/pinnacle-point/project-
management-success-know-your-stakeholders/>.
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