lessons from launching npr stateimpact and the texas tribune
DESCRIPTION
A presentation for publia media station WHYY. Five things I learned in launching NPR's StateImpact network and before that, The Texas Tribune.TRANSCRIPT
Five Things I Learned From LaunchingStateImpact amp
The Texas Tribune(WHAT I CAN REMEMBER ANYWAY)
Elise Hu | elisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
How I Spent 2009-2011Thursday June 7 2012
This is Evan Hersquoll explain
Whatrsquos The Texas Tribune
Thursday June 7 2012
1Context Context Context
Knowledge Not Just News
Thursday June 7 2012
Provide Unique Value
Mission-Driven Focus
ldquoIt wasnrsquot our story Should we have just been one more news organization rushing to Fort Hood I donrsquot think sordquo said Mr Stiles who joined the Web site from The Houston Chronicle
Thursday June 7 2012
Wikipedia Style Topic Pages
Most popular long-tail content on StateImpact are topic pages
Perform strong with search
Thursday June 7 2012
Topic Pages Target Different Audiences
Background for those who know nothing
about the topic
Key Links for those ldquojust joining usrdquo on a
running topic
Key StoriesLatest News aggregates all coverage for junkies
Thursday June 7 2012
Data Journalism as Differentiator
Users want more than just narrative text stories They want data They want to search the data They want to see the data visualized Teach them how to use it
WITFrsquos Scott Detrow with NPRrsquos Matt Stiles
Thursday June 7 2012
Searchable Databases and Interactives
Users can see every natural gas well operator and violationin PA Users can also explore by county or municipality
Thursday June 7 2012
Resources Webinars
httpstateimpactnprorgteamblogThursday June 7 2012
Resources Documentation
Webinars and How-Torsquos available on StateImpact Team Blog
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
How I Spent 2009-2011Thursday June 7 2012
This is Evan Hersquoll explain
Whatrsquos The Texas Tribune
Thursday June 7 2012
1Context Context Context
Knowledge Not Just News
Thursday June 7 2012
Provide Unique Value
Mission-Driven Focus
ldquoIt wasnrsquot our story Should we have just been one more news organization rushing to Fort Hood I donrsquot think sordquo said Mr Stiles who joined the Web site from The Houston Chronicle
Thursday June 7 2012
Wikipedia Style Topic Pages
Most popular long-tail content on StateImpact are topic pages
Perform strong with search
Thursday June 7 2012
Topic Pages Target Different Audiences
Background for those who know nothing
about the topic
Key Links for those ldquojust joining usrdquo on a
running topic
Key StoriesLatest News aggregates all coverage for junkies
Thursday June 7 2012
Data Journalism as Differentiator
Users want more than just narrative text stories They want data They want to search the data They want to see the data visualized Teach them how to use it
WITFrsquos Scott Detrow with NPRrsquos Matt Stiles
Thursday June 7 2012
Searchable Databases and Interactives
Users can see every natural gas well operator and violationin PA Users can also explore by county or municipality
Thursday June 7 2012
Resources Webinars
httpstateimpactnprorgteamblogThursday June 7 2012
Resources Documentation
Webinars and How-Torsquos available on StateImpact Team Blog
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
This is Evan Hersquoll explain
Whatrsquos The Texas Tribune
Thursday June 7 2012
1Context Context Context
Knowledge Not Just News
Thursday June 7 2012
Provide Unique Value
Mission-Driven Focus
ldquoIt wasnrsquot our story Should we have just been one more news organization rushing to Fort Hood I donrsquot think sordquo said Mr Stiles who joined the Web site from The Houston Chronicle
Thursday June 7 2012
Wikipedia Style Topic Pages
Most popular long-tail content on StateImpact are topic pages
Perform strong with search
Thursday June 7 2012
Topic Pages Target Different Audiences
Background for those who know nothing
about the topic
Key Links for those ldquojust joining usrdquo on a
running topic
Key StoriesLatest News aggregates all coverage for junkies
Thursday June 7 2012
Data Journalism as Differentiator
Users want more than just narrative text stories They want data They want to search the data They want to see the data visualized Teach them how to use it
WITFrsquos Scott Detrow with NPRrsquos Matt Stiles
Thursday June 7 2012
Searchable Databases and Interactives
Users can see every natural gas well operator and violationin PA Users can also explore by county or municipality
Thursday June 7 2012
Resources Webinars
httpstateimpactnprorgteamblogThursday June 7 2012
Resources Documentation
Webinars and How-Torsquos available on StateImpact Team Blog
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
1Context Context Context
Knowledge Not Just News
Thursday June 7 2012
Provide Unique Value
Mission-Driven Focus
ldquoIt wasnrsquot our story Should we have just been one more news organization rushing to Fort Hood I donrsquot think sordquo said Mr Stiles who joined the Web site from The Houston Chronicle
Thursday June 7 2012
Wikipedia Style Topic Pages
Most popular long-tail content on StateImpact are topic pages
Perform strong with search
Thursday June 7 2012
Topic Pages Target Different Audiences
Background for those who know nothing
about the topic
Key Links for those ldquojust joining usrdquo on a
running topic
Key StoriesLatest News aggregates all coverage for junkies
Thursday June 7 2012
Data Journalism as Differentiator
Users want more than just narrative text stories They want data They want to search the data They want to see the data visualized Teach them how to use it
WITFrsquos Scott Detrow with NPRrsquos Matt Stiles
Thursday June 7 2012
Searchable Databases and Interactives
Users can see every natural gas well operator and violationin PA Users can also explore by county or municipality
Thursday June 7 2012
Resources Webinars
httpstateimpactnprorgteamblogThursday June 7 2012
Resources Documentation
Webinars and How-Torsquos available on StateImpact Team Blog
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Provide Unique Value
Mission-Driven Focus
ldquoIt wasnrsquot our story Should we have just been one more news organization rushing to Fort Hood I donrsquot think sordquo said Mr Stiles who joined the Web site from The Houston Chronicle
Thursday June 7 2012
Wikipedia Style Topic Pages
Most popular long-tail content on StateImpact are topic pages
Perform strong with search
Thursday June 7 2012
Topic Pages Target Different Audiences
Background for those who know nothing
about the topic
Key Links for those ldquojust joining usrdquo on a
running topic
Key StoriesLatest News aggregates all coverage for junkies
Thursday June 7 2012
Data Journalism as Differentiator
Users want more than just narrative text stories They want data They want to search the data They want to see the data visualized Teach them how to use it
WITFrsquos Scott Detrow with NPRrsquos Matt Stiles
Thursday June 7 2012
Searchable Databases and Interactives
Users can see every natural gas well operator and violationin PA Users can also explore by county or municipality
Thursday June 7 2012
Resources Webinars
httpstateimpactnprorgteamblogThursday June 7 2012
Resources Documentation
Webinars and How-Torsquos available on StateImpact Team Blog
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Wikipedia Style Topic Pages
Most popular long-tail content on StateImpact are topic pages
Perform strong with search
Thursday June 7 2012
Topic Pages Target Different Audiences
Background for those who know nothing
about the topic
Key Links for those ldquojust joining usrdquo on a
running topic
Key StoriesLatest News aggregates all coverage for junkies
Thursday June 7 2012
Data Journalism as Differentiator
Users want more than just narrative text stories They want data They want to search the data They want to see the data visualized Teach them how to use it
WITFrsquos Scott Detrow with NPRrsquos Matt Stiles
Thursday June 7 2012
Searchable Databases and Interactives
Users can see every natural gas well operator and violationin PA Users can also explore by county or municipality
Thursday June 7 2012
Resources Webinars
httpstateimpactnprorgteamblogThursday June 7 2012
Resources Documentation
Webinars and How-Torsquos available on StateImpact Team Blog
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Topic Pages Target Different Audiences
Background for those who know nothing
about the topic
Key Links for those ldquojust joining usrdquo on a
running topic
Key StoriesLatest News aggregates all coverage for junkies
Thursday June 7 2012
Data Journalism as Differentiator
Users want more than just narrative text stories They want data They want to search the data They want to see the data visualized Teach them how to use it
WITFrsquos Scott Detrow with NPRrsquos Matt Stiles
Thursday June 7 2012
Searchable Databases and Interactives
Users can see every natural gas well operator and violationin PA Users can also explore by county or municipality
Thursday June 7 2012
Resources Webinars
httpstateimpactnprorgteamblogThursday June 7 2012
Resources Documentation
Webinars and How-Torsquos available on StateImpact Team Blog
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Data Journalism as Differentiator
Users want more than just narrative text stories They want data They want to search the data They want to see the data visualized Teach them how to use it
WITFrsquos Scott Detrow with NPRrsquos Matt Stiles
Thursday June 7 2012
Searchable Databases and Interactives
Users can see every natural gas well operator and violationin PA Users can also explore by county or municipality
Thursday June 7 2012
Resources Webinars
httpstateimpactnprorgteamblogThursday June 7 2012
Resources Documentation
Webinars and How-Torsquos available on StateImpact Team Blog
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Searchable Databases and Interactives
Users can see every natural gas well operator and violationin PA Users can also explore by county or municipality
Thursday June 7 2012
Resources Webinars
httpstateimpactnprorgteamblogThursday June 7 2012
Resources Documentation
Webinars and How-Torsquos available on StateImpact Team Blog
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Resources Webinars
httpstateimpactnprorgteamblogThursday June 7 2012
Resources Documentation
Webinars and How-Torsquos available on StateImpact Team Blog
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Resources Documentation
Webinars and How-Torsquos available on StateImpact Team Blog
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
2Combine Original Content
with Smart CurationTrue for The Texas Tribune NPRrsquos Project Argo
and StateImpact
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
StateImpact Explanation is our franchise
Original Content to Cut Through the Clutter
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
THE OLD WAY Organizations covering the
same straight storyTHE NOW WAY
Curating aggregating the straight story so therersquos time for
your original take
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Frequency Breeds Web Success
New York Magazine publishes content every six minutes
StateImpact reporters expected to post at least five times a day
NPRrsquos Two-Way Blog (the news blog) posts 12-17 times per day
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoDo what you do bestlink to the restrdquo
-Jeff Jarvis
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Link Roundups
Curated by the reporters each morning as part of their post diets
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Links Modules
These arenrsquot automated
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Smart Curation Curated Posts
Attribute Attribute Attribute No one hoards news nuggets anymore
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Publishing is only the beginning
Tribune Office March 2010
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Everything is a discrete unit of news
Units of news exist out of context of a home page Audiences largely encounter news out of context
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
3Be Open
For Open Government For Open Source For Sharing
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Open Government
This is still the core of what we do as journalists
ldquoYes journalists have made tons of mistakes and always will But without their enterprise to take a few representative recent examples we would not have known about the wretched conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed the governmentrsquos warrantless wiretapping the scams at Enron or steroids in baseballrdquo -Frank Rich
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Open SourceAnything you build you should share Especially if it helps other newsrooms
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
4Events Are Journalism Too
(And Money Makers)
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoReal-Time Was The Original PlatformrdquoPromote public discourse and engagement
The Texas Tribune Festival 2011
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
5 Sustain YorsquoSelf
Diversify Your Revenue Sources
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
ldquoNon-profit is a tax statusnot a business planrdquo
-John Bracken The Knight Foundation
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
DiversifyMember + Major Gift + Philanthropy + Earned Income
Have a business plan as if you were for-profit
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Events Can Raise Revenue
ldquoEven the free events including the TribLive speaker series have been money-makers They are cheap to produce for one thing and often underwritten by corporate sponsors
Smith estimates the Tribune raised about $650000 in corporate support last year which includes eventsrdquo -Nieman Lab
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Diversity = SustainabilityThursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012
Questionsehunprorgelisewho
Thursday June 7 2012