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Andrew ChavezAssociate Director / Digital InitiativesTexas Center for Community Journalism
New Media for the News Media WorkshopMarch 11 to 13, 2009 at the TCU Schieffer School of Journalism
The functional side(s) of new media
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Documents
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Why to share
• Transparency• More efficient story telling• Provide varying levels of
engagement• Crowd sourcing
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Things to share
• Meeting minutes• Public presentations• Budgets• Police reports• Court documents• Restaurant menus to accompany
reviews
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How to share
• Read-only formato PDFo Image
• Editable formato Raw attachmentso Google Docs
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PrimoPDF
• Convert documents to PDFs for free
$0Price tag:
• Know how to upload files• Have an e-mail address
Skills needed
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Zoomify
• Create zoomable, draggable images
• Good for blueprints, detailed drawings
$0Price tag:
• Basic image editing skills
Skills needed
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Zamzar
• Convert just about any file format to a more widely-used one
$0Price tag:
• Know how to upload files• Know how to download an e-
mail attachment
Skills needed
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Text(That stuff they used to pay us for)
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Ways to share
• Long formato Traditional storieso Wikis
• Medium formato Traditional storieso Blogs
• Short form, quick hito “Microblogs”o Live blogs
• Interactivelyo Chatso Discussions
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Blogs
• Blogging is just a formato Not all blogs are diarieso Some bloggers are real journalists
• Don’t have to be staff written• Can be written by a team• Can be about anything, just pick a topic and
stick with it• Require time commitment• Can allow you to repurpose other content,
mooch off blogging platform’s features• Content can be repurposed into print content
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Types of blog setups
Hosted Local
• Someone else deals with bandwidth, maintenance costs
• Heavy lifting (tech stuff) is done elsewhere
• Normally free• Won’t integrate with site as
well• Might not host your ads
• More customizable• Requires more technical
knowledge• Can be costly• Better integrated with rest
of site• Will host your advertising
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Blogger
• Easy-to-use blog platform
• Provides RSS feeds, e-mail forwarding of posts
• Better search-engine placement than homegrown solutions
$0Price tag:
• Basic Web skills
Skills needed
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Live blogs, discussion
• Provide up-t0-the-minute information• Can be a companion to another medium• Put users at the site• Localize national events live• Allow local people to interact together on
a national event• Make experts, guests available to take
questions• Could also be done by e-mail (with a
delay)
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CoverItLive
• Hosts live blogging and discussions
• Easy to embed• Can remind your
users about upcoming events
• Can integrate with Twitter
$0Price tag:
• Know how to embed code
Skills needed
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Maps
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Potential maps
• Routes of easy day trips• Locations of best area photo ops• Parade routes• Opposing high schools’ gyms and how to
get there• Best area barbeque• Show city council district boundaries
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UMapper
• Drag and drop to create maps them embed them on your site
$0Price tag:
• Basic Web skills• Know how to embed code
Skills needed
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DataMaking un-useful stuff useful
“Database [dey-tuh-beys] -verb: to transform pieces of information that are useful for a moment into a network of
information that is useful forever.”— a sign hanging in the Pegasus News newsroom
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Data … every story has it• We know how to get it• It will eventually accumulate un-unsed• It can generate lots of page views• People can give their data to a lot of other
people
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Google Docs
• Allows easy manipulation of data
• Lets users collaborate
• Keeps users coming back instead of downloading once
$0Price tag:
• Know how to embed code• Know how to upload files
Skills needed
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Map a List
• Lets you create maps from your Google Docs spreadsheets
$0Price tag:
• Know how to embed code• Know how to use Google Docs
Skills needed