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Jeremy PennycookProduct Manager at NPR
NPR One: Public radio for the 21st century
Reimagine Radio
Simple
Serendipity
Inclusive
Personal
Machine learning
Handpicked curation
Just for you
Balancing Act: Blending algorithms and judgement
Publishing StrategyCreate Once Publish Everywhere: COPE is really a combination of several other closely related sub-
philosophies, including:
● Build content management systems (CMS), not web publishing tools (WPT)
● Separate content from display
● Ensure content modularity
● Ensure content portability
Credit: Dan Jacobson
Buckets and the FlowGets most recent stories with the following parameters
○ Get 1 stories○ No time duration set on this unit○ No recency limitations○ Aggregations to use:
■ MPX Assist○ Stories with more than 700 ratings and whose average rating is less than 0.54 will be excluded.○ Skip Personalization is in the PRE_HIATUS period (0 skips, 0 bypasses, 0 recovery) and will RECOMMEND
content from this unit○ Link to Drilldown Report○ Fallback: Gets most recent stories with the following parameters
■ Get 1 stories■ No time duration set on this unit■ No recency limitations■ Aggregations to use:
■ NPR Selects■ Stories with more than 700 ratings and whose average rating is less than 0.54 will be excluded.■ Skip Personalization disabled■ Link to Drilldown Report
How does it work?Magic
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Building a Platform: More than just an app
iOS + Android
Web
Learning Through Data: A vehicle to understand our audience
Iterative Framework● Agile - Our core philosophy of how we work.
● Scrum - The vehicle inside which we get things done.
● Lean - How we know we’re working on the right stuff.
Credit: McCaul Baggett
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