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Issue: #394
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August 26, 2016
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POV and The New York Times Select Three Multimedia Storytellers to Create New Interactive Conversations About Race
From NYT Press Release -
American Documentary, Inc., producer of the award-winning PBS documentary series POV (Point of View) and an innovator in digital storytelling and engagement for public media, and The New York Times today announced the selection of three innovative digital producers for the "Embedded Mediamaker" project, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The original call from June 2016 sought one mediamaker, but after reviewing hundreds of candidates, POV and The New York Times selected three: Bayeté Ross Smith, Logan Jaffe and Saleem Reshamwala.
Ross Smith, Jaffe and Reshamwala will work with POV andThe Times to create new forms of documentary and interactive content with a team of Times writers, editors and visual storytellers involved in Race/Related, a newsletter and reporting project exploring race as it is lived today.
"When we started our search for a filmmaker, a hybrid producer-technologist or a YouTube video creator, we thought we would have to choose between them," said POV Digital Executive Producer Adnaan Wasey. "Instead, we chose all three. We can't wait to see what new ground they can break-on their own and together." More
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From nytimes.com - News alerts and push notifications regularly draw questions from readers. So I sat down with Eric Bishop and Michael Owen from the news desk at The Times to answer some of my questions - and hopefully yours - about how the newsroom approaches this area. Last month, The Times announced it was dividing its email alerts into two channels: Breaking News gives readers developing stories as they happen; and Top Stories gives subscribers breaking news plus special reports, investigative stories or live events in sports or politics if The Times deems them important. Soon, subscribers to mobile push notifications will get the same choice. More
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The Rise of the Opinion Section
From NAA.org - Recently, a number of news media outlets have announced the expansion of their opinion section offerings, even creating new ones all together, to accompany its current news coverage. The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune and The Tennessean, among others, have cited a variety of reasons for why they are further investing in these pages, and all tie back to the common desire to engage and connect with readers.
Expanding the space allotted to community viewpoints further highlights the importance of an engaged readership that feels represented and is encouraged to participate. In these instances, a publication's readers are no longer simply "consumers" - they become active participants in representing the news that matters to them. It represents a shift in publishers' strategy from a few years ago, when many were cutting opinion pages and editorial content in favor of online conversations and other forms of content, according to Pew research in 2013. A recent report by American Press Institute emphasizes the importance of this collaboration between publishers and their audiences. The key focus of the study, which features feedback and insight from 25 news leaders and innovators, emphasizes how a strong relationship between journalists and their consumers can help to produce strong, engaging content that is of value to readers: "Collaboration is not about what your audience can do for you, but what you can do with your audience." More
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From NAA.org by David Chavern, NAA president & CEO - When Louisiana began flooding earlier this month, news coverage was split between the 2016 Rio Olympics and the upcoming presidential election. This was the worst natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy, and you barely saw it on TV or in magazines, or heard about it on the radio. Even the President wasn't seen talking about it.
It was a difficult storm to cover. The prediction was for flash floods. The Advocate in Baton Rouge was hit hard by the multi-day flooding. Employees and carriers lost their cars and homes. But the online coverage and printing never ceased.
Publisher Dan Shea said, "We halted delivery for just a small sliver of Baton Rouge for three days, and half of Livingston Parish for a week, where 86 percent of the homes were flooded. But we are back to 100 percent today, delivering to driveways to get around massive piles of debris. Even if our customers are living elsewhere, many want the paper at their home as they come there every morning."
Knowing that members of the local community were relying on them for critical news and updates, the publisher distributed free papers to local shelters and retail locations and made the decision to temporarily drop their online paywall. Web traffic to the news site doubled. More
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Standing Up for the First Amendment in the Digital Age
From EditorandPublisher.com - Make no mistake. The First Amendment has been under attack for some time now. The problem is the will to fight seems to be waning as news organizations too often don't have the resources, or money, to fight the battles. Add to that a new generation of digital journalists and armies of people with cell phones capturing news every day that simply don't understand the First Amendment (or simply don't care).
The underlying problem is laws haven't kept pace with innovation.
That's not unusual. Many of the fundamental tenants of U.S. law is based on doctrine from more than 100 years ago-well before any of the tech we have today was around. Could the framers have ever envisioned something like a website or Periscope?
There are so many questions, and so few clear-cut answers in the law. Many First Amendment issues haven't been seriously examined in decades. Yet, they need to be examined and, yes, litigated if need be to protect this fundamental right. Police couldn't come in to a TV station and take them off the air any more than they could put armed guards to shut down the printing press. But they seem comfortable taking cell phones and cameras and confiscating them when they capture unflattering images. Can they?
From defining what's public versus private on social media and whether you have a right to be forgotten, to police body cameras and what is public record, there's no shortage of First Amendment and privacy issues to sort out. More
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Ohio Newspaper Association welcomes attendees from NYNPA at the same conference rate
The Ohio Newspaper Association's 2016 Ohio Circulation Conference will take place October 2-3, 2016 at Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center in Lewis Center, OH. This conference is open to Ohio and non-Ohio newspaper representatives.
This year's theme is "Make it Happen. Make it Matter." Guest speakers include:
- NAA president & CEO, David Chavern
- Gannett Group Director of Distribution, Chris Hansen
- Honolulu Star Advertiser Vice President of Circulation, Aaron Kotarek
- BH Media Group Vice President Audience Growth and Distribution, Gayle Pryor
- And more!
In addition, the annual Carrier of the Year Awards and Banquet will take place Sunday evening.
Click here to view a brochure containing the conference program.
For questions about the conference, please contact ONA/Circulation Committee Chair Kim Wilhelm.
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UPCOMING WEBINARS AND EVENTS
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In a New York Minute is the weekly electronic newsletter of NYNPA, providing you with member news, money-saving and money-generating ideas, and upcoming events. If you would like to contribute to this newsletter please reply to this e-mail or contact mmiller@nynpa.com. For more on NYNPA please visit us on the web at www.nynpa.com.
Mary Miller
Education Services Director
New York News Publishers Association
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