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Data, Docs, Maps and … Text: The functional side(s) of new media

Data, Docs, Maps and … Text: The functional side(s) of new media. Andrew Chavez Associate Director / Digital Initiatives Texas Center for Community Journalism New Media for the News Media Workshop March 11 to 13, 2009 at the TCU Schieffer School of Journalism. Docs.

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Data, Docs, Maps and … Text: The functional side(s) of new media

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  1. Data, Docs, Maps and … Text:The functional side(s) of new media Andrew Chavez Associate Director / Digital Initiatives Texas Center for Community Journalism New Media for the News Media Workshop March 11 to 13, 2009 at the TCU Schieffer School of Journalism

  2. Docs “Never pick a fight with someone who buys pixels by the barrel.” — blogger Roy Jacobsen commenting online on “Rathergate”

  3. Why to share • Transparency • More efficient story telling • Provide varying levels of engagement • Crowd sourcing

  4. Things to share • Meeting minutes • Public presentations • Budgets • Police reports • Court documents • Restaurant menus to accompany reviews

  5. How to share • Read-only format • PDF • Image • Editable format • Raw attachments • Google Docs

  6. $0 Price tag: PrimoPDF • Convert documents to PDFs for free Skills needed • Know how to upload files • Have an e-mail address

  7. $0 Price tag: Zoomify • Create zoomable, draggable images • Good for blueprints, detailed drawings Skills needed • Basic image editing skills

  8. $0 Price tag: Zamzar • Convert just about any file format to a more widely-used one Skills needed • Know how to upload files • Know how to download an e-mail attachment

  9. Text (That stuff they used to pay us for)

  10. Ways to share • Long format • Traditional stories • Wikis • Medium format • Traditional stories • Blogs • Short form, quick hit • “Microblogs” • Live blogs • Interactively • Chats • Discussions

  11. Blogs • Blogging is just a format • Not all blogs are diaries • 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

  12. 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

  13. $0 Price tag: Blogger • Easy-to-use blog platform • Provides RSS feeds, e-mail forwarding of posts • Better search-engine placement than homegrown solutions Skills needed • Basic Web skills

  14. 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)

  15. $0 Price tag: CoverItLive • Hosts live blogging and discussions • Easy to embed • Can remind your users about upcoming events • Can integrate with Twitter Skills needed • Know how to embed code

  16. Maps

  17. 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

  18. $0 Price tag: UMapper • Drag and drop to create maps them embed them on your site Skills needed • Basic Web skills • Know how to embed code

  19. Data Making 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

  20. 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

  21. $0 Price tag: Google Docs • Allows easy manipulation of data • Lets users collaborate • Keeps users coming back instead of downloading once Skills needed • Know how to embed code • Know how to upload files

  22. $0 Price tag: Map a List • Lets you create maps from your Google Docs spreadsheets Skills needed • Know how to embed code • Know how to use Google Docs

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