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The New News Cycle and the Audience. Rachel Nixon, Global News Director, NowPublic nowpublic.com/rachel-nixon rnixon@nowpublic.com. The New News Cycle and the Audience. What is NowPublic? The supply chain of news The myths and reality of citizen journalism
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The New News Cycle and the Audience Rachel Nixon, Global News Director, NowPublic nowpublic.com/rachel-nixon rnixon@nowpublic.com
The New News Cycle and the Audience • What is NowPublic? • The supply chain of news • The myths and reality of citizen journalism • How news organizations can make sense of it
Build the World’s Largest News Network Using a Crowd-Source Model Assuming That When News Happens Someone is There to Record It
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What Have We Learned? The narrative structure has changed Relationship with audience is different Citizen Journalists are just citizens Content is already out there
The Problem • Cost of spot news coverage is out of reach for most organizations • Less reader engagement on news properties • Reliance on generic wire content • The “live” web is very complicated to navigate and utilize