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Newsroom organizational models
Randy Covington
Director, WAN-IFRA Newsplex
at the University of South Carolina
Newsrooms will be different
WAN-IFRA Newsplex
at the University of South Carolina
Newsplex Europe
Darmstadt, Germany
Roles training in convergent journalism
• El Tiempo
• Grupo Ferre
Rangel
• Financial Times
• Daily Nation
Newsrooms will be different
International Rhone-Alpes Medias
Lyon, France
Newsplex Asia
Singapore
Newsrooms will be different
Edipresse
Lausanne,
Switzerland
Newsrooms will be different
RIA Novosti
Moscow
Newsrooms will be different
Al Jazeera
Doha
Three organizational models:
•The Tampa Tribune
•The Nordjyske Medier
•Daily Telegraph
Nordjyske MedierAalborg, Denmark
Daily newspaper – 6
local editions –
circulation 72.000
Daily free – circulation
25.000
24-hour local TV news
channel (cable)
Local “news windows”
in TV networks
2 radio stations
15 weekly papers
Internet portals
Complements to Nordjyske medier
12 © 2008 IFRA
Nordjyske MedierAalborg, Denmark
•Editorial staff of 248
•Five “media conductors”•Editors for each medium “refine”the content
•Editorial departments serve all
media
TV RADIO PRINT ONLINE
Business
Life style
Sports
Community
Aalborg
Hjørring osv.
Superdesk:
media editorsEditorial managers as Media Conductors
Multi-media content groups
Matrix Organisation
Complements to Nordjyske medier
Superdesk
Daily Telegraph, London
Daily Telegraph, London
•24-hour digital, multi
media newsroom
•67,000 square feet
•460 journalists
•Daily circulation
576,000
Daily Telegraph, London
•Story components
integrated from start
•Ownership
•Three job titles
Reporter
Editor
Producer
Daily Telegraph eliminates platform chiefs
Print Online Mobile
Crime
Politics
Business
Sports
Health
Feature
USA Today creates content rings
Desk editors gain authority
Crime Politics Business Sports Health Feature
Online
Mobile
The vision at Forbes
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
Jobs will be different
New Roles for the
Integrated Newsroom
•Newsflow editor: Story
•Multiskilled journalist: Content
•Story builder: Experience
•Documentalist: Context
New Tasks for the
Integrated Newsroom
•Social media
•Audience engagement
•Programmers/technology professionals
•User experience
•Data and analytics
•Revenue/premium information
What else?
•Traffic conductor
•Editorial events coordinator
•Crowd in-take coordinator
•Community journalism educator
•Transparency & integrity coordinator
•Chief of crowd creativity
•Editorial quantifier
Anette Novak
World Editors
Forum
Newsrooms will be different
Elephtheros Typos, Athens
