News Product Resource Library

Learn how to align business, technology, audience and editorial needs in media with over 200 free resources curated by our community of experts.

The Resource Library was developed in partnership with the Google News Initiative, as part of our shared goal of empowering news product professionals and developing news product talent to create ethical and sustainable digital media businesses around the world.

Resources

Canvas Your Way to Product Vision with Staff Product Manager at Onfido
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The product vision workshop and accompanying canvas is the Swiss Army Knife for product teams. This workshop is meant to help break down new features, crystallize new product ideas, set a quarterly vision for an existing product, or conduct a 3-year envisioning exercise. This approach aims to ensure that a product brings value to its users and business.

Merissa Silk

03/07/2024

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Canvas Your Way to Product Vision with Staff Product Manager at Onfido
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The product vision workshop and accompanying canvas is the Swiss Army Knife for product teams. This workshop is meant to help break down new features, crystallize new product ideas, set a quarterly vision for an existing product, or conduct a 3-year envisioning exercise. This approach aims to ensure that a product brings value to its users and business.

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How NFTs Could Lead to A Serious Business Opportunity for News Organizations
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The media's first step into blockchain may be a dead end, but what grows out of it could have impact, argues David Cohn.

David Cohn

03/07/2024

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How NFTs Could Lead to A Serious Business Opportunity for News Organizations
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The media's first step into blockchain may be a dead end, but what grows out of it could have impact, argues David Cohn.

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Skills vs people. What kind of skills does a modern news organisation need in 2022?

This article explores the new skill set required for news organizations to thrive. It also details the convergence between those skills and the importance of having the right professionals and teams at the wheel. The author divides those skills in three groups: editorial, business and product.

David Tvrdon

03/07/2024

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Skills vs people. What kind of skills does a modern news organisation need in 2022?

This article explores the new skill set required for news organizations to thrive. It also details the convergence between those skills and the importance of having the right professionals and teams at the wheel. The author divides those skills in three groups: editorial, business and product.

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Non-writing AI tools every journalist should know about
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Journalists can improve their work by using a variety of AI tools beyond just writing assistants. These include transcription software, image editing software, data visualization tools, social media listening tools, and fact-checking software. By utilizing these tools, journalists can save time and produce higher quality work.

Cristiana Bedei

03/07/2024

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Non-writing AI tools every journalist should know about
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Journalists can improve their work by using a variety of AI tools beyond just writing assistants. These include transcription software, image editing software, data visualization tools, social media listening tools, and fact-checking software. By utilizing these tools, journalists can save time and produce higher quality work.

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News Product Canvas
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The News Product Canvas was created Andrew Losowsky as a teaching and practice tool, based based on Aleksander Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas under a license CC-BY-SA 3.0. It's a framework for describing and analyzing a news product, with blocks that can be filled by a team, inspiring brainstorms. The attached .zip contains the Canvas, a version with descriptions and an editable bersion.

Andrew Losowsky

03/07/2024

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News Product Canvas
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The News Product Canvas was created Andrew Losowsky as a teaching and practice tool, based based on Aleksander Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas under a license CC-BY-SA 3.0. It's a framework for describing and analyzing a news product, with blocks that can be filled by a team, inspiring brainstorms. The attached .zip contains the Canvas, a version with descriptions and an editable bersion.

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I stopped reading the news. Is the problem me — or the product?
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Journalist Amanda Ripley aired a secret in a personal essay for the Washington Post: She avoids the news. And, she finds, she's not alone. She posits that today's news product "isn't designed for humans," details what's missing from the current framework, and highlights a few examples that could inform what news designed for 21st century consumers should look like.

Amanda Ripley

03/07/2024

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I stopped reading the news. Is the problem me — or the product?
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Journalist Amanda Ripley aired a secret in a personal essay for the Washington Post: She avoids the news. And, she finds, she's not alone. She posits that today's news product "isn't designed for humans," details what's missing from the current framework, and highlights a few examples that could inform what news designed for 21st century consumers should look like.

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1 - What is news product thinking?

Product management emerged in tech companies to put the audience — or the customer — at the center of decision making. In news organizations there are different kinds of end users: audience segments, advertisers, partners or even coworkers that use a tool or software we are developing. Newsrooms must connect their audience's needs to their editorial mission and develop a sustainable business strategy, while maintaining journalistic ethical standards. Product thinkers create a bridge so that revenue and editorial teams can align their interests. This learning path will help you to better understand what news product thinking is, and how you can get started.

1 - What is news product thinking?

Product management emerged in tech companies to put the audience — or the customer — at the center of decision making. In news organizations there are different kinds of end users: audience segments, advertisers, partners or even coworkers that use a tool or software we are developing. Newsrooms must connect their audience's needs to their editorial mission and develop a sustainable business strategy, while maintaining journalistic ethical standards. Product thinkers create a bridge so that revenue and editorial teams can align their interests. This learning path will help you to better understand what news product thinking is, and how you can get started.

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2 - How to lead effective news product teams

Leading teams is always a challenge. It's hard to get everyone on the same page with the same priorities. It’s harder still to get aligned on the vision of the product you're trying to build. This becomes even more important as we deal with decentralized, multidisciplinary teams and diverse stakeholders in our ever-changing industry. The resources gathered here will help you learn how to become a more effective leader in the news product ecosystem.

2 - How to lead effective news product teams

Leading teams is always a challenge. It's hard to get everyone on the same page with the same priorities. It’s harder still to get aligned on the vision of the product you're trying to build. This becomes even more important as we deal with decentralized, multidisciplinary teams and diverse stakeholders in our ever-changing industry. The resources gathered here will help you learn how to become a more effective leader in the news product ecosystem.

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3 - How to conduct audience or user research for news products

Understanding the end user is not only an important pillar of inclusive and ethical news products, it can also be good for business too. However, there’s an overwhelming number of methods, metrics, and frameworks for product management, not all of which are relevant to your project. How can you better understand your users in order to build valuable news products? The learning resources gathered in this path will help with that.

3 - How to conduct audience or user research for news products

Understanding the end user is not only an important pillar of inclusive and ethical news products, it can also be good for business too. However, there’s an overwhelming number of methods, metrics, and frameworks for product management, not all of which are relevant to your project. How can you better understand your users in order to build valuable news products? The learning resources gathered in this path will help with that.

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