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Quais os desafios da carreira de produto dentro do jornalismo brasileiro?
In recent years, product management has emerged as a pivotal career in the journalism industry, especially in the face of the ongoing editorial business crisis. Product managers are crucial in driving digital transformation, finding innovative ways to engage audiences, and boosting revenue. However, this career comes with its own set of challenges. Curious to explore whether professionals and newsrooms in Brazil face similar obstacles, the author drew inspiration from previous research within the NPA community to conduct interviews with leading figures in Brazilian journalism. These interviews, held in March 2024, highlighted six key areas of concern: scope, communication, culture, training, career, and potential improvements.
Fernanda Giacomassi
10/25/2024
Quais os desafios da carreira de produto dentro do jornalismo brasileiro?
In recent years, product management has emerged as a pivotal career in the journalism industry, especially in the face of the ongoing editorial business crisis. Product managers are crucial in driving digital transformation, finding innovative ways to engage audiences, and boosting revenue. However, this career comes with its own set of challenges. Curious to explore whether professionals and newsrooms in Brazil face similar obstacles, the author drew inspiration from previous research within the NPA community to conduct interviews with leading figures in Brazilian journalism. These interviews, held in March 2024, highlighted six key areas of concern: scope, communication, culture, training, career, and potential improvements.
- Author: Fernanda Giacomassi
- Date: 10/25/2024
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Document
- Theme: Other
- Language: Portuguese
Distinguir entre productos y proyectos en organizaciones periodísticas
Una guía para entender la diferencia entre gestión de productos,
proyectos, programas y carteras en medios por Paty Gomes.
Paty Gomes
10/08/2024
Distinguir entre productos y proyectos en organizaciones periodísticas
Una guía para entender la diferencia entre gestión de productos,
proyectos, programas y carteras en medios por Paty Gomes.
- Author: Paty Gomes
- Date: 10/08/2024
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
How Newslaundry worked with its users to make its journalism more accessible
Newslaundry is a subscription-based digital news outlet in India that covers politics, policy, and media in text, video, and audio. After nearly two years of development and product testing, and with some funding from the Google Innovation Challenge, the outlet launched NewsAble, a slate of features to make its journalism more accessible to users with disabilities.
Hanna' Tameez
07/05/2024
How Newslaundry worked with its users to make its journalism more accessible
Newslaundry is a subscription-based digital news outlet in India that covers politics, policy, and media in text, video, and audio. After nearly two years of development and product testing, and with some funding from the Google Innovation Challenge, the outlet launched NewsAble, a slate of features to make its journalism more accessible to users with disabilities.
- Author: Hanna' Tameez
- Date: 07/05/2024
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Other
- Language: English
Next Gen News
This research aims to better understand the future of news consumption in 2030. To achieve this goal, young consumers in Nigeria, India and the United States were interviewed to identify the news needs and preferences of the next generation.
07/05/2024
Next Gen News
This research aims to better understand the future of news consumption in 2030. To achieve this goal, young consumers in Nigeria, India and the United States were interviewed to identify the news needs and preferences of the next generation.
- Date: 07/05/2024
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: www.next-gen-news.com
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
7 Product Requirements Document (PRD) Templates for Product Managers | Aha! softwareRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article from Aha! explains the importance of a good product requirements document (PRD) and provides a template to guide you in creating one. A PRD outlines the goals, features, and specifications for a product, serving as a blueprint for development teams. The template includes sections for executive summary, background and context, objectives, scope, deliverables, constraints, and more. It emphasizes the need for clear and concise language, defining user personas, prioritizing features, and involving key stakeholders. A well-crafted PRD helps teams align, make informed decisions, and ensure successful product development.
03/01/2024
7 Product Requirements Document (PRD) Templates for Product Managers | Aha! software Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article from Aha! explains the importance of a good product requirements document (PRD) and provides a template to guide you in creating one. A PRD outlines the goals, features, and specifications for a product, serving as a blueprint for development teams. The template includes sections for executive summary, background and context, objectives, scope, deliverables, constraints, and more. It emphasizes the need for clear and concise language, defining user personas, prioritizing features, and involving key stakeholders. A well-crafted PRD helps teams align, make informed decisions, and ensure successful product development.
- Date: 03/01/2024
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: www.aha.io
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Requirements Management
SWOT Analysis: Examples and Templates [2023] • AsanaRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article provided by Asana is about SWOT Analysis, a useful tool for evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a business or project. The main thesis of the article is that conducting a SWOT Analysis helps teams understand their current situation, make informed decisions, and develop effective strategies. It explains the four elements of SWOT analysis in detail and emphasizes the importance of SWOT analysis as a guiding framework for strategic planning and problem-solving. The article also provides practical tips on how to conduct a SWOT analysis and use the insights gained to drive success.
02/24/2024
SWOT Analysis: Examples and Templates [2023] • Asana Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article provided by Asana is about SWOT Analysis, a useful tool for evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a business or project. The main thesis of the article is that conducting a SWOT Analysis helps teams understand their current situation, make informed decisions, and develop effective strategies. It explains the four elements of SWOT analysis in detail and emphasizes the importance of SWOT analysis as a guiding framework for strategic planning and problem-solving. The article also provides practical tips on how to conduct a SWOT analysis and use the insights gained to drive success.
- Date: 02/24/2024
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: asana.com
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
Journalism Needs Leaders Who Know How to Run a BusinessRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article emphasizes the importance of journalism leaders having a strong understanding of business operations. It argues that in today's media landscape, media organizations need leaders who can navigate financial challenges while upholding journalistic integrity. The author suggests that journalism schools should incorporate business education into their curricula to better prepare future leaders for the industry's evolving needs.
02/15/2024
Journalism Needs Leaders Who Know How to Run a Business Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article emphasizes the importance of journalism leaders having a strong understanding of business operations. It argues that in today's media landscape, media organizations need leaders who can navigate financial challenges while upholding journalistic integrity. The author suggests that journalism schools should incorporate business education into their curricula to better prepare future leaders for the industry's evolving needs.
- Date: 02/15/2024
- Source: niemanreports.org
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
The ultimate guide to willingness-to-payRecommended on the NPA Slack
Being willing to adapt, learn, and take action is key to overcoming challenges and reaching goals. You will find practical tips on how to cultivate willingness, such as developing a growth mindset and embracing discomfort. Having a mindset of openness and readiness is crucial for making progress and creating positive change in various aspects of life.
02/13/2024
The ultimate guide to willingness-to-pay Recommended on the NPA Slack
Being willing to adapt, learn, and take action is key to overcoming challenges and reaching goals. You will find practical tips on how to cultivate willingness, such as developing a growth mindset and embracing discomfort. Having a mindset of openness and readiness is crucial for making progress and creating positive change in various aspects of life.
- Date: 02/13/2024
- Source: www.lennysnewsletter.com
- Type: Article
- Theme: Uncategorized
11 tips for improving email deliverability
The article offers 11 tips for improving email deliverability. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining a clean email list, using clear subject lines, and sending engaging content. Additionally, the article suggests avoiding spam triggers, personalizing messages, and testing emails before sending them out. By following these tips, email marketers can enhance their email deliverability rates and reach their target audience effectively.
Teresa Ristow
02/01/2024
11 tips for improving email deliverability
The article offers 11 tips for improving email deliverability. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining a clean email list, using clear subject lines, and sending engaging content. Additionally, the article suggests avoiding spam triggers, personalizing messages, and testing emails before sending them out. By following these tips, email marketers can enhance their email deliverability rates and reach their target audience effectively.
- Author: Teresa Ristow
- Date: 02/01/2024
- Source: bluelena.io
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
Budget Estimate ExampleRecommended on the NPA Slack
Use this resource to create your own budget for your program.
12/05/2023
Membership Revenue Calculator TemplateRecommended on the NPA Slack
The Membership Revenue Calculator Example is a great resource to use for Monthly membership revenue. This calculator was developed by Brian Boyer in support of the News Product Alliance.
12/05/2023
Membership Revenue Calculator Template Recommended on the NPA Slack
The Membership Revenue Calculator Example is a great resource to use for Monthly membership revenue. This calculator was developed by Brian Boyer in support of the News Product Alliance.
- Date: 12/05/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: docs.google.com
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Other
- Theme: Product Design
New guide helps publishers build custom GPTs for local newsRecommended on the NPA Slack
This article provides a helpful guide on how publishers can create custom GPTs (Generative Pre-trained Transformers) for local news. GPTs are powerful language models that can generate human-like text. The guide is designed to assist publishers in tailoring GPTs specifically for local news, helping them to enhance their content creation and delivery. By following the guide, publishers can leverage GPTs to automate routine tasks like summarizing news, generating headlines, and creating engaging content. This leads to more efficient news production and better personalized experiences for readers. The guide includes step-by-step instructions and best practices for building custom GPTs.
Joe Amditis
11/21/2023
New guide helps publishers build custom GPTs for local news Recommended on the NPA Slack
This article provides a helpful guide on how publishers can create custom GPTs (Generative Pre-trained Transformers) for local news. GPTs are powerful language models that can generate human-like text. The guide is designed to assist publishers in tailoring GPTs specifically for local news, helping them to enhance their content creation and delivery. By following the guide, publishers can leverage GPTs to automate routine tasks like summarizing news, generating headlines, and creating engaging content. This leads to more efficient news production and better personalized experiences for readers. The guide includes step-by-step instructions and best practices for building custom GPTs.
- Author: Joe Amditis
- Date: 11/21/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: medium.com
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
Running Impactful Community Surveys
A guide on planning and implementing surveys successfully to inform your editorial or product strategy.
Carla Nudel
11/21/2023
Running Impactful Community Surveys
A guide on planning and implementing surveys successfully to inform your editorial or product strategy.
- Author: Carla Nudel
- Date: 11/21/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
AI Adoption for Newsrooms: A 10-Step Guide
AI tools can alert journalists to breaking news, help them analyze and draw insights from large datasets, and even write and produce the news. At the same time, the risks associated with using AI tools are significant and varied. From potentially spreading misinformation to making biased statements, the cost — both literally and figuratively — of misusing AI in journalism can be high.
Partnership on AI (PAI), as part of the Knight Foundation’s AI and Local News Initiative, has been working with organizations and individuals from the technology and news industries, civil society, and academia to explore how journalists can ethically adopt AI. AI Adoption for Newsrooms: A 10-Step Guide is the latest addition to PAI’s AI and Local News Toolkit, a set of resources designed to help local news organizations responsibly harness AI’s potential.
PAI
11/21/2023
AI Adoption for Newsrooms: A 10-Step Guide
AI tools can alert journalists to breaking news, help them analyze and draw insights from large datasets, and even write and produce the news. At the same time, the risks associated with using AI tools are significant and varied. From potentially spreading misinformation to making biased statements, the cost — both literally and figuratively — of misusing AI in journalism can be high.
Partnership on AI (PAI), as part of the Knight Foundation’s AI and Local News Initiative, has been working with organizations and individuals from the technology and news industries, civil society, and academia to explore how journalists can ethically adopt AI. AI Adoption for Newsrooms: A 10-Step Guide is the latest addition to PAI’s AI and Local News Toolkit, a set of resources designed to help local news organizations responsibly harness AI’s potential.
- Author: PAI
- Date: 11/21/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: https://partnershiponai.org/ai-for-newsrooms/
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Other
- Language: English
Five AI Projects for Local NewsroomsRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses five AI projects that can benefit local newsrooms. These projects include automated transcription services, AI-powered chatbots, personalized news recommendations, sentiment analysis for social media, and data visualization tools. By utilizing these AI technologies, local newsrooms can increase efficiency, improve user experience, and provide more relevant and engaging content to their audiences. These projects have the potential to revolutionize the way local news is produced and consumed in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Ernest Kung
10/10/2023
Five AI Projects for Local Newsrooms Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses five AI projects that can benefit local newsrooms. These projects include automated transcription services, AI-powered chatbots, personalized news recommendations, sentiment analysis for social media, and data visualization tools. By utilizing these AI technologies, local newsrooms can increase efficiency, improve user experience, and provide more relevant and engaging content to their audiences. These projects have the potential to revolutionize the way local news is produced and consumed in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
- Author: Ernest Kung
- Date: 10/10/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: www.ap.org
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Other
- Language: English
Optimizing the News Tech Stack: A Holistic Framework for Technology Decisions in News Media OrganizationsRecommended on the NPA SlackNPA Original Content
In this guide, you will find a framework that aims to guide small to medium organizations on how to make technology decisions strategically and better comprehend the impact of technology within their news organizations. This framework encourages holistic decision-making, as it is essential to understand your organization's unique needs, goals, and mission. By doing so, you're poised to make informed trade-offs and embrace technology that genuinely aligns with your growth ambitions.
Feli Carrique
09/19/2023
Optimizing the News Tech Stack: A Holistic Framework for Technology Decisions in News Media Organizations NPA Original ContentRecommended on the NPA Slack
In this guide, you will find a framework that aims to guide small to medium organizations on how to make technology decisions strategically and better comprehend the impact of technology within their news organizations. This framework encourages holistic decision-making, as it is essential to understand your organization's unique needs, goals, and mission. By doing so, you're poised to make informed trade-offs and embrace technology that genuinely aligns with your growth ambitions.
- Author: Feli Carrique
- Date: 09/19/2023
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
User Interviews 101Recommended on the NPA Slack
"User Interviews: How, When, and Why to Conduct Them" provides valuable insights into the importance of user interviews in user experience (UX) research. It emphasizes that user interviews play a crucial role in understanding user needs, motivations, and preferences, which enable designers to create effective and user-centric solutions. The article highlights the different types of user interviews, including contextual interviews, and offers practical advice on conducting successful interviews, such as preparing relevant questions and actively listening to users. Ultimately, conducting user interviews helps improve the overall user experience by gaining valuable insights directly from the target audience.
World Leaders in Research-Based User Experience
09/17/2023
User Interviews 101 Recommended on the NPA Slack
"User Interviews: How, When, and Why to Conduct Them" provides valuable insights into the importance of user interviews in user experience (UX) research. It emphasizes that user interviews play a crucial role in understanding user needs, motivations, and preferences, which enable designers to create effective and user-centric solutions. The article highlights the different types of user interviews, including contextual interviews, and offers practical advice on conducting successful interviews, such as preparing relevant questions and actively listening to users. Ultimately, conducting user interviews helps improve the overall user experience by gaining valuable insights directly from the target audience.
- Author: World Leaders in Research-Based User Experience
- Date: 09/17/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: www.nngroup.com
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Article
- Theme: User Interviews
User manual template
A simple template in 11 topics for outlining your 'user manual', or a guide on how are the best interactions with you. Make a copy and fill your answers.
Anika Anand and Anushka Patil
08/01/2023
User manual template
A simple template in 11 topics for outlining your 'user manual', or a guide on how are the best interactions with you. Make a copy and fill your answers.
- Author: Anika Anand and Anushka Patil
- Date: 08/01/2023
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Anika Anand and Anushka Patil
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Tool
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
The tough stuff we don’t talk about enough when working with friendsRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses the challenges that can arise when working with friends and provides tips on how to navigate those difficulties. The author emphasizes that while working with friends can be rewarding, it can also strain the relationship if not handled properly. The article offers advice on setting clear boundaries, open communication, and conflict resolution, stressing the importance of maintaining professionalism and separate personal and professional lives. Overall, it provides valuable insights for anyone working with friends to ensure a healthy and successful work dynamic.
Emily Goligoski
08/01/2023
The tough stuff we don’t talk about enough when working with friends Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses the challenges that can arise when working with friends and provides tips on how to navigate those difficulties. The author emphasizes that while working with friends can be rewarding, it can also strain the relationship if not handled properly. The article offers advice on setting clear boundaries, open communication, and conflict resolution, stressing the importance of maintaining professionalism and separate personal and professional lives. Overall, it provides valuable insights for anyone working with friends to ensure a healthy and successful work dynamic.
- Author: Emily Goligoski
- Date: 08/01/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: www.charterworks.com
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
A Lookback at The Atlantic’s Paywall LaunchNPA Original Content
The Atlantic implemented its first metered paywall in 2019, which has evolved since then to become a more dynamic and responsive product. This endeavor required a comprehensive, cross-functional approach involving design, product, engineering, and customer support teams. The Atlantic's journey provides an informative exploration into the design philosophy, technical challenges, project timelines, quality assurance strategies, and future plans related to implementing a paywall.
Launching the paywall in 2019 required a comprehensive, cross-functional approach involving design, product, engineering, and customer support teams. This case study aims to provide an overview of how The Atlantic initially launched its paywall, maintaining a user-centric approach while achieving business objectives.
Adriana Lacy
07/31/2023
A Lookback at The Atlantic’s Paywall Launch NPA Original Content
The Atlantic implemented its first metered paywall in 2019, which has evolved since then to become a more dynamic and responsive product. This endeavor required a comprehensive, cross-functional approach involving design, product, engineering, and customer support teams. The Atlantic's journey provides an informative exploration into the design philosophy, technical challenges, project timelines, quality assurance strategies, and future plans related to implementing a paywall.
Launching the paywall in 2019 required a comprehensive, cross-functional approach involving design, product, engineering, and customer support teams. This case study aims to provide an overview of how The Atlantic initially launched its paywall, maintaining a user-centric approach while achieving business objectives.
- Author: Adriana Lacy
- Date: 07/31/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Project Management in NewsroomsRecommended on the NPA Slack
This ebook discusses project management in newsrooms and provides insights on effective strategies to manage projects in this fast-paced environment. It emphasizes the importance of planning and organization, communication, and teamwork in successfully delivering news projects. The author highlights the need for clear objectives and timelines, as well as the use of project management tools and techniques. Furthermore, the article stresses the significance of flexibility and adaptability in newsroom projects, given the unpredictable and changing nature of news. Overall, it provides valuable guidance on how to effectively manage projects in newsrooms to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality news content.
07/31/2023
Project Management in Newsrooms Recommended on the NPA Slack
This ebook discusses project management in newsrooms and provides insights on effective strategies to manage projects in this fast-paced environment. It emphasizes the importance of planning and organization, communication, and teamwork in successfully delivering news projects. The author highlights the need for clear objectives and timelines, as well as the use of project management tools and techniques. Furthermore, the article stresses the significance of flexibility and adaptability in newsroom projects, given the unpredictable and changing nature of news. Overall, it provides valuable guidance on how to effectively manage projects in newsrooms to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality news content.
- Date: 07/31/2023
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: www.apm.org.uk
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
Texas Tribune e o Analytics HubNPA Original Content
Desde o seu lançamento em 2009, o tem enfatizado os dados em seus relatórios. O uso de tabelas, gráficos e mapas por parte do site de notícias sem fins lucrativos em matérias, e suas bases de dados pesquisáveis de informações públicas, são considerados pioneiros no jornalismo de dados.
Este estudo de caso examina como a estrutura organizacional e a cultura do Tribune levaram o veículo a desenvolver e implementar um sistema centralizado de data warehouse, denominado Analytics Hub, que compila informações do usuário em todo o portfólio de produtos do Tribune. Também examinaremos os desafios ao longo do processo.
Cindy Royal
07/31/2023
Texas Tribune e o Analytics Hub NPA Original Content
Desde o seu lançamento em 2009, o tem enfatizado os dados em seus relatórios. O uso de tabelas, gráficos e mapas por parte do site de notícias sem fins lucrativos em matérias, e suas bases de dados pesquisáveis de informações públicas, são considerados pioneiros no jornalismo de dados.
Este estudo de caso examina como a estrutura organizacional e a cultura do Tribune levaram o veículo a desenvolver e implementar um sistema centralizado de data warehouse, denominado Analytics Hub, que compila informações do usuário em todo o portfólio de produtos do Tribune. Também examinaremos os desafios ao longo do processo.
- Author: Cindy Royal
- Date: 07/31/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Portuguese
Meedan: Fighting misinformation through a Theory of ChangeNPA Original Content
Meedan is a tech nonprofit that builds software with a mission to fight online misinformation and build a ‘more equitable’ internet.
Although it has enjoyed national and international recognition for over 15 years, Meedan has been doubly challenged: as a growing nonprofit operating adjacent to news media and technology companies and amid a constantly changing climate for misinformation, grassroots journalism, and media funding.
This case study explores how Meedan handles challenges related to its unique position in the market — as neither a media company nor a platform — but as a nonprofit that uses a “Theory of Change” approach to underpin its software solutions, integrate its programs, and better serve audiences.
John Mills
07/31/2023
Meedan: Fighting misinformation through a Theory of Change NPA Original Content
Meedan is a tech nonprofit that builds software with a mission to fight online misinformation and build a ‘more equitable’ internet.
Although it has enjoyed national and international recognition for over 15 years, Meedan has been doubly challenged: as a growing nonprofit operating adjacent to news media and technology companies and amid a constantly changing climate for misinformation, grassroots journalism, and media funding.
This case study explores how Meedan handles challenges related to its unique position in the market — as neither a media company nor a platform — but as a nonprofit that uses a “Theory of Change” approach to underpin its software solutions, integrate its programs, and better serve audiences.
- Author: John Mills
- Date: 07/31/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
How Documented incorporated audience needs into product researchNPA Original Content
The Documented team was doing stellar work with the mission of breaking the cycle of extractive reporting on immigration, but they knew they wouldn’t be effective if their target audience wasn’t reading their work. This case study explores how Documented approached user research to understand the needs of its audience and ensure that their mission-critical work was designed to serve New York City immigrants, not just report about them.
Ankita Mukhopadhyay
07/31/2023
How Documented incorporated audience needs into product research NPA Original Content
The Documented team was doing stellar work with the mission of breaking the cycle of extractive reporting on immigration, but they knew they wouldn’t be effective if their target audience wasn’t reading their work. This case study explores how Documented approached user research to understand the needs of its audience and ensure that their mission-critical work was designed to serve New York City immigrants, not just report about them.
- Author: Ankita Mukhopadhyay
- Date: 07/31/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Texas Tribune and the Analytics HubNPA Original Content
Since its launch in 2009, The Texas Tribune has emphasized data in reporting. The nonprofit news site’s inventive use of charts, graphs, and maps in stories, and its searchable databases of public information, are considered pioneering in data journalism.
This case study examines how the Tribune’s organizational structure and culture drove the outlet to develop and implement a centralized data warehouse system, named the Analytics Hub, which compiles user information across the Tribune’s product portfolio. We will look at the challenges throughout the process as well.
Cindy Royal
07/31/2023
Texas Tribune and the Analytics Hub NPA Original Content
Since its launch in 2009, The Texas Tribune has emphasized data in reporting. The nonprofit news site’s inventive use of charts, graphs, and maps in stories, and its searchable databases of public information, are considered pioneering in data journalism.
This case study examines how the Tribune’s organizational structure and culture drove the outlet to develop and implement a centralized data warehouse system, named the Analytics Hub, which compiles user information across the Tribune’s product portfolio. We will look at the challenges throughout the process as well.
- Author: Cindy Royal
- Date: 07/31/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
5 tips so you can start building technical prowess, earn the respect of your engineers & drive successful productsRecommended on the NPA Slack
This Twitter thread offers advice on how product managers can build technical influence.
Upasna Guatam
06/08/2023
5 tips so you can start building technical prowess, earn the respect of your engineers & drive successful products Recommended on the NPA Slack
This Twitter thread offers advice on how product managers can build technical influence.
- Author: Upasna Guatam
- Date: 06/08/2023
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes.
- Source: twitter.com
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Twitter thread
- Theme: Product Design
Why it's still legal to pay disabled people less than minimum wageRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which allows employers to pay workers with disabilities subminimum wages. It highlights the controversy surrounding this provision, with advocates pushing for its abolishment and businesses arguing it provides valuable job opportunities for people with disabilities. The article provides resources for further information and encourages readers to consider the implications of Section 14(c) for individuals with disabilities in the workforce.
Patrick Garvin
06/08/2023
Why it's still legal to pay disabled people less than minimum wage Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which allows employers to pay workers with disabilities subminimum wages. It highlights the controversy surrounding this provision, with advocates pushing for its abolishment and businesses arguing it provides valuable job opportunities for people with disabilities. The article provides resources for further information and encourages readers to consider the implications of Section 14(c) for individuals with disabilities in the workforce.
- Author: Patrick Garvin
- Date: 06/08/2023
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: patrickgarvin.com
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Other
- Language: English
How the fashion magazine ELLE is using a dynamic paywall and continuous optimization to improve conversion rates
The framework, metrics and optimization strategy employed by ELLE Magazine in France to better convert users into subscribers.
Madeleine White
06/07/2023
How the fashion magazine ELLE is using a dynamic paywall and continuous optimization to improve conversion rates
The framework, metrics and optimization strategy employed by ELLE Magazine in France to better convert users into subscribers.
- Author: Madeleine White
- Date: 06/07/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Audiencers
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Bringing our writers to the forefront of our search experienceRecommended on the NPA Slack
In this article, The Atlantic explains how they improved their search experience by elevating their writers to the forefront. By implementing a new tagging system, users can now easily find articles by their favorite writers, and writers are able to gain more visibility and recognition for their work. The Atlantic believes that this strategy will lead to better engagement and a more loyal audience.
Niya Watkins
06/01/2023
Bringing our writers to the forefront of our search experience Recommended on the NPA Slack
In this article, The Atlantic explains how they improved their search experience by elevating their writers to the forefront. By implementing a new tagging system, users can now easily find articles by their favorite writers, and writers are able to gain more visibility and recognition for their work. The Atlantic believes that this strategy will lead to better engagement and a more loyal audience.
- Author: Niya Watkins
- Date: 06/01/2023
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: building.theatlantic.com
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
How AI can empower local journalism: Part 1Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) can benefit local journalism in terms of generating visual imagery. With the help of AI tools, journalists can create images that accurately reflect the stories they are reporting on. This can be a valuable resource for small newsrooms or independent journalists who may not have the resources or staff to dedicate to graphic design or photography. Additionally, AI-generated imagery can help local publications compete with larger, national news outlets.
Gerard Donnelly
04/16/2023
How AI can empower local journalism: Part 1 Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) can benefit local journalism in terms of generating visual imagery. With the help of AI tools, journalists can create images that accurately reflect the stories they are reporting on. This can be a valuable resource for small newsrooms or independent journalists who may not have the resources or staff to dedicate to graphic design or photography. Additionally, AI-generated imagery can help local publications compete with larger, national news outlets.
- Author: Gerard Donnelly
- Date: 04/16/2023
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: legitimate.net
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Choose Your Own Mad Libs (or, how you can plug data into automated stories and free up lots of reporting time)Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses how to use tools like MadLibs and automated data to make news articles more efficient. By creating templates with placeholder keywords, journalists can use algorithms to fill in the data and create personalized stories. The author argues that this approach can be especially useful for data-driven stories or articles with repetitive structures. They caution, however, that it is important for journalists to maintain narrative coherence and ensure the algorithm is transparent with readers.
Mike Stucka
03/21/2023
Choose Your Own Mad Libs (or, how you can plug data into automated stories and free up lots of reporting time) Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses how to use tools like MadLibs and automated data to make news articles more efficient. By creating templates with placeholder keywords, journalists can use algorithms to fill in the data and create personalized stories. The author argues that this approach can be especially useful for data-driven stories or articles with repetitive structures. They caution, however, that it is important for journalists to maintain narrative coherence and ensure the algorithm is transparent with readers.
- Author: Mike Stucka
- Date: 03/21/2023
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: source.opennews.org
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Non-writing AI tools every journalist should know aboutRecommended on the NPA Slack
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
03/06/2023
Non-writing AI tools every journalist should know about Recommended on the NPA Slack
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.
- Author: Cristiana Bedei
- Date: 03/06/2023
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: ijnet.org
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
How to Choose Planning Tools that Solve Workflow InefficienciesNPA Original Content
This guide explores common publication workflow challenges faced by publishers and how they choose and manage content planning tools to guide efficient processes.
Shannan Bowen
02/14/2023
How to Choose Planning Tools that Solve Workflow Inefficiencies NPA Original Content
This guide explores common publication workflow challenges faced by publishers and how they choose and manage content planning tools to guide efficient processes.
- Author: Shannan Bowen
- Date: 02/14/2023
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Vocento e o lançamento da RelevoRecommended on the NPA SlackNPA Original Content
This is the first in a series of original case studies that the News Product Alliance is commissioning. This case study explores how the Spanish media group Vocento has strategized and executed the launch of Relevo, a social news startup, in the overcrowded Spanish sports media market. Filled with interviews and access to internal materials, the piece demonstrates how Vocento applied product processes in order to differentiate its offer, resulting in a brand that amassed 260,000 followers across 4 platforms in less than 3 months.
Ismael Nafría
01/20/2023
Vocento e o lançamento da Relevo NPA Original ContentRecommended on the NPA Slack
This is the first in a series of original case studies that the News Product Alliance is commissioning. This case study explores how the Spanish media group Vocento has strategized and executed the launch of Relevo, a social news startup, in the overcrowded Spanish sports media market. Filled with interviews and access to internal materials, the piece demonstrates how Vocento applied product processes in order to differentiate its offer, resulting in a brand that amassed 260,000 followers across 4 platforms in less than 3 months.
- Author: Ismael Nafría
- Date: 01/20/2023
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: Advanced
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Portuguese
Vocento and the launch of RelevoNPA Original Content
This is the first in a series of original case studies that the News Product Alliance is commissioning. This case study explores how the Spanish media group Vocento has strategized and executed the launch of Relevo, a social news startup, in the overcrowded Spanish sports media market. Filled with interviews and access to internal materials, the piece demonstrates how Vocento applied product processes in order to differentiate its offer, resulting in a brand that amassed 260,000 followers across 4 platforms in less than 3 months.
Ismael Nafría
01/20/2023
Vocento and the launch of Relevo NPA Original Content
This is the first in a series of original case studies that the News Product Alliance is commissioning. This case study explores how the Spanish media group Vocento has strategized and executed the launch of Relevo, a social news startup, in the overcrowded Spanish sports media market. Filled with interviews and access to internal materials, the piece demonstrates how Vocento applied product processes in order to differentiate its offer, resulting in a brand that amassed 260,000 followers across 4 platforms in less than 3 months.
- Author: Ismael Nafría
- Date: 01/20/2023
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: Advanced
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
What Can We Learn from Barnes & Noble's Surprising Turnaround?
This newsletter from Ted Giogia describes how the bookseller Barnes & Noble has turned their business around despite a grim perspective. The reason is a deep love for the product sold and their audience - readers. The CEO has given more autonomy to stores and put their public first.
Ted Gioia
12/28/2022
What Can We Learn from Barnes & Noble's Surprising Turnaround?
This newsletter from Ted Giogia describes how the bookseller Barnes & Noble has turned their business around despite a grim perspective. The reason is a deep love for the product sold and their audience - readers. The CEO has given more autonomy to stores and put their public first.
- Author: Ted Gioia
- Date: 12/28/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Honest Broker
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Distinguishing between products and projects in journalismNPA Original Content
The differences between product, project, program, and portfolio management may seem complex. This guide from the NPA Product Kit series defines all of them so that you can clearly see their main aspects, and presents five ways to recognize a product in journalism.
Paty Gomes
12/14/2022
Distinguishing between products and projects in journalism NPA Original Content
The differences between product, project, program, and portfolio management may seem complex. This guide from the NPA Product Kit series defines all of them so that you can clearly see their main aspects, and presents five ways to recognize a product in journalism.
- Author: Paty Gomes
- Date: 12/14/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
How to sunset a productNPA Original Content
It's common to talk about new products, but products also need to end at some point. There’s a healthy and transparent way of sunsetting products that no longer serve user needs, while making space for new development. In this guide from the NPA Product Kit series, you will learn how sunset a product in a sustainable way.
Elite Truong
12/14/2022
How to sunset a product NPA Original Content
It's common to talk about new products, but products also need to end at some point. There’s a healthy and transparent way of sunsetting products that no longer serve user needs, while making space for new development. In this guide from the NPA Product Kit series, you will learn how sunset a product in a sustainable way.
- Author: Elite Truong
- Date: 12/14/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Scaling a product teamNPA Original Content
This guide from the NPA Product Kit series explores how to build capacity while growing your team’s credibility as a driver of business value. Learn useful techniques to scale your team so you can better tackle the challenges ahead.
Eric Ulken
12/14/2022
Scaling a product team NPA Original Content
This guide from the NPA Product Kit series explores how to build capacity while growing your team’s credibility as a driver of business value. Learn useful techniques to scale your team so you can better tackle the challenges ahead.
- Author: Eric Ulken
- Date: 12/14/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Creating a product team from scratchNPA Original Content
Now that product is an increasingly frequent topic for news organizations, several practitioners want to create teams where they can put product principles in practice. This guide from the NPA Product Kit series outlines a way to create a newsroom product team with limited or existing resources.
Jessica Morrison and Kate Travis
12/14/2022
Creating a product team from scratch NPA Original Content
Now that product is an increasingly frequent topic for news organizations, several practitioners want to create teams where they can put product principles in practice. This guide from the NPA Product Kit series outlines a way to create a newsroom product team with limited or existing resources.
- Author: Jessica Morrison and Kate Travis
- Date: 12/14/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Aligning stakeholders around product: How to bring newsroom stakeholders together for product prioritization and decision-makingNPA Original Content
Stakeholder management is always a tricky area to navigate, and it can be especially daunting in an environment where product is a relatively new function. This guide from the NPA Product Kit series offers strategies to get started with stakeholder management, ongoing stakeholder management, and how to step in to manage conflict.
Ankita Mukhopadhyay
12/14/2022
Aligning stakeholders around product: How to bring newsroom stakeholders together for product prioritization and decision-making NPA Original Content
Stakeholder management is always a tricky area to navigate, and it can be especially daunting in an environment where product is a relatively new function. This guide from the NPA Product Kit series offers strategies to get started with stakeholder management, ongoing stakeholder management, and how to step in to manage conflict.
- Author: Ankita Mukhopadhyay
- Date: 12/14/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Planning for effective product researchNPA Original Content
Product research is vital for including the user's perspective in a product. But how do you establish objectives in order to do this? In this guide from the NPA Product Kit series, you’ll learn how to draft a research goal and create a research brief that outlines how to collect the data you need.
Ariel Zirulnick
12/14/2022
Planning for effective product research NPA Original Content
Product research is vital for including the user's perspective in a product. But how do you establish objectives in order to do this? In this guide from the NPA Product Kit series, you’ll learn how to draft a research goal and create a research brief that outlines how to collect the data you need.
- Author: Ariel Zirulnick
- Date: 12/14/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
Working collaboratively with design and developmentNPA Original Content
This guide from the NPA Product Kit series explains what product managers need to know about design and development to help their teams collaborate. Apply techniques to cultivate a product culture and better communicate and work with designers and developers.
Cassie Wimberly & Sarah Featherstone
12/14/2022
Working collaboratively with design and development NPA Original Content
This guide from the NPA Product Kit series explains what product managers need to know about design and development to help their teams collaborate. Apply techniques to cultivate a product culture and better communicate and work with designers and developers.
- Author: Cassie Wimberly & Sarah Featherstone
- Date: 12/14/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
How to collect, organize and prioritize product requestsNPA Original Content
Aligning newsroom goals with our readers’ needs and what we have resources for is the supreme art of the product lead. It requires technical competence, stakeholder management, and a keen eye on the top level objectives. This guide from the Product Kit offers practical tips for receiving and prioritizing product requests with these tenets in mind.
Adam Oxford
12/14/2022
How to collect, organize and prioritize product requests NPA Original Content
Aligning newsroom goals with our readers’ needs and what we have resources for is the supreme art of the product lead. It requires technical competence, stakeholder management, and a keen eye on the top level objectives. This guide from the Product Kit offers practical tips for receiving and prioritizing product requests with these tenets in mind.
- Author: Adam Oxford
- Date: 12/14/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Como gerenciar stakeholders no contexto da redaçãoNPA Original Content
News product teams need to deal with different areas, priorities and realities in a news organization. This tug of war can be challenging when managing expectations and concerns. Learn how news product professionals can better involve and manage stakeholders while delivering effective results.
Sara Carothers
11/21/2022
Como gerenciar stakeholders no contexto da redação NPA Original Content
News product teams need to deal with different areas, priorities and realities in a news organization. This tug of war can be challenging when managing expectations and concerns. Learn how news product professionals can better involve and manage stakeholders while delivering effective results.
- Author: Sara Carothers
- Date: 11/21/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: Portuguese
Cómo trabajar con partes interesadas en una sala de redacciónNPA Original Content
News product teams need to deal with different areas, priorities and realities in a news organization. This tug of war can be challenging when managing expectations and concerns. Learn how news product professionals can better involve and manage stakeholders while delivering effective results.
Sara Carothers
11/21/2022
Cómo trabajar con partes interesadas en una sala de redacción NPA Original Content
News product teams need to deal with different areas, priorities and realities in a news organization. This tug of war can be challenging when managing expectations and concerns. Learn how news product professionals can better involve and manage stakeholders while delivering effective results.
- Author: Sara Carothers
- Date: 11/21/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: Spanish
Como utilizar KPIs e OKRs para uma melhor estratégia de produto jornalísticoNPA Original Content
You can’t improve what you can’t measure, as the saying goes. However, one of the main challenges of using metrics is deciding what to measure, and ensuring they align with and reflect the right organizational goals and expected results. To this end, OKRs and KPIs are effective tools for news product teams to work together effectively and in the right direction.
Luciana Cardoso
11/16/2022
Como utilizar KPIs e OKRs para uma melhor estratégia de produto jornalístico NPA Original Content
You can’t improve what you can’t measure, as the saying goes. However, one of the main challenges of using metrics is deciding what to measure, and ensuring they align with and reflect the right organizational goals and expected results. To this end, OKRs and KPIs are effective tools for news product teams to work together effectively and in the right direction.
- Author: Luciana Cardoso
- Date: 11/16/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Portuguese
Cómo usar indicadores clave de rendimiento y objetivos y resultados clave para una mejor estrategia de producto de noticiasNPA Original Content
Como dice el dicho, no se puede mejorar lo que no se puede medir. Sin embargo, uno de los mayores desafíos al utilizar métricas es decidir qué medir y asegurarse de que esas mediciones reflejen y estén alineadas con los objetivos y resultados esperados de la organización. Para esto, los indicadores clave de rendimiento y los objetivos y resultados clave son herramientas efectivas que los equipos de producto de noticias pueden usar para trabajar juntos de forma efectiva y en la dirección correcta.
Luciana Cardoso
11/16/2022
Cómo usar indicadores clave de rendimiento y objetivos y resultados clave para una mejor estrategia de producto de noticias NPA Original Content
Como dice el dicho, no se puede mejorar lo que no se puede medir. Sin embargo, uno de los mayores desafíos al utilizar métricas es decidir qué medir y asegurarse de que esas mediciones reflejen y estén alineadas con los objetivos y resultados esperados de la organización. Para esto, los indicadores clave de rendimiento y los objetivos y resultados clave son herramientas efectivas que los equipos de producto de noticias pueden usar para trabajar juntos de forma efectiva y en la dirección correcta.
- Author: Luciana Cardoso
- Date: 11/16/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Spanish
How to use KPIs and OKRs for a better news product strategyNPA Original Content
You can’t improve what you can’t measure, as the saying goes. However, one of the main challenges of using metrics is deciding what to measure, and ensuring they align with and reflect the right organizational goals and expected results. To this end, OKRs and KPIs are effective tools for news product teams to work together effectively and in the right direction.
Luciana Cardoso
11/04/2022
How to use KPIs and OKRs for a better news product strategy NPA Original Content
You can’t improve what you can’t measure, as the saying goes. However, one of the main challenges of using metrics is deciding what to measure, and ensuring they align with and reflect the right organizational goals and expected results. To this end, OKRs and KPIs are effective tools for news product teams to work together effectively and in the right direction.
- Author: Luciana Cardoso
- Date: 11/04/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
De problema a prototipo en cinco semanas
This article is a disquisition to get from problem thinking to a prototype in just 5 weeks following the process of diving in, identifying problems, listening to community needs, mapping the target community, value propositioning and story - and stakeholder mapping. Providing you with useful canvasses.
Nancy Spiccia
11/03/2022
De problema a prototipo en cinco semanas
This article is a disquisition to get from problem thinking to a prototype in just 5 weeks following the process of diving in, identifying problems, listening to community needs, mapping the target community, value propositioning and story - and stakeholder mapping. Providing you with useful canvasses.
- Author: Nancy Spiccia
- Date: 11/03/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Journalism Innovation
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
Define tu estrategia
A step by step guide to define the strategy to build a community for your newsroom, including tips on how to convince your boss and colleagues. From starting a community to actually sustaining the community.
Marie Connelly
11/03/2022
Define tu estrategia
A step by step guide to define the strategy to build a community for your newsroom, including tips on how to convince your boss and colleagues. From starting a community to actually sustaining the community.
- Author: Marie Connelly
- Date: 11/03/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Coral Project
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Spanish
How to manage stakeholders in the newsroom contextNPA Original Content
News product teams need to deal with different areas, priorities and realities in a news organization. This tug of war can be challenging when managing expectations and concerns. Learn how news product professionals can better involve and manage stakeholders while delivering effective results.
Sara Carothers
11/02/2022
How to manage stakeholders in the newsroom context NPA Original Content
News product teams need to deal with different areas, priorities and realities in a news organization. This tug of war can be challenging when managing expectations and concerns. Learn how news product professionals can better involve and manage stakeholders while delivering effective results.
- Author: Sara Carothers
- Date: 11/02/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Now that Facebook is pivoting to video again, I thought it might be useful to go over a rough timeline of the on-again-off-again pivots to video over the last 5+ years...Recommended on the NPA Slack
A timeline about the relation of Facebook to video in the last 5 years, specific of the constant movements of on-again-off-again pivots, demanding change from news organizations.
Aram Zucker-Scharff
10/27/2022
Now that Facebook is pivoting to video again, I thought it might be useful to go over a rough timeline of the on-again-off-again pivots to video over the last 5+ years... Recommended on the NPA Slack
A timeline about the relation of Facebook to video in the last 5 years, specific of the constant movements of on-again-off-again pivots, demanding change from news organizations.
- Author: Aram Zucker-Scharff
- Date: 10/27/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Twitter
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Twitter thread
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Defina sua estratégia
A step by step guide to define the strategy to build a community for your newsroom, including tips on how to convince your boss and colleagues. From starting a community to actually sustaining the community.
Marie Connelly
10/27/2022
Defina sua estratégia
A step by step guide to define the strategy to build a community for your newsroom, including tips on how to convince your boss and colleagues. From starting a community to actually sustaining the community.
- Author: Marie Connelly
- Date: 10/27/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Coral project
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Portuguese
De problema a protótipo em cinco semanas
This article is a disquisition to get from problem thinking to a prototype in just 5 weeks following the process of diving in, identifying problems, listening to community needs, mapping the target community, value propositioning and story - and stakeholder mapping. Providing you with useful canvasses.
Nancy Spiccia
10/27/2022
De problema a protótipo em cinco semanas
This article is a disquisition to get from problem thinking to a prototype in just 5 weeks following the process of diving in, identifying problems, listening to community needs, mapping the target community, value propositioning and story - and stakeholder mapping. Providing you with useful canvasses.
- Author: Nancy Spiccia
- Date: 10/27/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Journalism Innovation
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
Paywall visibility rate: The essential KPI that publishers should be tracking
Supporting publishers in understanding, tracking and optimizing both premium content visibility and paywall visibility rate, two metrics prove to help move users through the funnel towards subscribing in the future
Madeleine White
10/25/2022
Paywall visibility rate: The essential KPI that publishers should be tracking
Supporting publishers in understanding, tracking and optimizing both premium content visibility and paywall visibility rate, two metrics prove to help move users through the funnel towards subscribing in the future
- Author: Madeleine White
- Date: 10/25/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Audiencers
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Marketing
- Language: English
Stakeholder Interviews 101Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article "Stakeholder Interviews: The 5 Steps You Need to Follow" explains the importance and process of conducting stakeholder interviews. The author emphasizes that conducting interviews is a crucial step in user-centered design as it helps understand user needs and expectations. The article outlines five steps for effective stakeholder interviews, including preparing for the interview, creating interview questions, conducting the interview, analyzing the data, and using the findings to inform design decisions. Stakeholder interviews provide valuable insights that can shape successful design solutions.
World Leaders in Research-Based User Experience
10/23/2022
Stakeholder Interviews 101 Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article "Stakeholder Interviews: The 5 Steps You Need to Follow" explains the importance and process of conducting stakeholder interviews. The author emphasizes that conducting interviews is a crucial step in user-centered design as it helps understand user needs and expectations. The article outlines five steps for effective stakeholder interviews, including preparing for the interview, creating interview questions, conducting the interview, analyzing the data, and using the findings to inform design decisions. Stakeholder interviews provide valuable insights that can shape successful design solutions.
- Author: World Leaders in Research-Based User Experience
- Date: 10/23/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: www.nngroup.com
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
Consenting to decisionsRecommended on the NPA Slack
Mandy Brown explores the importance of building consensus when reaching decisions in a group, although that practice has somewhat dwindled, in her opinion. She explains the process of achieving consensus and how a team can foster that.
Mandy Brown
09/20/2022
Consenting to decisions Recommended on the NPA Slack
Mandy Brown explores the importance of building consensus when reaching decisions in a group, although that practice has somewhat dwindled, in her opinion. She explains the process of achieving consensus and how a team can foster that.
- Author: Mandy Brown
- Date: 09/20/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: A Working Library
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Magid-RTDNA 2022 Consumer Trust Study
A groundbreaking fact-finding research project the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) conducted with Magid (www.magid.com).
The study’s biggest takeaway — perhaps no surprise to journalists who have been fighting “fake news” claims for the better part of a decade — is there is no panacea, no silver bullet to winning and losing trust. Rather, the study identifies a pattern of behaviors and practices that most influence whether consumers believe what they see and hear.
The result is a roadmap for newsrooms to adopt and follow to maintain and win back trust in their communities (https://www.rtdna.org/article/rtdna_magid_trust_in_journalism_research_rtdna22)
Bill Hague, EVP, Magid
09/15/2022
Magid-RTDNA 2022 Consumer Trust Study
A groundbreaking fact-finding research project the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) conducted with Magid (www.magid.com).
The study’s biggest takeaway — perhaps no surprise to journalists who have been fighting “fake news” claims for the better part of a decade — is there is no panacea, no silver bullet to winning and losing trust. Rather, the study identifies a pattern of behaviors and practices that most influence whether consumers believe what they see and hear.
The result is a roadmap for newsrooms to adopt and follow to maintain and win back trust in their communities (https://www.rtdna.org/article/rtdna_magid_trust_in_journalism_research_rtdna22)
- Author: Bill Hague, EVP, Magid
- Date: 09/15/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: RTDNA 2022 Annual Meeting
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
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
08/30/2022
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.
- Author: David Tvrdon
- Date: 08/30/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: The Fix
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Democratization 2.0: The Assisted ModelRecommended on the NPA Slack
Brendan Beninghof, User Interviews’s Director of Customer Development, talks about the rising trend of democratizing research across an organization. This involves empowering teams and professionals to better understand their user and act on this knowledge.
Brendan Beninghof
08/15/2022
Democratization 2.0: The Assisted Model Recommended on the NPA Slack
Brendan Beninghof, User Interviews’s Director of Customer Development, talks about the rising trend of democratizing research across an organization. This involves empowering teams and professionals to better understand their user and act on this knowledge.
- Author: Brendan Beninghof
- Date: 08/15/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: User Interviews
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
El diagrama de Ishikawa
This newsletter edition explains the use and main aspects of the Ishikawa Diagram. The diagram is a tool to help identify and solve problems. It proposes a structure for outlining factors that compose a problem.
Patricio Contreras
07/29/2022
El diagrama de Ishikawa
This newsletter edition explains the use and main aspects of the Ishikawa Diagram. The diagram is a tool to help identify and solve problems. It proposes a structure for outlining factors that compose a problem.
- Author: Patricio Contreras
- Date: 07/29/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Sala de herramientas
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: Spanish
Front-end e back-end em produtos digitais
This article explains the definitions of front-end, back-end, and full-stack development for people in non-technical roles. It also describes the role of Product Managers during product development and how they can participate in the process with technical teams.
Taynara Rechia
07/29/2022
Front-end e back-end em produtos digitais
This article explains the definitions of front-end, back-end, and full-stack development for people in non-technical roles. It also describes the role of Product Managers during product development and how they can participate in the process with technical teams.
- Author: Taynara Rechia
- Date: 07/29/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: PM3
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
- Language: Portuguese
The hard truth about hiring in news
The Editor-in-Chief of Axios offers ideas to improve diversity in the newsroom, especially in senior and specialized positions. According to her, the company may need to develop the talent. The author also points out topics around hiring where news leaders could do more.
Sara Kehaulani Goo
07/28/2022
The hard truth about hiring in news
The Editor-in-Chief of Axios offers ideas to improve diversity in the newsroom, especially in senior and specialized positions. According to her, the company may need to develop the talent. The author also points out topics around hiring where news leaders could do more.
- Author: Sara Kehaulani Goo
- Date: 07/28/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Poynter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
How one Mexican magazine adopted inclusive language in Spanish
Gina Jaramillo, editorial director of Chilango, explains how they came up with non-discriminatory language for the magazine and how it can become a tool to make diversity visible.
Hanaa Tameez
07/27/2022
How one Mexican magazine adopted inclusive language in Spanish
Gina Jaramillo, editorial director of Chilango, explains how they came up with non-discriminatory language for the magazine and how it can become a tool to make diversity visible.
- Author: Hanaa Tameez
- Date: 07/27/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: NiemanLab
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Instagram knows you don’t like its changes. It doesn’t care.
Instagram's public identity crisis is a real-time case study. Taylor Lorenz summed it all up for the Washington Post. Lorenz interviewed experts who analyzed the whole mess through more of a product lens, discussing audience trust, product iteration, and marketplace positioning.
Taylor Lorenz
07/27/2022
Instagram knows you don’t like its changes. It doesn’t care.
Instagram's public identity crisis is a real-time case study. Taylor Lorenz summed it all up for the Washington Post. Lorenz interviewed experts who analyzed the whole mess through more of a product lens, discussing audience trust, product iteration, and marketplace positioning.
- Author: Taylor Lorenz
- Date: 07/27/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: The Washington Post
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Professional Profile_TemplateRecommended on the NPA Slack
This tweet links to and contextualizes a document with a template for professionals who have just been laid off. It helps the professional to summarize their skills and abilities, aiming for an audience that has to read it in about 3 seconds.
Upasna Gautam
07/27/2022
Professional Profile_Template Recommended on the NPA Slack
This tweet links to and contextualizes a document with a template for professionals who have just been laid off. It helps the professional to summarize their skills and abilities, aiming for an audience that has to read it in about 3 seconds.
- Author: Upasna Gautam
- Date: 07/27/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Twitter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Is This The Right Word? Word Choice Flowchart
Words matter — in our profession, especially. So it's important that journalists choose their words thoughtfully. But language can be tricky by its very nature since it's a "living" thing: A term that was accepted or even preferred at one time can fall out of favor as our language around a concept evolves. Reframe, an initiative of Resolve Philly, created a helpful flowchart to guide journalists' thinking on how to choose their words.
07/26/2022
Is This The Right Word? Word Choice Flowchart
Words matter — in our profession, especially. So it's important that journalists choose their words thoughtfully. But language can be tricky by its very nature since it's a "living" thing: A term that was accepted or even preferred at one time can fall out of favor as our language around a concept evolves. Reframe, an initiative of Resolve Philly, created a helpful flowchart to guide journalists' thinking on how to choose their words.
- Date: 07/26/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Reframe/Resolve Philly
- Scale: Hyperlocal
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Tool
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Performing a Mini Content Audit
"Content analysis" means to examine content to identify patterns. But you don't have to be a scientist to do this, especially with this handy worksheet from Reframe, an initiative of Resolve Philly. They break it down into four easy steps that newsrooms or individual journalists can use as a starting point for collecting data on their content and making meaning out of it in order to make more informed coverage choices.
07/26/2022
Performing a Mini Content Audit
"Content analysis" means to examine content to identify patterns. But you don't have to be a scientist to do this, especially with this handy worksheet from Reframe, an initiative of Resolve Philly. They break it down into four easy steps that newsrooms or individual journalists can use as a starting point for collecting data on their content and making meaning out of it in order to make more informed coverage choices.
- Date: 07/26/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Reframe/Resolve Philly
- Scale: Regional
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Zero-Click Content: The Counterintuitive Way to Succeed in a Platform-Native World
In 2020, more than two thirds of Google searches ended without a click, largely because the tech giant is constantly reworking its SERPs (search engine result pages) to put answers directly in front of searchers without making them leave Google. Many social media networks also prioritize keeping the user on their platform, their algorithms favoring this type of "no-click" content. While no-click content may seem in opposition to an organization's business goals, it does offer value to the user by requiring less of their time — and user-centered editorial experiences are what product thinking is all about. This blog post gives tips to making no-click content and explains its worth.
Amanda Natividad
07/25/2022
Zero-Click Content: The Counterintuitive Way to Succeed in a Platform-Native World
In 2020, more than two thirds of Google searches ended without a click, largely because the tech giant is constantly reworking its SERPs (search engine result pages) to put answers directly in front of searchers without making them leave Google. Many social media networks also prioritize keeping the user on their platform, their algorithms favoring this type of "no-click" content. While no-click content may seem in opposition to an organization's business goals, it does offer value to the user by requiring less of their time — and user-centered editorial experiences are what product thinking is all about. This blog post gives tips to making no-click content and explains its worth.
- Author: Amanda Natividad
- Date: 07/25/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Sparktoro
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
The newsroom matchmakerRecommended on the NPA Slack
Laura Hertzfeld proposes in this article a framework for helping newsrooms approach cross-platform storytelling. It involves pairing projects with like-minded artists, strategists, and technologists. Laura shares useful tips, such as starting small, pushing the product team to experiment, focusing on people who are passionate about experimentation etc.
Laura Hertzfeld
07/25/2022
The newsroom matchmaker Recommended on the NPA Slack
Laura Hertzfeld proposes in this article a framework for helping newsrooms approach cross-platform storytelling. It involves pairing projects with like-minded artists, strategists, and technologists. Laura shares useful tips, such as starting small, pushing the product team to experiment, focusing on people who are passionate about experimentation etc.
- Author: Laura Hertzfeld
- Date: 07/25/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Delivering People: Media make audiences, not contentRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses the overall presence and role of advertising in the tech/media industry, and how it has influenced the way the field views and groups the audience.
Daniel Joseph
07/25/2022
Delivering People: Media make audiences, not content Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses the overall presence and role of advertising in the tech/media industry, and how it has influenced the way the field views and groups the audience.
- Author: Daniel Joseph
- Date: 07/25/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Real Life Mag
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Beyond the ‘Democracy Desk’: Why U.S. newsrooms need to become explicitly pro-democracyRecommended on the NPA Slack
American democracy is undergoing what is called democratic backsliding, the tendency for a democratic system to decay. Jay Rosen argues for a different kind of journalism, one that is explicity pro-democracy, in order to tackle the challenges in the new scenario.
Jay Rosen
07/22/2022
Beyond the ‘Democracy Desk’: Why U.S. newsrooms need to become explicitly pro-democracy Recommended on the NPA Slack
American democracy is undergoing what is called democratic backsliding, the tendency for a democratic system to decay. Jay Rosen argues for a different kind of journalism, one that is explicity pro-democracy, in order to tackle the challenges in the new scenario.
- Author: Jay Rosen
- Date: 07/22/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Center for Cooperative Media
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
“Swiss army knife that keeps adding blades”: How publishers are using newsletters to multiply audience and revenues
The article shares highlights from French magazine consortium FIPP's Innovation in Media World Report for 2022-2023 all about newsletters — as a revenue source, why they appeal to advertisers, and how they've come to "replace" the newspaper and magazine.
Faisal Kalim
07/22/2022
“Swiss army knife that keeps adding blades”: How publishers are using newsletters to multiply audience and revenues
The article shares highlights from French magazine consortium FIPP's Innovation in Media World Report for 2022-2023 all about newsletters — as a revenue source, why they appeal to advertisers, and how they've come to "replace" the newspaper and magazine.
- Author: Faisal Kalim
- Date: 07/22/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: What's New in Publishing
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Marketing
- Language: English
Why the future of journalism is ModularRecommended on the NPA Slack
This piece is a deep dive on strategies for making "modular storytelling formats", or formats that divide news stories into smaller pieces that can be shared and consumed according to different reader habits. The author proposes several models, according to their research.
Shirish Kulkarni
07/22/2022
Why the future of journalism is Modular Recommended on the NPA Slack
This piece is a deep dive on strategies for making "modular storytelling formats", or formats that divide news stories into smaller pieces that can be shared and consumed according to different reader habits. The author proposes several models, according to their research.
- Author: Shirish Kulkarni
- Date: 07/22/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: shirishkulkarni.co.uk
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Computer Scientists Can’t Treat Social and Ethical Impacts as an AfterthoughtRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article describes the main points of a new National Academies of Science report. The report argues that computer scientists must start research projects with ethical review, working with stakeholders and experts from other fields. The goal is to mitigate eventual problems stemming from their inventions.
Edmund L. Andrews
07/21/2022
Computer Scientists Can’t Treat Social and Ethical Impacts as an Afterthought Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article describes the main points of a new National Academies of Science report. The report argues that computer scientists must start research projects with ethical review, working with stakeholders and experts from other fields. The goal is to mitigate eventual problems stemming from their inventions.
- Author: Edmund L. Andrews
- Date: 07/21/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Why journalism is a great foundation for media innovation, content strategy and more: Reflections from three Medill MSJsRecommended on the NPA Slack
NPA member and Northwestern University professor Rich Gordon shares reflections from three recent graduates of the Medill School of Journalism's graduate program who specialized in Media Innovation & Content Strategy. The students discuss how studying journalism prepares you for many different career paths and how journalism skills translate outside the field, to roles like product manager, sales, and more.
Rich Gordon, Julia Sifferlen, Maria Andrade, and Justin Pasionek
07/21/2022
Why journalism is a great foundation for media innovation, content strategy and more: Reflections from three Medill MSJs Recommended on the NPA Slack
NPA member and Northwestern University professor Rich Gordon shares reflections from three recent graduates of the Medill School of Journalism's graduate program who specialized in Media Innovation & Content Strategy. The students discuss how studying journalism prepares you for many different career paths and how journalism skills translate outside the field, to roles like product manager, sales, and more.
- Author: Rich Gordon, Julia Sifferlen, Maria Andrade, and Justin Pasionek
- Date: 07/21/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
“Los medios necesitan adaptar sus modelos de gestión para asegurar redacciones con diversidad, inclusión y enfoque de género”: 5 Preguntas a Mariana Santos, directora de Chicas Poderosas
Interview with Mariana Santos, founder and executive director of the organization Chicas Poderosas, about diversity, inclusion, and gender in the media. Santos talks about how diversity in journalism shouldn't be a topic regarding only the coverage but also depends on changes in management and leadership.
César López Linares
07/20/2022
“Los medios necesitan adaptar sus modelos de gestión para asegurar redacciones con diversidad, inclusión y enfoque de género”: 5 Preguntas a Mariana Santos, directora de Chicas Poderosas
Interview with Mariana Santos, founder and executive director of the organization Chicas Poderosas, about diversity, inclusion, and gender in the media. Santos talks about how diversity in journalism shouldn't be a topic regarding only the coverage but also depends on changes in management and leadership.
- Author: César López Linares
- Date: 07/20/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: LatAm Journalism Review
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: Spanish
What El Tímpano learned covering health and housing through a systems lens
El Timpano is a local journalism and engagement initative from Oakland and the Bay Area, in California, dedicated to informing Latino and Mayan immigrants. In this article, explore how they have covered the problems of health and housing in the region by applying systems thinking, with the aid of Journalism + Design. The interview describes "how systems thinking had informed the reporting project and the organization’s ongoing coverage, and what other journalists can learn from her experience."
Cole Goins
07/20/2022
What El Tímpano learned covering health and housing through a systems lens
El Timpano is a local journalism and engagement initative from Oakland and the Bay Area, in California, dedicated to informing Latino and Mayan immigrants. In this article, explore how they have covered the problems of health and housing in the region by applying systems thinking, with the aid of Journalism + Design. The interview describes "how systems thinking had informed the reporting project and the organization’s ongoing coverage, and what other journalists can learn from her experience."
- Author: Cole Goins
- Date: 07/20/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Journalism + Design
- Scale: Hyperlocal
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
'Os meios precisam adaptar seus modelos de gestão para garantir redações com diversidade, inclusão e enfoque de gênero': 5 perguntas para Mariana Santos, diretora da Chicas Poderosas
Interview with Mariana Santos, founder and executive director of the organization Chicas Poderosas, about diversity, inclusion, and gender in the media. Santos talks about how diversity in journalism shouldn't be a topic regarding only the coverage but also depends on changes in management and leadership.
César López Linares
07/20/2022
'Os meios precisam adaptar seus modelos de gestão para garantir redações com diversidade, inclusão e enfoque de gênero': 5 perguntas para Mariana Santos, diretora da Chicas Poderosas
Interview with Mariana Santos, founder and executive director of the organization Chicas Poderosas, about diversity, inclusion, and gender in the media. Santos talks about how diversity in journalism shouldn't be a topic regarding only the coverage but also depends on changes in management and leadership.
- Author: César López Linares
- Date: 07/20/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: LatAm Journalism Review
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: Portuguese
E-A-T auditing: How to level up your credibility game
This is a comprehensive guide on "E-A-T," the three larger characteristics that affect your site's ranking on Google (it's not a direct signal like an H1 or meta title would be, but it's a collection of things that impact ranking potential). The article discusses what it is (and links to an even deeper dive), how to audit for it, and how to improve your ranking.
Nichola Stott
07/20/2022
E-A-T auditing: How to level up your credibility game
This is a comprehensive guide on "E-A-T," the three larger characteristics that affect your site's ranking on Google (it's not a direct signal like an H1 or meta title would be, but it's a collection of things that impact ranking potential). The article discusses what it is (and links to an even deeper dive), how to audit for it, and how to improve your ranking.
- Author: Nichola Stott
- Date: 07/20/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Search Engine Land
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
'The media need to adapt their management models to ensure newsrooms with diversity, inclusion and a gender focus': 5 Questions for Mariana Santos, director of Chicas Poderosas
Interview with Mariana Santos, founder and executive director of the organization Chicas Poderosas, about diversity, inclusion, and gender in the media. Santos talks about how diversity in journalism shouldn't be a topic regarding only the coverage but also depends on changes in management and leadership.
César López Linares
07/20/2022
'The media need to adapt their management models to ensure newsrooms with diversity, inclusion and a gender focus': 5 Questions for Mariana Santos, director of Chicas Poderosas
Interview with Mariana Santos, founder and executive director of the organization Chicas Poderosas, about diversity, inclusion, and gender in the media. Santos talks about how diversity in journalism shouldn't be a topic regarding only the coverage but also depends on changes in management and leadership.
- Author: César López Linares
- Date: 07/20/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: LatAm Journalism Review
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Listening tours to city council templates, building actionable resources for your communityRecommended on the NPA Slack
Q&A with The Trace's community outreach editor Sabrina Iglesias about a project she manages called Up the Block that provides Philadelphians with actionable information and resources about gun violence. Iglesias discusses the project's origins, how she engaged the community to guide its development, and future plans for the project.
Kat Duncan
07/19/2022
Listening tours to city council templates, building actionable resources for your community Recommended on the NPA Slack
Q&A with The Trace's community outreach editor Sabrina Iglesias about a project she manages called Up the Block that provides Philadelphians with actionable information and resources about gun violence. Iglesias discusses the project's origins, how she engaged the community to guide its development, and future plans for the project.
- Author: Kat Duncan
- Date: 07/19/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: RJI Online
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Subscription Performance Benchmark Report 2022
A report by the paywall tech company Piano about what inspires conversion and retention, based on several publishers' consumer behavior metrics. The report shows data on conversion habits, how registered users turn into subscribers, reasons for churn, and subscriber engagement.
07/19/2022
Subscription Performance Benchmark Report 2022
A report by the paywall tech company Piano about what inspires conversion and retention, based on several publishers' consumer behavior metrics. The report shows data on conversion habits, how registered users turn into subscribers, reasons for churn, and subscriber engagement.
- Date: 07/19/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Piano
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
How The Washington Post Topped 6 Million Instagram Followers
Travis Lyles, the deputy director for social and off-platform curation at The Washington Post, discusses how his team's Instagram strategy, which has picked up 1.2M new followers for the paper's account in the past 12 months.
Mark Sternberg
07/18/2022
How The Washington Post Topped 6 Million Instagram Followers
Travis Lyles, the deputy director for social and off-platform curation at The Washington Post, discusses how his team's Instagram strategy, which has picked up 1.2M new followers for the paper's account in the past 12 months.
- Author: Mark Sternberg
- Date: 07/18/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Adweek
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
3 findings from experiments with triggers via push notification, website and email
Matthew Lynes, Media Innovation Analyst at digital publisher Twipe, shares findings from experiments with different triggers designed to keep audiences engaged. He shares that targeted push notifications can reduce cancellations, personalized article recommendations have higher click through rates, and that newsletter automation and personalization efforts can build reader habit.
Matthew Lynes
07/14/2022
3 findings from experiments with triggers via push notification, website and email
Matthew Lynes, Media Innovation Analyst at digital publisher Twipe, shares findings from experiments with different triggers designed to keep audiences engaged. He shares that targeted push notifications can reduce cancellations, personalized article recommendations have higher click through rates, and that newsletter automation and personalization efforts can build reader habit.
- Author: Matthew Lynes
- Date: 07/14/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Twipe
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
How the editor of the Chicago Sun-Times decided to publish a photo of victims of the Highland Park shooting
Kelly McBride, described in her Poynter bio as "one of the country’s leading voices on media ethics and democracy," describes how she worked with Jennifer Kho, the Chicago Sun-Times' new executive editor, to decide whether to publish graphic images from the Highland Park 4th of July parade shooting.
Kelly McBride
07/14/2022
How the editor of the Chicago Sun-Times decided to publish a photo of victims of the Highland Park shooting
Kelly McBride, described in her Poynter bio as "one of the country’s leading voices on media ethics and democracy," describes how she worked with Jennifer Kho, the Chicago Sun-Times' new executive editor, to decide whether to publish graphic images from the Highland Park 4th of July parade shooting.
- Author: Kelly McBride
- Date: 07/14/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Poynter
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Facebook Gets a Facelift
Land of the Giants is a podcast from Recode, The Verge, and the Vox Media Podcast Network that looks at how tech titans like Amazon, Google, and Netflix became the behemoths they are today and how they've transformed our lives — for better or worse.
The latest season is about Meta, and the episode "Facebook Gets a Facelift" in particular has a more product-y focus, being dedicated to implementation of Facebook's News Feed and the tension between business objectives and user preferences.
Shirin Ghaffary and Alex Heath
07/13/2022
Facebook Gets a Facelift
Land of the Giants is a podcast from Recode, The Verge, and the Vox Media Podcast Network that looks at how tech titans like Amazon, Google, and Netflix became the behemoths they are today and how they've transformed our lives — for better or worse.
The latest season is about Meta, and the episode "Facebook Gets a Facelift" in particular has a more product-y focus, being dedicated to implementation of Facebook's News Feed and the tension between business objectives and user preferences.
- Author: Shirin Ghaffary and Alex Heath
- Date: 07/13/2022
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: Vox
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Podcast
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Four strategies to grow and retain digital audiences
Rolling Stone UK's digital director shares her top four tips for growing and retaining digital audiences: leveraging archives, audience research, optimizing content recommendations, and developing a strong tech stack, all with the goal of surfacing content that audiences will engage with.
Peter Houston
07/13/2022
Four strategies to grow and retain digital audiences
Rolling Stone UK's digital director shares her top four tips for growing and retaining digital audiences: leveraging archives, audience research, optimizing content recommendations, and developing a strong tech stack, all with the goal of surfacing content that audiences will engage with.
- Author: Peter Houston
- Date: 07/13/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Spiny Trends
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Language, PleaseRecommended on the NPA Slack
"Language, Please" is a free, living resource for journalists and storytellers seeking to thoughtfully cover evolving social, cultural, and identity-related topics. With style guidance, editorial tools, and a directory of inclusivity readers, it offers necessary context to help US newsrooms make informed decisions about language usage. This project was established by Vox Media, created in consultation with leaders from across the media industry, and developed with funding from the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge starting in December 2020.
07/13/2022
Language, Please Recommended on the NPA Slack
"Language, Please" is a free, living resource for journalists and storytellers seeking to thoughtfully cover evolving social, cultural, and identity-related topics. With style guidance, editorial tools, and a directory of inclusivity readers, it offers necessary context to help US newsrooms make informed decisions about language usage. This project was established by Vox Media, created in consultation with leaders from across the media industry, and developed with funding from the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge starting in December 2020.
- Date: 07/13/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Vox Media
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
15 claves para crear una newsletter de éxito
The article suggests key ingredients for creating a successful newsletter. Recommendations include aspects of content, format, platform, and business model.
Ismael Nafría
07/13/2022
15 claves para crear una newsletter de éxito
The article suggests key ingredients for creating a successful newsletter. Recommendations include aspects of content, format, platform, and business model.
- Author: Ismael Nafría
- Date: 07/13/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Guardiana
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Spanish
How the Banner was built: Inside the creation of Baltimore's new nonprofit newsroom
A newsletter from the Lenfest Institute completely about the Baltimore Banner, a nonprofit local newsroom in the city of the same name. It features an in-depth interview with the founder, a behind-the-scene articles on how the Banner was advised and what are their lessons learned.
Hayley Slusser
07/12/2022
How the Banner was built: Inside the creation of Baltimore's new nonprofit newsroom
A newsletter from the Lenfest Institute completely about the Baltimore Banner, a nonprofit local newsroom in the city of the same name. It features an in-depth interview with the founder, a behind-the-scene articles on how the Banner was advised and what are their lessons learned.
- Author: Hayley Slusser
- Date: 07/12/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Lenfest Institute
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
I stopped reading the news. Is the problem me — or the product?Recommended on the NPA Slack
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
07/08/2022
I stopped reading the news. Is the problem me — or the product? Recommended on the NPA Slack
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.
- Author: Amanda Ripley
- Date: 07/08/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Washington Post
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
Is there an optimal article length? Our data on the relationship between word count and engagement
Digital readers are stereotyped as having exceedingly short attention spans, yet many longform articles end up at the center of online discourse. So how long is too long? Is there a relationship between word count and reader engagement? Chartbeat's data science team explored these questions to help editorial teams better optimize their content.
Jack Neary
07/07/2022
Is there an optimal article length? Our data on the relationship between word count and engagement
Digital readers are stereotyped as having exceedingly short attention spans, yet many longform articles end up at the center of online discourse. So how long is too long? Is there a relationship between word count and reader engagement? Chartbeat's data science team explored these questions to help editorial teams better optimize their content.
- Author: Jack Neary
- Date: 07/07/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Chartbeat
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
A utilização dos resultados de pesquisa na tomada de decisõesNPA Original Content
Product thinking is all about the user. However, incorporating them in product development may be tough. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to implement research and audience feedback in product design and development, with a clear step-by-step structure.
Khalil Cassimally
07/05/2022
A utilização dos resultados de pesquisa na tomada de decisões NPA Original Content
Product thinking is all about the user. However, incorporating them in product development may be tough. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to implement research and audience feedback in product design and development, with a clear step-by-step structure.
- Author: Khalil Cassimally
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Portuguese
Primeros pasos con la investigación de productosNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details the most common methods of product research and how to use them. Immerse yourself in different ways to listen to the user or audience and learn how you can better explore their feedback.
Aldana Vales and Erin Boon
07/05/2022
Primeros pasos con la investigación de productos NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details the most common methods of product research and how to use them. Immerse yourself in different ways to listen to the user or audience and learn how you can better explore their feedback.
- Author: Aldana Vales and Erin Boon
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Spanish
Comprender el ciclo de vida del desarrollo de productosNPA Original Content
Explore the 6 phases of the product development lifecycle with this easy to use guide from NPA's Product Kit. Developing a product becomes much more understandable once this process is clear.
Susannah Locke
07/05/2022
Comprender el ciclo de vida del desarrollo de productos NPA Original Content
Explore the 6 phases of the product development lifecycle with this easy to use guide from NPA's Product Kit. Developing a product becomes much more understandable once this process is clear.
- Author: Susannah Locke
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
Why Medium failedRecommended on the NPA Slack
Medium once was the hope for independent publishing on the web. However, after many pivots, it has found itself lost in the middle of many failed strategies, inclusing monetization and original content. Simon Owens explores what went wrong, and the problems with Medium's pivots.
Simon Owens
07/05/2022
Why Medium failed Recommended on the NPA Slack
Medium once was the hope for independent publishing on the web. However, after many pivots, it has found itself lost in the middle of many failed strategies, inclusing monetization and original content. Simon Owens explores what went wrong, and the problems with Medium's pivots.
- Author: Simon Owens
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Simon Owens Substack
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Definindo a missão e a visão do seu produtoNPA Original Content
Two of the most important items of a product are mission and vision. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to define them with practical tips. Remember to always keep the user in mind.
Germán Frassa
07/05/2022
Definindo a missão e a visão do seu produto NPA Original Content
Two of the most important items of a product are mission and vision. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to define them with practical tips. Remember to always keep the user in mind.
- Author: Germán Frassa
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Portuguese
Definindo requisitos para o desenvolvimento de produtoNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details how to build a consistent, clear document of requirements. This type of document is essential when building software products, something very common for produt practitioners.
Upasna Gautam
07/05/2022
Definindo requisitos para o desenvolvimento de produto NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details how to build a consistent, clear document of requirements. This type of document is essential when building software products, something very common for produt practitioners.
- Author: Upasna Gautam
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance.
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
Understanding the product development lifecycleNPA Original Content
Explore the 6 phases of the product development lifecycle with this easy to use guide from NPA's Product Kit. Developing a product becomes much more understandable once this process is clear.
Susannah Locke
07/05/2022
Understanding the product development lifecycle NPA Original Content
Explore the 6 phases of the product development lifecycle with this easy to use guide from NPA's Product Kit. Developing a product becomes much more understandable once this process is clear.
- Author: Susannah Locke
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Tornando a pesquisa e a experimentação partes do seu processo de desenvolvimentoNPA Original Content
Understanding the audience or user is both fundamental and difficult. There are several methods to be used and factors to keep in mind. This guide from NPA's Product Kit outlines some of the main aspects of user/audience research.
Stephanie Ho
07/05/2022
Tornando a pesquisa e a experimentação partes do seu processo de desenvolvimento NPA Original Content
Understanding the audience or user is both fundamental and difficult. There are several methods to be used and factors to keep in mind. This guide from NPA's Product Kit outlines some of the main aspects of user/audience research.
- Author: Stephanie Ho
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Portuguese
Uso de los resultados de la investigación en la toma de decisionesNPA Original Content
Product thinking is all about the user. However, incorporating them in product development may be tough. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to implement research and audience feedback in product design and development, with a clear step-by-step structure.
Khalil Cassimally
07/05/2022
Uso de los resultados de la investigación en la toma de decisiones NPA Original Content
Product thinking is all about the user. However, incorporating them in product development may be tough. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to implement research and audience feedback in product design and development, with a clear step-by-step structure.
- Author: Khalil Cassimally
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Spanish
Definiendo la misión y la visión de su productoNPA Original Content
Two of the most important items of a product are mission and vision. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to define them with practical tips. Remember to always keep the user in mind.
Germán Frassa
07/05/2022
Definiendo la misión y la visión de su producto NPA Original Content
Two of the most important items of a product are mission and vision. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to define them with practical tips. Remember to always keep the user in mind.
- Author: Germán Frassa
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Spanish
Defining your product mission and visionNPA Original Content
Two of the most important items of a product are mission and vision. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to define them with practical tips. Remember to always keep the user in mind.
Germán Frassa
07/05/2022
Defining your product mission and vision NPA Original Content
Two of the most important items of a product are mission and vision. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to define them with practical tips. Remember to always keep the user in mind.
- Author: Germán Frassa
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Hacer que la investigación y la experimentación sean parte de su proceso de desarrolloNPA Original Content
Understanding the audience or user is both fundamental and difficult. There are several methods to be used and factors to keep in mind. This guide from NPA's Product Kit outlines some of the main aspects of user/audience research.
Stephanie Ho
07/05/2022
Hacer que la investigación y la experimentación sean parte de su proceso de desarrollo NPA Original Content
Understanding the audience or user is both fundamental and difficult. There are several methods to be used and factors to keep in mind. This guide from NPA's Product Kit outlines some of the main aspects of user/audience research.
- Author: Stephanie Ho
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Spanish
Definir los requerimientos para el desarrollo de produtoNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details how to build a consistent, clear document of requirements. This type of document is essential when building software products, something very common for produt practitioners.
Upasna Gautam
07/05/2022
Definir los requerimientos para el desarrollo de produto NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details how to build a consistent, clear document of requirements. This type of document is essential when building software products, something very common for produt practitioners.
- Author: Upasna Gautam
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance.
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
Compreendendo o ciclo de vida do desenvolvimento do produtoNPA Original Content
Explore the 6 phases of the product development lifecycle with this easy to use guide from NPA's Product Kit. Developing a product becomes much more understandable once this process is clear.
Susannah Locke
07/05/2022
Compreendendo o ciclo de vida do desenvolvimento do produto NPA Original Content
Explore the 6 phases of the product development lifecycle with this easy to use guide from NPA's Product Kit. Developing a product becomes much more understandable once this process is clear.
- Author: Susannah Locke
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
Introdução à pesquisa de produtosNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details the most common methods of product research and how to use them. Immerse yourself in different ways to listen to the user or audience and learn how you can better explore their feedback.
Aldana Vales and Erin Boon
07/05/2022
Introdução à pesquisa de produtos NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details the most common methods of product research and how to use them. Immerse yourself in different ways to listen to the user or audience and learn how you can better explore their feedback.
- Author: Aldana Vales and Erin Boon
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Portuguese
Using research results in decision-makingNPA Original Content
Product thinking is all about the user. However, incorporating them in product development may be tough. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to implement research and audience feedback in product design and development, with a clear step-by-step structure.
Khalil Cassimally
07/05/2022
Using research results in decision-making NPA Original Content
Product thinking is all about the user. However, incorporating them in product development may be tough. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to implement research and audience feedback in product design and development, with a clear step-by-step structure.
- Author: Khalil Cassimally
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Making research and experimentation part of your development processNPA Original Content
Understanding the audience or user is both fundamental and difficult. There are several methods to be used and factors to keep in mind. This guide from NPA's Product Kit outlines some of the main aspects of user/audience research.
Stephanie Ho
07/05/2022
Making research and experimentation part of your development process NPA Original Content
Understanding the audience or user is both fundamental and difficult. There are several methods to be used and factors to keep in mind. This guide from NPA's Product Kit outlines some of the main aspects of user/audience research.
- Author: Stephanie Ho
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Getting started with product researchNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details the most common methods of product research and how to use them. Immerse yourself in different ways to listen to the user or audience and learn how you can better explore their feedback.
Aldana Vales and Erin Boon
07/05/2022
Getting started with product research NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details the most common methods of product research and how to use them. Immerse yourself in different ways to listen to the user or audience and learn how you can better explore their feedback.
- Author: Aldana Vales and Erin Boon
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Defining requirements for product developmentNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details how to build a consistent, clear document of requirements. This type of document is essential when building software products, something very common for produt practitioners.
Upasna Gautam
07/05/2022
Defining requirements for product development NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit details how to build a consistent, clear document of requirements. This type of document is essential when building software products, something very common for produt practitioners.
- Author: Upasna Gautam
- Date: 07/05/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance.
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
What are vanity metrics and how to stop using them
Vanity metrics are the indicators that make a team feel good about a product, but don't help them to do a better job. This article describes the three common problems that lead to vanity metrics and provides a test to review metrics.
John Cutler
06/30/2022
What are vanity metrics and how to stop using them
Vanity metrics are the indicators that make a team feel good about a product, but don't help them to do a better job. This article describes the three common problems that lead to vanity metrics and provides a test to review metrics.
- Author: John Cutler
- Date: 06/30/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Amplitude
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
What Is the Jobs to Be Done Framework (JTBD)?
Built In enables tech professionals "find their forward" by helping them level up their skills and find job opportunities to advance their careers. Built In's content is for professionals at every level, from the recent graduate to the mid-level IC looking to get into management to the senior manager trying to make it into the C suite.
This article is an example of one of Built In's guides, which explains the Jobs to Be Done framework. In addition to defining the framework, the guide explains its origins, its utility to different teams, how to apply it, and more.
More Built In content and resources about product management — including an overview of what product management is, what skills are necessary to succeed, job outlook, etc — can be found here: https://builtin.com/product
Jeff Link
06/28/2022
What Is the Jobs to Be Done Framework (JTBD)?
Built In enables tech professionals "find their forward" by helping them level up their skills and find job opportunities to advance their careers. Built In's content is for professionals at every level, from the recent graduate to the mid-level IC looking to get into management to the senior manager trying to make it into the C suite.
This article is an example of one of Built In's guides, which explains the Jobs to Be Done framework. In addition to defining the framework, the guide explains its origins, its utility to different teams, how to apply it, and more.
More Built In content and resources about product management — including an overview of what product management is, what skills are necessary to succeed, job outlook, etc — can be found here: https://builtin.com/product
- Author: Jeff Link
- Date: 06/28/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Built In
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Así espera llegar el NYT a los 15 millones de suscriptores en 2027
An analysis of The New York Times presentation for Investor's Day 2022 regarding the paper's strategy to achieve 15 million subscribers by 2027. This newsletter edition highlights NYT's plans to grow the engagement and retention of its audience through its bundle of different products, including not only news but also lifestyle ones, such as Cooking, Games, The Athletic, and Wirecutter.
Ismael Nafría
06/25/2022
Así espera llegar el NYT a los 15 millones de suscriptores en 2027
An analysis of The New York Times presentation for Investor's Day 2022 regarding the paper's strategy to achieve 15 million subscribers by 2027. This newsletter edition highlights NYT's plans to grow the engagement and retention of its audience through its bundle of different products, including not only news but also lifestyle ones, such as Cooking, Games, The Athletic, and Wirecutter.
- Author: Ismael Nafría
- Date: 06/25/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Tendenci@s
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: Spanish
A guide to developing editorial workflows
When working with multidisciplinary teams and publishing content, the workflows need to be optimized. This article explores editorial workflows, how to manage and document them, the benefits for doing so, and some methodologies, including valuing SEO.
Andrew Kemp
06/21/2022
A guide to developing editorial workflows
When working with multidisciplinary teams and publishing content, the workflows need to be optimized. This article explores editorial workflows, how to manage and document them, the benefits for doing so, and some methodologies, including valuing SEO.
- Author: Andrew Kemp
- Date: 06/21/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: State of Digital Publishing
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Why the Los Angeles Times is investing in a social media content creation teamRecommended on the NPA Slack
The Los Angeles Times has formed a six-person team to create content on Instagram and TikTok. The 404 team, as it is called, aims to reach a a young, diverse audience that may not already be part of the publisher’s audience. The team includes content creators, artists, filmmakers, writers and even a puppeteer.
Sara Guaglione
06/16/2022
Why the Los Angeles Times is investing in a social media content creation team Recommended on the NPA Slack
The Los Angeles Times has formed a six-person team to create content on Instagram and TikTok. The 404 team, as it is called, aims to reach a a young, diverse audience that may not already be part of the publisher’s audience. The team includes content creators, artists, filmmakers, writers and even a puppeteer.
- Author: Sara Guaglione
- Date: 06/16/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: DigiDay
- Scale: Regional
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Marketing
- Language: English
Jackie Bavaro on getting better at product strategy, what exactly is strategy, PM pitfalls to avoid, advancing your career, getting into management, and much more
A spinoff of Lenny's Newsletter, Lenny Rachitsky launched a weekly podcast in June 2022 where he interviews world-class product leaders and growth experts. Listeners come away with concrete, actionable, and tactical advice to help them build, launch, and grow their own product and career.
In this episode, Rachitsky speaks with Jackie Bavaro, best-selling author of two books about product management (Cracking the PM Interview and Cracking the PM Career) with experience at Asana, Google, and Microsoft. The discussion covers product strategy (e.g. components of a strategy, signs that your strategy is off, how to get better, etc) and product career advice (e.g. common early career mistakes, things every PM should do regardless of their level, downsides of being a manager and whether it's possible to stay an individual contributor, etc).
Lenny Rachitsky
06/16/2022
Jackie Bavaro on getting better at product strategy, what exactly is strategy, PM pitfalls to avoid, advancing your career, getting into management, and much more
A spinoff of Lenny's Newsletter, Lenny Rachitsky launched a weekly podcast in June 2022 where he interviews world-class product leaders and growth experts. Listeners come away with concrete, actionable, and tactical advice to help them build, launch, and grow their own product and career.
In this episode, Rachitsky speaks with Jackie Bavaro, best-selling author of two books about product management (Cracking the PM Interview and Cracking the PM Career) with experience at Asana, Google, and Microsoft. The discussion covers product strategy (e.g. components of a strategy, signs that your strategy is off, how to get better, etc) and product career advice (e.g. common early career mistakes, things every PM should do regardless of their level, downsides of being a manager and whether it's possible to stay an individual contributor, etc).
- Author: Lenny Rachitsky
- Date: 06/16/2022
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Lenny's Podcast
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Podcast
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
“I follow all these pages and I still don’t get answers”: This new report is a great example of centering consumers in local news research
This article describes the main conclusions from a 6-month study of local audiences in the American state of Delaware. Delaware’s Local Journalism Initiative set to discover what the audience wanted and needed from local journalism, and they did that by combining several methods. Among the findings, they discovered that local news is overly negative, there are not many news about black communities and residents want more usable news. The article has a link to the main research
Laura Hazard Owen
06/08/2022
“I follow all these pages and I still don’t get answers”: This new report is a great example of centering consumers in local news research
This article describes the main conclusions from a 6-month study of local audiences in the American state of Delaware. Delaware’s Local Journalism Initiative set to discover what the audience wanted and needed from local journalism, and they did that by combining several methods. Among the findings, they discovered that local news is overly negative, there are not many news about black communities and residents want more usable news. The article has a link to the main research
- Author: Laura Hazard Owen
- Date: 06/08/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: NiemanLab
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
What journalists need to know about product thinking in 2022Recommended on the NPA Slack
This article defends product vision in journalism, and how journalists can see their work as product.
Catherine Edwards
06/01/2022
What journalists need to know about product thinking in 2022 Recommended on the NPA Slack
This article defends product vision in journalism, and how journalists can see their work as product.
- Author: Catherine Edwards
- Date: 06/01/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Journalism.Co.Uk
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Building a technical foundation for the future of local newsRecommended on the NPA Slack
The Tiny News Platform is a project of the Tiny News Collective. It's a publishing solution to small news publishers, aiming to give them a solid structure with low cost and useful features. This article explains how the team has built it.
Tyler Fisher
05/31/2022
Building a technical foundation for the future of local news Recommended on the NPA Slack
The Tiny News Platform is a project of the Tiny News Collective. It's a publishing solution to small news publishers, aiming to give them a solid structure with low cost and useful features. This article explains how the team has built it.
- Author: Tyler Fisher
- Date: 05/31/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Tiny News Collective
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
These reader revenue models keep in mind people who won't pay full price (yet)
This article shows innovative examples of paywalls and other revenue models from news outlets around the world. The focus is on companies that are experimenting to offer more inclusive models, that go beyond reaching only richer and older audiences.
Laura Oliver
05/26/2022
These reader revenue models keep in mind people who won't pay full price (yet)
This article shows innovative examples of paywalls and other revenue models from news outlets around the world. The focus is on companies that are experimenting to offer more inclusive models, that go beyond reaching only richer and older audiences.
- Author: Laura Oliver
- Date: 05/26/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
The Beginner’s Guide to User Flow in UX Design | 2022Recommended on the NPA Slack
"The Beginner's Guide to User Flow in UX Design" provides a comprehensive overview of user flow in UX design. It explains that user flow is the path a user takes while navigating through a website or app. The article highlights the importance of creating a clear and intuitive user flow to enhance user experience. It discusses the key elements of user flow, such as entry points, actions, decision points, and exit points. The article also provides practical tips and best practices for creating effective user flows, including conducting user research, eliminating unnecessary steps, and providing clear navigation. Overall, this guide serves as a valuable resource for beginners looking to understand and improve user flow in their designs.
Annie Dai
05/26/2022
The Beginner’s Guide to User Flow in UX Design | 2022 Recommended on the NPA Slack
"The Beginner's Guide to User Flow in UX Design" provides a comprehensive overview of user flow in UX design. It explains that user flow is the path a user takes while navigating through a website or app. The article highlights the importance of creating a clear and intuitive user flow to enhance user experience. It discusses the key elements of user flow, such as entry points, actions, decision points, and exit points. The article also provides practical tips and best practices for creating effective user flows, including conducting user research, eliminating unnecessary steps, and providing clear navigation. Overall, this guide serves as a valuable resource for beginners looking to understand and improve user flow in their designs.
- Author: Annie Dai
- Date: 05/26/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: uxplanet.org
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
Reading Frequency Outweighs Page Views and Intensity: Medill Analysis
Many news organizations are turning away from ad-based revenue models and toward subscriptions, which are more stable and sustainable. When determining the health of their readership and figuring out how to convert a reader to a subscriber, publications often focus on page views and session time. But a recent analysis by the Local News Initiative at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications found that readers who make short but frequent visits are more valuable than those that stop occasionally and read a lot.
Susan Chandler
05/26/2022
Reading Frequency Outweighs Page Views and Intensity: Medill Analysis
Many news organizations are turning away from ad-based revenue models and toward subscriptions, which are more stable and sustainable. When determining the health of their readership and figuring out how to convert a reader to a subscriber, publications often focus on page views and session time. But a recent analysis by the Local News Initiative at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications found that readers who make short but frequent visits are more valuable than those that stop occasionally and read a lot.
- Author: Susan Chandler
- Date: 05/26/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Local News Initiative
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Le récit de l’aventure produit derrière Le Monde in EnglishRecommended on the NPA Slack
An article describing how the product team at the French newspaper Le Monde developed the English version of their websites, wat were their goals and challenges.
05/22/2022
Le récit de l’aventure produit derrière Le Monde in English Recommended on the NPA Slack
An article describing how the product team at the French newspaper Le Monde developed the English version of their websites, wat were their goals and challenges.
- Date: 05/22/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Le Ticket
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: French
How surveys helped 5 newsrooms refine coverage and grow reader revenue
There are several different forms of listening to your audience. One of the most used is reader surveys, but, even then, there is more than way to apply the method and to interpret insights. This article presents the strategies employed by 5 newsrooms to refine coverage and grow reader revenue via reader surveys. The organizations asked readers about ideas for new products, what topics they were interested in, what were their goals, and more.
Some of the organizations mentioned were featured in the Meta Journalism Project’s Accelerator program
Penny Riordan
05/17/2022
How surveys helped 5 newsrooms refine coverage and grow reader revenue
There are several different forms of listening to your audience. One of the most used is reader surveys, but, even then, there is more than way to apply the method and to interpret insights. This article presents the strategies employed by 5 newsrooms to refine coverage and grow reader revenue via reader surveys. The organizations asked readers about ideas for new products, what topics they were interested in, what were their goals, and more.
Some of the organizations mentioned were featured in the Meta Journalism Project’s Accelerator program
- Author: Penny Riordan
- Date: 05/17/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Local Media Association
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
If Tech Fails to Design for the Most Vulnerable, It Fails Us AllRecommended on the NPA Slack
Product are generally built around the so-called typical user. However, there is a strong argument, advanced by the text, to focus desig on vulnerable and/or marginalized people. The author remembers recent cases where such a treatment was important.
Afsaneh Rigot
05/15/2022
If Tech Fails to Design for the Most Vulnerable, It Fails Us All Recommended on the NPA Slack
Product are generally built around the so-called typical user. However, there is a strong argument, advanced by the text, to focus desig on vulnerable and/or marginalized people. The author remembers recent cases where such a treatment was important.
- Author: Afsaneh Rigot
- Date: 05/15/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Wired
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Design From the MarginsRecommended on the NPA Slack
This short article summarizes the report Design From the Margins, which defends that design processes should be centered on the people most marginalized and impacted by a product/company. The report aims to input a social vision to design.
Afsaneh Rigot
05/13/2022
Design From the Margins Recommended on the NPA Slack
This short article summarizes the report Design From the Margins, which defends that design processes should be centered on the people most marginalized and impacted by a product/company. The report aims to input a social vision to design.
- Author: Afsaneh Rigot
- Date: 05/13/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Sincerely, Leaders of Color: Smart leaders put empathy and equity at the forefront of work
ONA's Executive Director Iriving Washington proposes new frameworks for leaders to help them develop a more equitable mindset that shares power and accountability.
Irving Washington
05/13/2022
Sincerely, Leaders of Color: Smart leaders put empathy and equity at the forefront of work
ONA's Executive Director Iriving Washington proposes new frameworks for leaders to help them develop a more equitable mindset that shares power and accountability.
- Author: Irving Washington
- Date: 05/13/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Sincerely, Leaders of Color at Source
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Why media companies don’t partner up on bundled subscriptions very often
This specific newsletter edition is about why media organizations don't partner on bundled subscription products more often.
Simon Owens is a longtime journalist, marketer, and PR professional who publishes a media industry newsletter via Substack that touches on topics ranging from the creator economy to paywalls to SEO and more.
The full archive of Owens's newsletter can be found here: https://simonowens.substack.com/archive
Some posts are restricted to paying subscribers only, but there are many free editions of value as well.
Simon Owens
05/11/2022
Why media companies don’t partner up on bundled subscriptions very often
This specific newsletter edition is about why media organizations don't partner on bundled subscription products more often.
Simon Owens is a longtime journalist, marketer, and PR professional who publishes a media industry newsletter via Substack that touches on topics ranging from the creator economy to paywalls to SEO and more.
The full archive of Owens's newsletter can be found here: https://simonowens.substack.com/archive
Some posts are restricted to paying subscribers only, but there are many free editions of value as well.
- Author: Simon Owens
- Date: 05/11/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Simon Owens's Media Newsletter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Last year TOI turned up the notch on data. Here’s howRecommended on the NPA Slack
Ritvvij Parrikh, Director of Product at the Times of India, discusses how the newspaper has developed products around data journalism. Thus, he proposes a framework for analyzing data products and their effectiveness in a newsroom.
Ritvvij Parrikh and Rohit Saran
05/10/2022
Last year TOI turned up the notch on data. Here’s how Recommended on the NPA Slack
Ritvvij Parrikh, Director of Product at the Times of India, discusses how the newspaper has developed products around data journalism. Thus, he proposes a framework for analyzing data products and their effectiveness in a newsroom.
- Author: Ritvvij Parrikh and Rohit Saran
- Date: 05/10/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: What’s next at TOI
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Canvas Your Way to Product Vision with Staff Product Manager at OnfidoRecommended on the NPA Slack
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
05/10/2022
Canvas Your Way to Product Vision with Staff Product Manager at Onfido Recommended on the NPA Slack
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.
- Author: Merissa Silk
- Date: 05/10/2022
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Product People YouTube Channel
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Video
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Cuando los grandes números nos engañan
This article makes the case for following audience metrics that reflect loyalty. The author gives context on what is the Attention Web and why should the industry be looking at numbers that express time spent, recency, and engagement. He also suggests articles to read about audience analysis that goes into greater depth on readers' behavior.
James Breiner
05/08/2022
Cuando los grandes números nos engañan
This article makes the case for following audience metrics that reflect loyalty. The author gives context on what is the Attention Web and why should the industry be looking at numbers that express time spent, recency, and engagement. He also suggests articles to read about audience analysis that goes into greater depth on readers' behavior.
- Author: James Breiner
- Date: 05/08/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: James Breiner: Entrepreneurial Journalism
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Spanish
How free service journalism and paywalls can coexist
The article explores the tension between the recent industry trend to own and monetize an audience and journalism as a service. The author doesn't give a definitive answer but suggests that it doesn't have to be an either/or situation.
David Cohn
05/06/2022
How free service journalism and paywalls can coexist
The article explores the tension between the recent industry trend to own and monetize an audience and journalism as a service. The author doesn't give a definitive answer but suggests that it doesn't have to be an either/or situation.
- Author: David Cohn
- Date: 05/06/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Poynter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
What is the ‘product’ of journalism?
A short and sweet argument that journalists need to rethink/better understand what their product is, complete with a shoutout to NPA! :)
A journalist's product isn't a single article, just like Frito-Lay's product isn't a single potato chip. Journalists' service is collecting and filtering information, but where it becomes product is how they distribute it and how the audience experiences/interacts with it.
David Cohn
05/06/2022
What is the ‘product’ of journalism?
A short and sweet argument that journalists need to rethink/better understand what their product is, complete with a shoutout to NPA! :)
A journalist's product isn't a single article, just like Frito-Lay's product isn't a single potato chip. Journalists' service is collecting and filtering information, but where it becomes product is how they distribute it and how the audience experiences/interacts with it.
- Author: David Cohn
- Date: 05/06/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Poynter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
20 Things I've Learned as a Systems (Over) ThinkerRecommended on the NPA Slack
The product professional John Cutler lists 20 aspects that should be followed by people who work with systems.
John Cutler
04/30/2022
20 Things I've Learned as a Systems (Over) Thinker Recommended on the NPA Slack
The product professional John Cutler lists 20 aspects that should be followed by people who work with systems.
- Author: John Cutler
- Date: 04/30/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: The Beautiful Mess Substack
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
How publishers are experimenting with more homepage personalization sections
This article discusses how major, legacy publishers like the New York Times and Washington Post are experimenting with homepage personalization to keep and acquire subscribers.
Sara Guaglione
04/29/2022
How publishers are experimenting with more homepage personalization sections
This article discusses how major, legacy publishers like the New York Times and Washington Post are experimenting with homepage personalization to keep and acquire subscribers.
- Author: Sara Guaglione
- Date: 04/29/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Digiday
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Transição de editorial para produto: como criar uma equipe de produto? 🚀
A concise guide to start adopting the product mentality in a newsroom. Main steps for creating a product team and advice about transitioning from editorial to product.
Lidia Capitani
04/28/2022
Transição de editorial para produto: como criar uma equipe de produto? 🚀
A concise guide to start adopting the product mentality in a newsroom. Main steps for creating a product team and advice about transitioning from editorial to product.
- Author: Lidia Capitani
- Date: 04/28/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Methodo.lab
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
Número alto de visualizações não significa consumo de conteúdo
This article makes the case for following audience metrics that reflect loyalty. The author gives context on what is the Attention Web and why should the industry be looking at numbers that express time spent, recency, and engagement. He also suggests articles to read about audience analysis that goes into greater depth on readers' behavior.
James Breiner
04/18/2022
Número alto de visualizações não significa consumo de conteúdo
This article makes the case for following audience metrics that reflect loyalty. The author gives context on what is the Attention Web and why should the industry be looking at numbers that express time spent, recency, and engagement. He also suggests articles to read about audience analysis that goes into greater depth on readers' behavior.
- Author: James Breiner
- Date: 04/18/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: IJNet
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Portuguese
Transición de editorial a producto: ¿cómo crear un equipo de producto? 🚀
A concise guide to start adopting the product mentality in a newsroom. Main steps for creating a product team and advice about transitioning from editorial to product.
Lidia Capitani
04/18/2022
Transición de editorial a producto: ¿cómo crear un equipo de producto? 🚀
A concise guide to start adopting the product mentality in a newsroom. Main steps for creating a product team and advice about transitioning from editorial to product.
- Author: Lidia Capitani
- Date: 04/18/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Methodo.lab en Español
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
Why diversity isn't changing your newsroom culture: cultural tipping points and how to bring about change
Marcus Ryder, pioneer on media diversity, gives advice, tips, tricks and examples on media diversity and how to change the culture in newsrooms when it comes to media diversity.
K. Biswas, Joseph Harker, Marcus Ryder, Eva Simpson
04/09/2022
Why diversity isn't changing your newsroom culture: cultural tipping points and how to bring about change
Marcus Ryder, pioneer on media diversity, gives advice, tips, tricks and examples on media diversity and how to change the culture in newsrooms when it comes to media diversity.
- Author: K. Biswas, Joseph Harker, Marcus Ryder, Eva Simpson
- Date: 04/09/2022
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: International Journalism Festival
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Lecture
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Turning accountability into an asset: implementing RSF's Journalism Trust Initiative
A lecture about the Journalism Trust Initiative, a web application from Reporters Without Borders that can be used as a tool for self-assessment on transparency and to identify potential room for self improvement.
04/09/2022
Turning accountability into an asset: implementing RSF's Journalism Trust Initiative
A lecture about the Journalism Trust Initiative, a web application from Reporters Without Borders that can be used as a tool for self-assessment on transparency and to identify potential room for self improvement.
- Date: 04/09/2022
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: International Journalism Festival
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Webinar
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Innovation Soup for The Newsroom’s Soul: A Framework for New Ideas
A practical model for developing an innovation culture within a newsroom. It suggests an actionable framework that foments and favors new ideas for news, from conception to prioritization and documentation. Includes orientation on how to manage ideas, where to locate innovation in the newsroom ecosystem, how to prioritize and scale projects, and steps to maintain innovation cycles.
Gabriel Sama
04/08/2022
Innovation Soup for The Newsroom’s Soul: A Framework for New Ideas
A practical model for developing an innovation culture within a newsroom. It suggests an actionable framework that foments and favors new ideas for news, from conception to prioritization and documentation. Includes orientation on how to manage ideas, where to locate innovation in the newsroom ecosystem, how to prioritize and scale projects, and steps to maintain innovation cycles.
- Author: Gabriel Sama
- Date: 04/08/2022
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Producto vs. confianza en el periodismo: propuestas de soluciones
This newsletter edition discusses solutions to help news publications (re)gain the trust of their audiences. It also includes examples of product strategies that were successful in offering transparency to the readers, one of the core parts of gaining trust.
Lidia Capitani
04/08/2022
Producto vs. confianza en el periodismo: propuestas de soluciones
This newsletter edition discusses solutions to help news publications (re)gain the trust of their audiences. It also includes examples of product strategies that were successful in offering transparency to the readers, one of the core parts of gaining trust.
- Author: Lidia Capitani
- Date: 04/08/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Methodo.lab en Español
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Spanish
Soluções de produto para aumentar a confiança no jornalismo
This newsletter edition discusses solutions to help news publications (re)gain the trust of their audiences. It also includes examples of product strategies that were successful in offering transparency to the readers, one of the core parts of gaining trust.
Lidia Capitani
04/08/2022
Soluções de produto para aumentar a confiança no jornalismo
This newsletter edition discusses solutions to help news publications (re)gain the trust of their audiences. It also includes examples of product strategies that were successful in offering transparency to the readers, one of the core parts of gaining trust.
- Author: Lidia Capitani
- Date: 04/08/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Methodo.lab
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Portuguese
Innovations in storytelling: lessons from the inventor of live magazine format
This webinar is a case study about live journalism. Pioneer Douglas McGray explains why it is a tool to build trust and engage with audiences.
India Bouquerel, Douglas McGray
04/08/2022
Innovations in storytelling: lessons from the inventor of live magazine format
This webinar is a case study about live journalism. Pioneer Douglas McGray explains why it is a tool to build trust and engage with audiences.
- Author: India Bouquerel, Douglas McGray
- Date: 04/08/2022
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: International Journalism Festival
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Lecture
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Product - It’s about the contentRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article is an introduction to how the product position sits in news organizations, taking into account the historical divide between "church and state" in newsrooms. The piece also explores the historical aspect of how the industry came to recognize the product role and its importance.
Brian Morrissey
04/06/2022
Product - It’s about the content Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article is an introduction to how the product position sits in news organizations, taking into account the historical divide between "church and state" in newsrooms. The piece also explores the historical aspect of how the industry came to recognize the product role and its importance.
- Author: Brian Morrissey
- Date: 04/06/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Rebooting Substack
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Measuring the wrong thing or using the wrong scale is a formula for failure
This article makes the case for following audience metrics that reflect loyalty. The author gives context on what is the Attention Web and why should the industry be looking at numbers that express time spent, recency, and engagement. He also suggests articles to read about audience analysis that goes into greater depth on readers' behavior.
James Breiner
04/04/2022
Measuring the wrong thing or using the wrong scale is a formula for failure
This article makes the case for following audience metrics that reflect loyalty. The author gives context on what is the Attention Web and why should the industry be looking at numbers that express time spent, recency, and engagement. He also suggests articles to read about audience analysis that goes into greater depth on readers' behavior.
- Author: James Breiner
- Date: 04/04/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: James Breiner: Entrepreneurial Journalism
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Airtable Roadmap TemplateRecommended on the NPA Slack
A straight product roadmap template built in Airtable. It can be adapted for different teams, allowing for better organization and roadmapping.
Becca Aaronson
04/01/2022
Airtable Roadmap Template Recommended on the NPA Slack
A straight product roadmap template built in Airtable. It can be adapted for different teams, allowing for better organization and roadmapping.
- Author: Becca Aaronson
- Date: 04/01/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Airtable
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Tool
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Bridging the gap between advertising and subscription revenue
How can publishers find the right balance between digital advertising and subscription models? How is the industry going to create a sustainable, long-term revenue model – especially with the shifting privacy landscape and its implications for digital businesses?
Rupert Knowles, General Manager, UK, Piano, explores the changing digital landscape and outlines how publishers can adopt new ways of building reader trust that lead to better targeting capabilities and higher overall revenue from both advertising and subscription models, without compromising on data ethics.
Rupert Knowles
04/01/2022
Bridging the gap between advertising and subscription revenue
How can publishers find the right balance between digital advertising and subscription models? How is the industry going to create a sustainable, long-term revenue model – especially with the shifting privacy landscape and its implications for digital businesses?
Rupert Knowles, General Manager, UK, Piano, explores the changing digital landscape and outlines how publishers can adopt new ways of building reader trust that lead to better targeting capabilities and higher overall revenue from both advertising and subscription models, without compromising on data ethics.
- Author: Rupert Knowles
- Date: 04/01/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: What's New in Publishing
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
A website resettling Ukrainian refugees got adoring headlines. Experts say it was too good to be true.
A detailed story of how quickly the website UkraineTakeShelter was created, and the problems they faced after its very quick launching. UkraineTakeShelter wanted to help Ukrainian refugees around the world, but its malfunctions generated more than one headache.
Jody Serrano
03/26/2022
A website resettling Ukrainian refugees got adoring headlines. Experts say it was too good to be true.
A detailed story of how quickly the website UkraineTakeShelter was created, and the problems they faced after its very quick launching. UkraineTakeShelter wanted to help Ukrainian refugees around the world, but its malfunctions generated more than one headache.
- Author: Jody Serrano
- Date: 03/26/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Gizmodo
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Ensinando metodologias de produto na redaçãoNPA Original Content
Getting people onboard new projects can be tough, especially when you're trying to advance a new type of vision in your newsroom. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps exactly in that challenge: how to explain product in a newsroom and get stakeholder buy-in
Adriana Lacy
03/24/2022
Ensinando metodologias de produto na redação NPA Original Content
Getting people onboard new projects can be tough, especially when you're trying to advance a new type of vision in your newsroom. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps exactly in that challenge: how to explain product in a newsroom and get stakeholder buy-in
- Author: Adriana Lacy
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
Comprender el papel de Producto en las organizaciones de noticiasNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit presents an overview of newsroom roles and responsibilities and how product fits in. Explore how product professionals can work better in newsrooms.
Sasha Koren
03/24/2022
Comprender el papel de Producto en las organizaciones de noticias NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit presents an overview of newsroom roles and responsibilities and how product fits in. Explore how product professionals can work better in newsrooms.
- Author: Sasha Koren
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
Understanding the role of product in news organizationsNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit presents an overview of newsroom roles and responsibilities and how product fits in. Explore how product professionals can work better in newsrooms.
Sasha Koren
03/24/2022
Understanding the role of product in news organizations NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit presents an overview of newsroom roles and responsibilities and how product fits in. Explore how product professionals can work better in newsrooms.
- Author: Sasha Koren
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Introdução ao planejamento estratégico e definição de metasNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to align strategic planning with newsroom mission and values for product teams. It provides practical tips on how to incorporate a product culture in the newsroom, as well as how to establish goals and key results.
Rebekah Monson
03/24/2022
Introdução ao planejamento estratégico e definição de metas NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to align strategic planning with newsroom mission and values for product teams. It provides practical tips on how to incorporate a product culture in the newsroom, as well as how to establish goals and key results.
- Author: Rebekah Monson
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: Portuguese
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- goal setting
- innovation culture
- newsroom culture
- OKRs
- prioritization
- product development
- product discovery
- product management
- productivity
- project management
- stakeholder management
- testing
- user research
- UX
- what is product thinking
ABC do ProdutoNPA Original Content
This glossary from NPA's Product Kit explains the meaning of the most common used words in the news product field. From Agile to Value proposition, never get lost in the jargon again.
Mary Tyler March
03/24/2022
- agile methodologies
- audience analytics
- branding
- business intelligence data
- community management
- design sprint
- goal setting
- innovation culture
- newsroom culture
- OKRs
- prioritization
- product development
- product discovery
- product management
- productivity
- project management
- stakeholder management
- testing
- user research
- UX
- what is product thinking
ABC do Produto NPA Original Content
This glossary from NPA's Product Kit explains the meaning of the most common used words in the news product field. From Agile to Value proposition, never get lost in the jargon again.
- Author: Mary Tyler March
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Glossary
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
Elige el método de desarrollo de Producto que mejor funcione para tu equipoNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps the user in understanding the main terms of product development, as well as how to choose among methods of product development.
Paul Rissen
03/24/2022
Elige el método de desarrollo de Producto que mejor funcione para tu equipo NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps the user in understanding the main terms of product development, as well as how to choose among methods of product development.
- Author: Paul Rissen
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
Choosing the product development method that works best for your teamNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps the user in understanding the main terms of product development, as well as how to choose among methods of product development.
Paul Rissen
03/24/2022
Choosing the product development method that works best for your team NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps the user in understanding the main terms of product development, as well as how to choose among methods of product development.
- Author: Paul Rissen
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Introducción a la planificación y fijación de objetivos estratégicosNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to align strategic planning with newsroom mission and values for product teams. It provides practical tips on how to incorporate a product culture in the newsroom, as well as how to establish goals and key results.
Rebekah Monson
03/24/2022
Introducción a la planificación y fijación de objetivos estratégicos NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to align strategic planning with newsroom mission and values for product teams. It provides practical tips on how to incorporate a product culture in the newsroom, as well as how to establish goals and key results.
- Author: Rebekah Monson
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: Spanish
Getting started with strategic planning and goal-settingNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to align strategic planning with newsroom mission and values for product teams. It provides practical tips on how to incorporate a product culture in the newsroom, as well as how to establish goals and key results.
Rebekah Monson
03/24/2022
Getting started with strategic planning and goal-setting NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps to align strategic planning with newsroom mission and values for product teams. It provides practical tips on how to incorporate a product culture in the newsroom, as well as how to establish goals and key results.
- Author: Rebekah Monson
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
- agile methodologies
- audience analytics
- branding
- business intelligence data
- community management
- design sprint
- goal setting
- innovation culture
- newsroom culture
- OKRs
- prioritization
- product development
- product discovery
- product management
- productivity
- project management
- stakeholder management
- testing
- user research
- UX
- what is product thinking
El ABC de Producto en mediosNPA Original Content
This glossary from NPA's Product Kit explains the meaning of the most common used words in the news product field. From Agile to Value proposition, never get lost in the jargon again.
Mary Tyler March
03/24/2022
- agile methodologies
- audience analytics
- branding
- business intelligence data
- community management
- design sprint
- goal setting
- innovation culture
- newsroom culture
- OKRs
- prioritization
- product development
- product discovery
- product management
- productivity
- project management
- stakeholder management
- testing
- user research
- UX
- what is product thinking
El ABC de Producto en medios NPA Original Content
This glossary from NPA's Product Kit explains the meaning of the most common used words in the news product field. From Agile to Value proposition, never get lost in the jargon again.
- Author: Mary Tyler March
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Glossary
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
Teaching product methods in the newsroomNPA Original Content
Getting people onboard new projects can be tough, especially when you're trying to advance a new type of vision in your newsroom. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps exactly in that challenge: how to explain product in a newsroom and get stakeholder buy-in
Adriana Lacy
03/24/2022
Teaching product methods in the newsroom NPA Original Content
Getting people onboard new projects can be tough, especially when you're trying to advance a new type of vision in your newsroom. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps exactly in that challenge: how to explain product in a newsroom and get stakeholder buy-in
- Author: Adriana Lacy
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Entendendo o papel do produto em organizações de notíciasNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit presents an overview of newsroom roles and responsibilities and how product fits in. Explore how product professionals can work better in newsrooms.
Sasha Koren
03/24/2022
Entendendo o papel do produto em organizações de notícias NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit presents an overview of newsroom roles and responsibilities and how product fits in. Explore how product professionals can work better in newsrooms.
- Author: Sasha Koren
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
- agile methodologies
- audience analytics
- branding
- business intelligence data
- community management
- design sprint
- goal setting
- innovation culture
- newsroom culture
- OKRs
- prioritization
- product development
- product discovery
- product management
- productivity
- project management
- stakeholder management
- testing
- user research
- UX
- what is product thinking
ABCs of ProductNPA Original Content
This glossary from NPA's Product Kit explains the meaning of the most common used words in the news product field. From Agile to Value proposition, never get lost in the jargon again.
Mary Tyler March
03/24/2022
- agile methodologies
- audience analytics
- branding
- business intelligence data
- community management
- design sprint
- goal setting
- innovation culture
- newsroom culture
- OKRs
- prioritization
- product development
- product discovery
- product management
- productivity
- project management
- stakeholder management
- testing
- user research
- UX
- what is product thinking
ABCs of Product NPA Original Content
This glossary from NPA's Product Kit explains the meaning of the most common used words in the news product field. From Agile to Value proposition, never get lost in the jargon again.
- Author: Mary Tyler March
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Glossary
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Enseñar metodología de Producto en la redacciónNPA Original Content
Getting people onboard new projects can be tough, especially when you're trying to advance a new type of vision in your newsroom. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps exactly in that challenge: how to explain product in a newsroom and get stakeholder buy-in
Adriana Lacy
03/24/2022
Enseñar metodología de Producto en la redacción NPA Original Content
Getting people onboard new projects can be tough, especially when you're trying to advance a new type of vision in your newsroom. This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps exactly in that challenge: how to explain product in a newsroom and get stakeholder buy-in
- Author: Adriana Lacy
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
Escolhendo o método de desenvolvimento de produto que melhor funciona para sua equipeNPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps the user in understanding the main terms of product development, as well as how to choose among methods of product development.
Paul Rissen
03/24/2022
Escolhendo o método de desenvolvimento de produto que melhor funciona para sua equipe NPA Original Content
This guide from NPA's Product Kit helps the user in understanding the main terms of product development, as well as how to choose among methods of product development.
- Author: Paul Rissen
- Date: 03/24/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: News Product Alliance
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
Eight community engagement lessons from the last European refugee crisis (and how we can do better this time)Recommended on the NPA Slack
This article explains how teams can incorporate the lessons from the last European refugee crisis, taking into account their perspectives and information needs.
Alex Horowitz
03/17/2022
Eight community engagement lessons from the last European refugee crisis (and how we can do better this time) Recommended on the NPA Slack
This article explains how teams can incorporate the lessons from the last European refugee crisis, taking into account their perspectives and information needs.
- Author: Alex Horowitz
- Date: 03/17/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: CDAC Network
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
The struggle to give stories away
It analyzes what collaborative work is like between small media outlets and the challenges they face, including not having the same technical resources and the difficulty of conducting joint investigations.
Tegan Wendland
03/15/2022
The struggle to give stories away
It analyzes what collaborative work is like between small media outlets and the challenges they face, including not having the same technical resources and the difficulty of conducting joint investigations.
- Author: Tegan Wendland
- Date: 03/15/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Columbia Journalism Review
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Regularity, a metric newsrooms should look at to build user habits and brand loyaltyRecommended on the NPA Slack
NPA member Ruby Yuan wrote a Medium post about measuring and quantifying user habits through the metric of "regularity" rather than more traditional metrics like "sessions per user" or "pages per session."
Ruby Yuan
03/14/2022
Regularity, a metric newsrooms should look at to build user habits and brand loyalty Recommended on the NPA Slack
NPA member Ruby Yuan wrote a Medium post about measuring and quantifying user habits through the metric of "regularity" rather than more traditional metrics like "sessions per user" or "pages per session."
- Author: Ruby Yuan
- Date: 03/14/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Local needs and the local-news crisis
This article analyzes the situation of the local media in the United States and its role in society. In addition, the author questions the meaning of the term "local news".
Lauren Harris
03/04/2022
Local needs and the local-news crisis
This article analyzes the situation of the local media in the United States and its role in society. In addition, the author questions the meaning of the term "local news".
- Author: Lauren Harris
- Date: 03/04/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Columbia Journalism Review
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
A inovação no jornalismo pela visão de produto
This article explains the basis of product mentality and how it contributes to the profitability of news organizations. It also discusses the state and challenges of product thinking in Brazilian newsrooms.
Luiza Costa
03/02/2022
A inovação no jornalismo pela visão de produto
This article explains the basis of product mentality and how it contributes to the profitability of news organizations. It also discusses the state and challenges of product thinking in Brazilian newsrooms.
- Author: Luiza Costa
- Date: 03/02/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Observatório da Imprensa
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
Newsletters for fundraising workshop
This article presents the slides of a one-hour workshop on how to employ emails newsletters for fundraising. The workshop provides tips, best practices and examples from publishers using email products for revenue.
Joseph Lichterman
03/01/2022
Newsletters for fundraising workshop
This article presents the slides of a one-hour workshop on how to employ emails newsletters for fundraising. The workshop provides tips, best practices and examples from publishers using email products for revenue.
- Author: Joseph Lichterman
- Date: 03/01/2022
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Lenfest Institute
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Webinar
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Targeted Slack NotificationsRecommended on the NPA Slack
A guide on how to create an integration between Airtable and Slack for content workflows. Allows user to DM specific contacts on Slack from an Airtable.
Brian Frank
03/01/2022
Targeted Slack Notifications Recommended on the NPA Slack
A guide on how to create an integration between Airtable and Slack for content workflows. Allows user to DM specific contacts on Slack from an Airtable.
- Author: Brian Frank
- Date: 03/01/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Airtable Universe
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Tips from the 'Guardian' on live-blogging and covering breaking news on Ukraine
Chris Moran, Head of Editorial Innovation from The Guardian, explains how he and his team have shaped the newspaper’s live blog to meet users’ needs when covering breaking news on Ukraine.
Eduardo Suárez
02/28/2022
Tips from the 'Guardian' on live-blogging and covering breaking news on Ukraine
Chris Moran, Head of Editorial Innovation from The Guardian, explains how he and his team have shaped the newspaper’s live blog to meet users’ needs when covering breaking news on Ukraine.
- Author: Eduardo Suárez
- Date: 02/28/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
How The Daily Beast is making money from potential subscribers before the point of conversion
This article offers an analisys of The Daily Beast's subscription strategy with data from Comscore and others. It also brings insight into how they work towards reader acquisition and turning readers into loyalists.
Kayleigh Barber
02/23/2022
How The Daily Beast is making money from potential subscribers before the point of conversion
This article offers an analisys of The Daily Beast's subscription strategy with data from Comscore and others. It also brings insight into how they work towards reader acquisition and turning readers into loyalists.
- Author: Kayleigh Barber
- Date: 02/23/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Digiday
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Media companies can build an effective churn propensity model in 4 steps
This article explains steps to create a model for predicting churn - when customers cancel their subscription/support/membership. The author suggests which questions the company should make to start building a predictive model, what kind of data can be explored, and what could be the analysis process.
Utkarsh Arora
02/14/2022
Media companies can build an effective churn propensity model in 4 steps
This article explains steps to create a model for predicting churn - when customers cancel their subscription/support/membership. The author suggests which questions the company should make to start building a predictive model, what kind of data can be explored, and what could be the analysis process.
- Author: Utkarsh Arora
- Date: 02/14/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: International News Media Association (INMA)
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
The Great Advantages of linking from your homepage
Thread about how a website's homepage linking can help SEO strategy for publishers. Tips for optimizing the homepage to help with stories' rankings.
Shelby Backley
02/10/2022
The Great Advantages of linking from your homepage
Thread about how a website's homepage linking can help SEO strategy for publishers. Tips for optimizing the homepage to help with stories' rankings.
- Author: Shelby Backley
- Date: 02/10/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Twitter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Twitter thread
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
¿Cuál es el papel del laboratorio de medios en los futuros periodísticos?
Based on the investigation of experimental units known as "media labs", this article discusses how this kind of structure contributes to the future of journalistic organizations and products. It shows how media labs can promote spaces for innovation and collaboration, combining technical and creative skills.
Ana Cecilia Bisso Nunes and John Mills
02/02/2022
¿Cuál es el papel del laboratorio de medios en los futuros periodísticos?
Based on the investigation of experimental units known as "media labs", this article discusses how this kind of structure contributes to the future of journalistic organizations and products. It shows how media labs can promote spaces for innovation and collaboration, combining technical and creative skills.
- Author: Ana Cecilia Bisso Nunes and John Mills
- Date: 02/02/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Guardiana
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: Spanish
Sincerely, Leaders of Color: U.S.-focused Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategies Don’t Scale Globally
The author analyzes that strategies focused on Diversity and Inclusion applied in the US may not work in the same way in other countries. Feli Carrique argues that media leaders should keep DEI strategies as priority, but should not forget the local context where they're being applied.
Feli Carrique
02/02/2022
Sincerely, Leaders of Color: U.S.-focused Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategies Don’t Scale Globally
The author analyzes that strategies focused on Diversity and Inclusion applied in the US may not work in the same way in other countries. Feli Carrique argues that media leaders should keep DEI strategies as priority, but should not forget the local context where they're being applied.
- Author: Feli Carrique
- Date: 02/02/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Open News
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Product Management in One WordRecommended on the NPA Slack
KP Frahm asked product managers on Twitter to describe what it is that they provide using only one word. He got 250+ responses and wrote an article analyzing/making sense of them. The top three terms for what product managers provide were:
1. Clarity
2. Direction
3. Coherence
KP Frahm
01/31/2022
Product Management in One Word Recommended on the NPA Slack
KP Frahm asked product managers on Twitter to describe what it is that they provide using only one word. He got 250+ responses and wrote an article analyzing/making sense of them. The top three terms for what product managers provide were:
1. Clarity
2. Direction
3. Coherence
- Author: KP Frahm
- Date: 01/31/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: field.so
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Quando um produto morre, o que fica?
This article tells the story of the end of a product and what to do when it's time to transform it into something else or phase it out. Through the experience with JOTA PRO Crise, the author shares questions to ask when preparing to end a product and learnings such as developing a finishing strategy along with other teams.
Paty Gomes
01/28/2022
Quando um produto morre, o que fica?
This article tells the story of the end of a product and what to do when it's time to transform it into something else or phase it out. Through the experience with JOTA PRO Crise, the author shares questions to ask when preparing to end a product and learnings such as developing a finishing strategy along with other teams.
- Author: Paty Gomes
- Date: 01/28/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Por Dentro do Jota
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Portuguese
All about paywalls
This newsletter edition discusses the impacts that paywalls have on the SEO efforts of publishers.
"WTF is SEO?" is a newsletter for news publishers to learn about search engine optimization, whether they have extensive experience with search or none at all. The two journalists who created and write the newsletter discuss various SEO concepts and strategies, talk to leading SEO experts, and share useful tools, all with the goal of helping subscribers make actionable growth for their outlet.
The entire archive page can be found in the following URL: https://wtfseo.substack.com/
Jessie Willms & Shelby Blackley
01/23/2022
All about paywalls
This newsletter edition discusses the impacts that paywalls have on the SEO efforts of publishers.
"WTF is SEO?" is a newsletter for news publishers to learn about search engine optimization, whether they have extensive experience with search or none at all. The two journalists who created and write the newsletter discuss various SEO concepts and strategies, talk to leading SEO experts, and share useful tools, all with the goal of helping subscribers make actionable growth for their outlet.
The entire archive page can be found in the following URL: https://wtfseo.substack.com/
- Author: Jessie Willms & Shelby Blackley
- Date: 01/23/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: WTF is SEO?
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Product Discovery: o que é, importância e como fazer
A guide to the Product Discovery process. It explains the concept, when to use it, steps of product discovery, frameworks' suggestions, and how to learn more about it.
01/20/2022
Product Discovery: o que é, importância e como fazer
A guide to the Product Discovery process. It explains the concept, when to use it, steps of product discovery, frameworks' suggestions, and how to learn more about it.
- Date: 01/20/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: PM3
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: Portuguese
We’ve spent two years studying readers’ & listeners’ needs of The Atlantic
Emily Goligoski, executive director of audience research at The Atlantic, tells how they did extensive user research to learn more about the publication's audience and generate new ideas for the site.
Emily Goligoski
01/18/2022
We’ve spent two years studying readers’ & listeners’ needs of The Atlantic
Emily Goligoski, executive director of audience research at The Atlantic, tells how they did extensive user research to learn more about the publication's audience and generate new ideas for the site.
- Author: Emily Goligoski
- Date: 01/18/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
The Roaring 20s of digital publishing
The media landscape is always changing — but now it appears we are entering a fast and furious cycle of media innovation. The Substack boom and takeoff of new news startups are just the tip of the iceberg in media innovation.
Brian Morrissey
01/12/2022
The Roaring 20s of digital publishing
The media landscape is always changing — but now it appears we are entering a fast and furious cycle of media innovation. The Substack boom and takeoff of new news startups are just the tip of the iceberg in media innovation.
- Author: Brian Morrissey
- Date: 01/12/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Rebooting
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
What happens when a journalist goes to product
This former journalist wasn't planning on moving to product — and then she lost her dream job. Mandy Jenkins writes about her transition from freelancing to Head of Product and what she's learned along the way.
Mandy Jenkins
01/05/2022
What happens when a journalist goes to product
This former journalist wasn't planning on moving to product — and then she lost her dream job. Mandy Jenkins writes about her transition from freelancing to Head of Product and what she's learned along the way.
- Author: Mandy Jenkins
- Date: 01/05/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Zombie Journalism
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
When staff appeals for change, be responsive
Leaders have the ability — and responsibility — to right past wrongs and to ensure that they are creating a workplace that is inclusive of people from all backgrounds. This is a must-read guide for leaders on how to effectively and compassionately respond to organization-wide calls for action around diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to build a supportive workplace.
Emma Carew Grovum
01/04/2022
When staff appeals for change, be responsive
Leaders have the ability — and responsibility — to right past wrongs and to ensure that they are creating a workplace that is inclusive of people from all backgrounds. This is a must-read guide for leaders on how to effectively and compassionately respond to organization-wide calls for action around diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to build a supportive workplace.
- Author: Emma Carew Grovum
- Date: 01/04/2022
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Editor & Publisher
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
RICE Scoring ModelRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article describes the RICE scoring model, a methodology to help product professionals on how to prioritize products, features and initiatives when building a roadmap.
01/01/2022
RICE Scoring Model Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article describes the RICE scoring model, a methodology to help product professionals on how to prioritize products, features and initiatives when building a roadmap.
- Date: 01/01/2022
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: ProductPlan
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
10 Product Management books that are not (directly) about product management
Sometimes the best product management books aren't necessarily about the profession. Here are 10 reads to provide a more holistic approach to product management, workplace culture and operations, and how we work and think across disciplines to solve problems with product.
Damon Kiesow
12/29/2021
10 Product Management books that are not (directly) about product management
Sometimes the best product management books aren't necessarily about the profession. Here are 10 reads to provide a more holistic approach to product management, workplace culture and operations, and how we work and think across disciplines to solve problems with product.
- Author: Damon Kiesow
- Date: 12/29/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Kiesow 10.2
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
What does it mean to be a “sustainable” news business?
Independent publishers — especially in local news — have long struggled with long-term sustainability. After completing multiple versions of its Sustainability Audit, Lion Publishers explains the importance of a strong operational foundation for newsrooms, and how to identify and measure opportunities for growth on the path to sustainability.
Ben Dejarnette
12/28/2021
What does it mean to be a “sustainable” news business?
Independent publishers — especially in local news — have long struggled with long-term sustainability. After completing multiple versions of its Sustainability Audit, Lion Publishers explains the importance of a strong operational foundation for newsrooms, and how to identify and measure opportunities for growth on the path to sustainability.
- Author: Ben Dejarnette
- Date: 12/28/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Lion Publishers
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
7 ideas to make your news business more sustainable in 2022
In this episode, the podcast News Guest explores seven ideas to improve sustainability in the news business. Organizing teams, engaging with the audience and streamlining workflows are important themes in this episode. Those strategies were first presented at the 2021 LION Local Journalism Awards.
Ben Dejarnette
12/22/2021
7 ideas to make your news business more sustainable in 2022
In this episode, the podcast News Guest explores seven ideas to improve sustainability in the news business. Organizing teams, engaging with the audience and streamlining workflows are important themes in this episode. Those strategies were first presented at the 2021 LION Local Journalism Awards.
- Author: Ben Dejarnette
- Date: 12/22/2021
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: Lion Publishers
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Podcast
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
“Everything clicks for a different reason”: Why journalism analytics are so hard to interpretRecommended on the NPA Slack
Caitlin Petre, an assistant professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, studies the social processes behind the digital datasets and algorithms that increasingly govern the contemporary world. In this article, she looks at how the movie "Moneyball" gave way to the Big Data era, "in which new sources of analytics were supposed to provide strategic advantages for any organization savvy enough to leverage them." From 2011-2015, she conducted a mix of in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation at Chartbeat, Gawker, and The New York Times to understand how newsroom metrics are changing the way journalists practice journalism.
Caitlin Petre
12/08/2021
“Everything clicks for a different reason”: Why journalism analytics are so hard to interpret Recommended on the NPA Slack
Caitlin Petre, an assistant professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, studies the social processes behind the digital datasets and algorithms that increasingly govern the contemporary world. In this article, she looks at how the movie "Moneyball" gave way to the Big Data era, "in which new sources of analytics were supposed to provide strategic advantages for any organization savvy enough to leverage them." From 2011-2015, she conducted a mix of in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation at Chartbeat, Gawker, and The New York Times to understand how newsroom metrics are changing the way journalists practice journalism.
- Author: Caitlin Petre
- Date: 12/08/2021
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: Columbia Journalism Review
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Helping readers make sense of digital news
Not all digital news sites are created equal — and that can make it difficult for readers to navigate a complex web of designs that are, at best, confusing and, at worst, misleading. This guide is designed to help digital news designers and publishers design their online experience with readers' behavior and best practices top of mind.
Damon Kiesow
12/02/2021
Helping readers make sense of digital news
Not all digital news sites are created equal — and that can make it difficult for readers to navigate a complex web of designs that are, at best, confusing and, at worst, misleading. This guide is designed to help digital news designers and publishers design their online experience with readers' behavior and best practices top of mind.
- Author: Damon Kiesow
- Date: 12/02/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: RJI Online
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
Content Audits and Centering Audience
This free, quick, self-guided Poynter course has "actionable resources and ideas you can apply to your newsroom, no matter your role in the organization." The course utilizes four case studies from Chicago newsrooms (Chicago Sun-Times, WGN-TV, Associate Press - Midwest Bureau, and Chicago Tribune) to illustrate how to leverage content audits to make inclusivity part of story workflow and grow subscribers from underserved communities.
Kathy Lu (instructor)
12/01/2021
Content Audits and Centering Audience
This free, quick, self-guided Poynter course has "actionable resources and ideas you can apply to your newsroom, no matter your role in the organization." The course utilizes four case studies from Chicago newsrooms (Chicago Sun-Times, WGN-TV, Associate Press - Midwest Bureau, and Chicago Tribune) to illustrate how to leverage content audits to make inclusivity part of story workflow and grow subscribers from underserved communities.
- Author: Kathy Lu (instructor)
- Date: 12/01/2021
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Poynter
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Course
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Agile is dead! Waterfall is coming back
The article explores the revival of Waterfall methodology in software development, especially among small businesses, in the midst of Agile practices' prevalence.
Marcel Paschoal
11/29/2021
Nobody gives a f**k about your brand anymore
The rise of the creator economy has vastly changed the landscape of branding and — some say — de-emphasized the importance of branding when it comes to consumers. This piece explores where consumer interests are trending and how the next generation of brands might differ from the last.
Troy Young
11/25/2021
Nobody gives a f**k about your brand anymore
The rise of the creator economy has vastly changed the landscape of branding and — some say — de-emphasized the importance of branding when it comes to consumers. This piece explores where consumer interests are trending and how the next generation of brands might differ from the last.
- Author: Troy Young
- Date: 11/25/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: People vs Algorithms
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Jobs to be done: da teoria à prática
This article explains what is the "jobs to be done" methodology, what is it for, and how to apply the framework. JBTD is an approach to developing products that is based on understanding customers' goals and searching for solutions to these tasks.
Kellison Ferreira
11/23/2021
Jobs to be done: da teoria à prática
This article explains what is the "jobs to be done" methodology, what is it for, and how to apply the framework. JBTD is an approach to developing products that is based on understanding customers' goals and searching for solutions to these tasks.
- Author: Kellison Ferreira
- Date: 11/23/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Blog da Tera
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: Portuguese
Punto de Inflexión InternacionalRecommended on the NPA Slack
The 2021 Inflection Point International study by Sembra Media focuses on impact, innovation, threats and sustainability of digital media entrepreneurs in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa. It really highlights that all around the world, digital journalists are facing similar challenges and can build resiliency by learning from each other. The executive summary is a great synopsis, but readers can dive deeper into the 6-chapter report.
Janine Warner, Jessica Best, Mijal Iastrebner and Felicitas Carrique
11/22/2021
Punto de Inflexión Internacional Recommended on the NPA Slack
The 2021 Inflection Point International study by Sembra Media focuses on impact, innovation, threats and sustainability of digital media entrepreneurs in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa. It really highlights that all around the world, digital journalists are facing similar challenges and can build resiliency by learning from each other. The executive summary is a great synopsis, but readers can dive deeper into the 6-chapter report.
- Author: Janine Warner, Jessica Best, Mijal Iastrebner and Felicitas Carrique
- Date: 11/22/2021
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Sembra Media
- Scale: Regional
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: Spanish
Ponto de Inflexão InternacionalRecommended on the NPA Slack
The 2021 Inflection Point International study by Sembra Media focuses on impact, innovation, threats and sustainability of digital media entrepreneurs in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa. It really highlights that all around the world, digital journalists are facing similar challenges and can build resiliency by learning from each other. The executive summary is a great synopsis, but readers can dive deeper into the 6-chapter report.
Janine Warner, Jessica Best, Mijal Iastrebner and Felicitas Carrique
11/22/2021
Ponto de Inflexão Internacional Recommended on the NPA Slack
The 2021 Inflection Point International study by Sembra Media focuses on impact, innovation, threats and sustainability of digital media entrepreneurs in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa. It really highlights that all around the world, digital journalists are facing similar challenges and can build resiliency by learning from each other. The executive summary is a great synopsis, but readers can dive deeper into the 6-chapter report.
- Author: Janine Warner, Jessica Best, Mijal Iastrebner and Felicitas Carrique
- Date: 11/22/2021
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Sembra Media
- Scale: Regional
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: Portuguese
Inflection Point InternationalRecommended on the NPA Slack
The 2021 Inflection Point International study by Sembra Media focuses on impact, innovation, threats and sustainability of digital media entrepreneurs in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa. It really highlights that all around the world, digital journalists are facing similar challenges and can build resiliency by learning from each other. The executive summary is a great synopsis, but readers can dive deeper into the 6-chapter report.
Janine Warner, Jessica Best, Mijal Iastrebner and Felicitas Carrique
11/22/2021
Inflection Point International Recommended on the NPA Slack
The 2021 Inflection Point International study by Sembra Media focuses on impact, innovation, threats and sustainability of digital media entrepreneurs in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa. It really highlights that all around the world, digital journalists are facing similar challenges and can build resiliency by learning from each other. The executive summary is a great synopsis, but readers can dive deeper into the 6-chapter report.
- Author: Janine Warner, Jessica Best, Mijal Iastrebner and Felicitas Carrique
- Date: 11/22/2021
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Sembra Media
- Scale: Regional
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
O desafio de escolher inovar
This article discusses why and how to develop an innovation culture, based on the experience of the Brazilian media company JOTA. It also describes some of the routines that contribute to it, such as agile cerimonies.
Sérgio Cardoso
11/17/2021
O desafio de escolher inovar
This article discusses why and how to develop an innovation culture, based on the experience of the Brazilian media company JOTA. It also describes some of the routines that contribute to it, such as agile cerimonies.
- Author: Sérgio Cardoso
- Date: 11/17/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Por Dentro do Jota
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
How to make solution journalism a part of a news outlet's DNA
Nigeria Health Watch was the pioneer when it comes to solutions journalism to cover health and the pandemic. Director Vivianne Ihekweazu spoke in this webinar about their learnings and offered tips for newsrooms to incorporate solutions journalism in their reporting.
Devin Windelspecht
11/17/2021
How to make solution journalism a part of a news outlet's DNA
Nigeria Health Watch was the pioneer when it comes to solutions journalism to cover health and the pandemic. Director Vivianne Ihekweazu spoke in this webinar about their learnings and offered tips for newsrooms to incorporate solutions journalism in their reporting.
- Author: Devin Windelspecht
- Date: 11/17/2021
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: International Center for Journalists
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Webinar
- Theme: Other
- Language: English
How can news products help build trust in news?
With trust in media at historic lows, it's more important than ever to produce journalism with audience trust at the forefront. This guide offers practical solutions for journalists to rebuild audience trust with technology and news products.
Lynn Walsh
11/16/2021
How can news products help build trust in news?
With trust in media at historic lows, it's more important than ever to produce journalism with audience trust at the forefront. This guide offers practical solutions for journalists to rebuild audience trust with technology and news products.
- Author: Lynn Walsh
- Date: 11/16/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Trusting News
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
What is product management
In this edition of Lenny's Newsletter, Lenny breaks down what he sees as the core jobs and attributes of a successful product manager.
Lenny Rachitsky
11/16/2021
What is product management
In this edition of Lenny's Newsletter, Lenny breaks down what he sees as the core jobs and attributes of a successful product manager.
- Author: Lenny Rachitsky
- Date: 11/16/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Lenny's Newsletter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Como empoderar redações e jornalistas para pensar a distribuição
Tips to empower a newsroom to go beyond producing content and think about distribution strategies. This article brings steps to create a culture of distribution, including budget planning and understanding how your team can bring personal and diverse experiences to the table.
11/14/2021
Como empoderar redações e jornalistas para pensar a distribuição
Tips to empower a newsroom to go beyond producing content and think about distribution strategies. This article brings steps to create a culture of distribution, including budget planning and understanding how your team can bring personal and diverse experiences to the table.
- Date: 11/14/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Énois
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: Portuguese
Como estratégias de produto podem ajudar o jornalismo
This article describes the basics of applying product mentality and methodologies to journalism. It provides examples of innovative products by media companies, explains relevant points to consider when developing a journalistic product, and suggests approaches for applying agile methods in the newsroom.
Lara Ximenes
11/12/2021
Como estratégias de produto podem ajudar o jornalismo
This article describes the basics of applying product mentality and methodologies to journalism. It provides examples of innovative products by media companies, explains relevant points to consider when developing a journalistic product, and suggests approaches for applying agile methods in the newsroom.
- Author: Lara Ximenes
- Date: 11/12/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Robox
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
Six rules of hiring for growth
Growth teams are critical to an organization's ability to reach maximum distribution in their respective markets. This step-by-step guide offers an actionable framework for building a successful growth team.
Lenny Rachitsky
11/09/2021
Six rules of hiring for growth
Growth teams are critical to an organization's ability to reach maximum distribution in their respective markets. This step-by-step guide offers an actionable framework for building a successful growth team.
- Author: Lenny Rachitsky
- Date: 11/09/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Lenny's Newsletter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Dysfunctional systems: Why are we designing for addiction?
We want users to build habits with our products — but what happens when that habit becomes an addiction? In this piece, the author makes the case for driving value, not just use, with product, and for creating healthier products for users along the way.
John Voss
11/08/2021
Dysfunctional systems: Why are we designing for addiction?
We want users to build habits with our products — but what happens when that habit becomes an addiction? In this piece, the author makes the case for driving value, not just use, with product, and for creating healthier products for users along the way.
- Author: John Voss
- Date: 11/08/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
Vox is revamping its editorial strategy to redefine what ‘Voxxy’ means
How does editorial strategy lean into — and define — a news organization's branding? This case study explores Vox.com's evolving efforts to define a "Voxxy" story, and how that editorial strategy is being shaped by the newsroom to better the audience's experience.
Hanaa' Tameez
11/08/2021
Vox is revamping its editorial strategy to redefine what ‘Voxxy’ means
How does editorial strategy lean into — and define — a news organization's branding? This case study explores Vox.com's evolving efforts to define a "Voxxy" story, and how that editorial strategy is being shaped by the newsroom to better the audience's experience.
- Author: Hanaa' Tameez
- Date: 11/08/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Nieman Lab
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Pensamiento de producto ayuda a boletines en español a crear comunidad, servir a sus audiencias y lograr sostenibilidad
This article analyses the experiences of three journalistic newsletters in Spanish: El Times, Telokwento, and 8000. Through that, it shows how "product thinking" contributed to the development and success of those publications, even with their different scales and business models.
César López Linares
11/03/2021
Pensamiento de producto ayuda a boletines en español a crear comunidad, servir a sus audiencias y lograr sostenibilidad
This article analyses the experiences of three journalistic newsletters in Spanish: El Times, Telokwento, and 8000. Through that, it shows how "product thinking" contributed to the development and success of those publications, even with their different scales and business models.
- Author: César López Linares
- Date: 11/03/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Fundación Gabo
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
In a community of practice, make space for practiceRecommended on the NPA Slack
Drawing from research by social scientist and organizational expert Etienne Wenger , this article focuses on how to form an effective community of practice. The author focuses on the intersection of Domain, Community and Practice.
Max Resnik
11/03/2021
In a community of practice, make space for practice Recommended on the NPA Slack
Drawing from research by social scientist and organizational expert Etienne Wenger , this article focuses on how to form an effective community of practice. The author focuses on the intersection of Domain, Community and Practice.
- Author: Max Resnik
- Date: 11/03/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Let's Gather
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Other
- Language: English
Ciclo de vida de um produto digital
This post describes the main steps of a digital product life cycle. It covers the main phases of innovation, growth, maturity and end of life. This piece is a chapter of the book Gestão de Produto, in Portuguese, from the same author.
Joaquim Torres
11/02/2021
Ciclo de vida de um produto digital
This post describes the main steps of a digital product life cycle. It covers the main phases of innovation, growth, maturity and end of life. This piece is a chapter of the book Gestão de Produto, in Portuguese, from the same author.
- Author: Joaquim Torres
- Date: 11/02/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Portuguese
Desarrollo para ‘dummies’: llega el empoderamiento web con las plataformas low code y no code
This article explains what are low-code and no-code platforms, their differences, and how they can facilitate digital transformation. It also shows examples of how that kind of application can help companies develop products even with low technical capacities - and what still needs to be done by developers.
11/01/2021
Desarrollo para ‘dummies’: llega el empoderamiento web con las plataformas low code y no code
This article explains what are low-code and no-code platforms, their differences, and how they can facilitate digital transformation. It also shows examples of how that kind of application can help companies develop products even with low technical capacities - and what still needs to be done by developers.
- Date: 11/01/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Prodigioso Volcán
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Technology
- Language: Spanish
A retrospective on a decade of innovationsRecommended on the NPA Slack
The Guardian’s digital team ran a retrospective over an entire decade to understand how they’ve innovated in the past. This serves as a great case study with learnings for other news organizations.
Simon Hildrew
10/29/2021
A retrospective on a decade of innovations Recommended on the NPA Slack
The Guardian’s digital team ran a retrospective over an entire decade to understand how they’ve innovated in the past. This serves as a great case study with learnings for other news organizations.
- Author: Simon Hildrew
- Date: 10/29/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Guardian
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
What’s Next for Creator Platforms? Learning to SellRecommended on the NPA Slack
Creator-centric platforms including Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and others have deep problems with converting users into paying subscribers. This article illustrates some of the key reasons why conversions to subscriptions are low, and how to improve them -- with applications to other types of media companies.
Nathan Baschez
10/28/2021
What’s Next for Creator Platforms? Learning to Sell Recommended on the NPA Slack
Creator-centric platforms including Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and others have deep problems with converting users into paying subscribers. This article illustrates some of the key reasons why conversions to subscriptions are low, and how to improve them -- with applications to other types of media companies.
- Author: Nathan Baschez
- Date: 10/28/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Future.com
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Diversity in design: Inclusion alone won’t fix a broken systemRecommended on the NPA Slack
This article delves into the Eurocentrism of modern design principles, and questions their validity through investigating the historical underpinnings of standards of beauty and aesthetic from ancient Greece to colonialism.
Ida Persson
10/21/2021
Diversity in design: Inclusion alone won’t fix a broken system Recommended on the NPA Slack
This article delves into the Eurocentrism of modern design principles, and questions their validity through investigating the historical underpinnings of standards of beauty and aesthetic from ancient Greece to colonialism.
- Author: Ida Persson
- Date: 10/21/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: UX Collective
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
How A/B testing can (and can’t) improve your headline writingRecommended on the NPA Slack
A discussion of the hazards of drawing too broad conclusions from A/B headline tests drawing upon examples from The New York Times and The Boston Globe.
Nick Hagar and Nicholas Diakopoulos
10/18/2021
How A/B testing can (and can’t) improve your headline writing Recommended on the NPA Slack
A discussion of the hazards of drawing too broad conclusions from A/B headline tests drawing upon examples from The New York Times and The Boston Globe.
- Author: Nick Hagar and Nicholas Diakopoulos
- Date: 10/18/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Nieman Lab
- Scale: Regional
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
How Netflix’s Choice Engine Drives Its Business
We all know there's a special tool behind platforms like Netflix and Spotify's abilities to recommend things that, often, are exactly what we're looking for. But instead of thinking of this as AI, the author posits this kind of tool as "intelligent augmentation" — a choice architecture that assists in the customized decisions that are put before users.
Eric Johnson
10/18/2021
How Netflix’s Choice Engine Drives Its Business
We all know there's a special tool behind platforms like Netflix and Spotify's abilities to recommend things that, often, are exactly what we're looking for. But instead of thinking of this as AI, the author posits this kind of tool as "intelligent augmentation" — a choice architecture that assists in the customized decisions that are put before users.
- Author: Eric Johnson
- Date: 10/18/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Behavioral Scientist
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
What To Know Before You Kickstart Your CommunityRecommended on the NPA Slack
Key to every business' success and impact is the ability to nurture authentic relationships with customers, users, and stakeholders. This article presents principles for building a strong community for any brand.
Naomi Malik
10/14/2021
What To Know Before You Kickstart Your Community Recommended on the NPA Slack
Key to every business' success and impact is the ability to nurture authentic relationships with customers, users, and stakeholders. This article presents principles for building a strong community for any brand.
- Author: Naomi Malik
- Date: 10/14/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Supernode Global
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
O que é Jobs To Be Done?
Introduction to the Jobs To Be Done concept and the idea that consumers "hire" products to complete specific goals. The article is based on Professor Clayton Christensen's explanations and describes the process of understanding needs and applying them to product development.
Daniel Salengue
10/07/2021
O que é Jobs To Be Done?
Introduction to the Jobs To Be Done concept and the idea that consumers "hire" products to complete specific goals. The article is based on Professor Clayton Christensen's explanations and describes the process of understanding needs and applying them to product development.
- Author: Daniel Salengue
- Date: 10/07/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: Portuguese
Why the New York Times Should be TokenizedRecommended on the NPA Slack
The author argues that tokenization could emerge as a key differentiator for forward-thinking media companies. Particularly for new companies and products, allowing early subscribers to benefit from future upside via tokens, such as NFT, could have real benefits.
Jihad Esmail and Joey DeBruin
10/07/2021
Why the New York Times Should be Tokenized Recommended on the NPA Slack
The author argues that tokenization could emerge as a key differentiator for forward-thinking media companies. Particularly for new companies and products, allowing early subscribers to benefit from future upside via tokens, such as NFT, could have real benefits.
- Author: Jihad Esmail and Joey DeBruin
- Date: 10/07/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Forefront
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
5 estrategias para diseñar productos periodísticos innovadores centrados en las personas
Tips from Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, adjunct professor at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) at Stanford, on developing innovative news products. How to apply Design Thinking strategies to offer high-impact products for users.
Agustina Heb
10/07/2021
5 estrategias para diseñar productos periodísticos innovadores centrados en las personas
Tips from Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, adjunct professor at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) at Stanford, on developing innovative news products. How to apply Design Thinking strategies to offer high-impact products for users.
- Author: Agustina Heb
- Date: 10/07/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Fundación Gabo
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: Spanish
Cómo retener a los suscriptores: la experiencia de The Atlantic y MediaNews Group
Tips on how to retain subscribers from Louis Deering, VP of Digital Subscriptions at MediaNews Group, and Emilie Harkin, VP of Consumer Strategy & Growth at The Atlantic. The article summarizes a talk from both leaders where they discussed pillars for developing a retention strategy, why The Atlantic chose a pyramid-based strategy, and core moments of a subscriber retention timeline.
10/07/2021
Cómo retener a los suscriptores: la experiencia de The Atlantic y MediaNews Group
Tips on how to retain subscribers from Louis Deering, VP of Digital Subscriptions at MediaNews Group, and Emilie Harkin, VP of Consumer Strategy & Growth at The Atlantic. The article summarizes a talk from both leaders where they discussed pillars for developing a retention strategy, why The Atlantic chose a pyramid-based strategy, and core moments of a subscriber retention timeline.
- Date: 10/07/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Laboratorio de Periodismo
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: Spanish
How Twitter Applied the “Jobs to Be Done” Approach to StrategyRecommended on the NPA Slack
Since Jack Dorsey rejoined Twitter as CEO in 2015, the company’s performance has skyrocketed. The authors attribute Dorsey’s success to the use of the “jobs to be done” framework which focuses on solving real problems for customers or users. This article discusses the steps that Twitter took, which other media companies can apply.
David S. Duncan and Brian Hindo
10/06/2021
How Twitter Applied the “Jobs to Be Done” Approach to Strategy Recommended on the NPA Slack
Since Jack Dorsey rejoined Twitter as CEO in 2015, the company’s performance has skyrocketed. The authors attribute Dorsey’s success to the use of the “jobs to be done” framework which focuses on solving real problems for customers or users. This article discusses the steps that Twitter took, which other media companies can apply.
- Author: David S. Duncan and Brian Hindo
- Date: 10/06/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Harvard Business Review
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
More journalism startups are building their businesses around a community-first approach. Here’s what we’re seeing when publications engage their audience from Day One.Recommended on the NPA Slack
Journalism startups are learning how best to meet their community’s needs before they even launch. Many are launching specifically with the goal of serving underserved or marginalized communities.
Lisa Heyamoto
10/05/2021
More journalism startups are building their businesses around a community-first approach. Here’s what we’re seeing when publications engage their audience from Day One. Recommended on the NPA Slack
Journalism startups are learning how best to meet their community’s needs before they even launch. Many are launching specifically with the goal of serving underserved or marginalized communities.
- Author: Lisa Heyamoto
- Date: 10/05/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Let's Gather
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
How news publishers are turning casual, infrequent readers into paying subscribersRecommended on the NPA Slack
According to a 2021 report from the International News Media Association, most publishers spend more on acquisition of new readers as opposed to retention. However, market leaders put more resources toward engaging existing subscribers. The main takeaway is that retaining light readers is key to a viable subscription business.
Sarah Scire
10/05/2021
How news publishers are turning casual, infrequent readers into paying subscribers Recommended on the NPA Slack
According to a 2021 report from the International News Media Association, most publishers spend more on acquisition of new readers as opposed to retention. However, market leaders put more resources toward engaging existing subscribers. The main takeaway is that retaining light readers is key to a viable subscription business.
- Author: Sarah Scire
- Date: 10/05/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Nieman Lab
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Cómo crear una cultura de producto. El enfoque MACU de The Wall Street Journal
This article summarizes ideas from Louise Story, ex-Chief News Strategist and Chief Product and Technology Officer at The Wall Street Journal, on how to build product culture in a newsroom. Story explains the "MACU" mentality that was implemented on WSJ: focus on Members, Audiences, Customers, and Users.
10/05/2021
Cómo crear una cultura de producto. El enfoque MACU de The Wall Street Journal
This article summarizes ideas from Louise Story, ex-Chief News Strategist and Chief Product and Technology Officer at The Wall Street Journal, on how to build product culture in a newsroom. Story explains the "MACU" mentality that was implemented on WSJ: focus on Members, Audiences, Customers, and Users.
- Date: 10/05/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Laboratorio de Periodismo
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
A woman of color cannot save your workplace cultureRecommended on the NPA Slack
Hiring women of color in management roles is not a panacea to unhealthy and inequitable workplace cultures. Unreasonable and unfair expectations can set new hires up for failure. Women of color have to confront many more barriers than other counterparts in similar roles and are often burdened by emotional labor.
S. Mitra Kalita
09/28/2021
A woman of color cannot save your workplace culture Recommended on the NPA Slack
Hiring women of color in management roles is not a panacea to unhealthy and inequitable workplace cultures. Unreasonable and unfair expectations can set new hires up for failure. Women of color have to confront many more barriers than other counterparts in similar roles and are often burdened by emotional labor.
- Author: S. Mitra Kalita
- Date: 09/28/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Charter Works
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Research: Informal Leadership Comes at a CostRecommended on the NPA Slack
Encouraging developing talent to take on informal leadership of a team or project is a great way to support professional growth of employees. However, new research suggests that these duties can also take a toll on informal leaders’ job satisfaction and energy levels.
Chia-Yen (Chad) Chiu, Jennifer D. Nahrgang, Ashlea Bartram, Jing Wang, and Paul Tesluk
09/27/2021
Research: Informal Leadership Comes at a Cost Recommended on the NPA Slack
Encouraging developing talent to take on informal leadership of a team or project is a great way to support professional growth of employees. However, new research suggests that these duties can also take a toll on informal leaders’ job satisfaction and energy levels.
- Author: Chia-Yen (Chad) Chiu, Jennifer D. Nahrgang, Ashlea Bartram, Jing Wang, and Paul Tesluk
- Date: 09/27/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Harvard Business Review
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Entenda o que é MVP e a forma certa de criar um Minimum Viable Product
This article explains the concept of a Minimum Viable Product and its characteristics. It also establishes what an MVP shouldn't be, such as low-quality product.
Kellison Ferreira
09/27/2021
Entenda o que é MVP e a forma certa de criar um Minimum Viable Product
This article explains the concept of a Minimum Viable Product and its characteristics. It also establishes what an MVP shouldn't be, such as low-quality product.
- Author: Kellison Ferreira
- Date: 09/27/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Blog da Tera
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: Portuguese
“Crisis of Trust in the Media”: Inside A.G. Sulzberger’s Top Times ProjectRecommended on the NPA Slack
On a mission for 10 million paying customers, The New York Times has formed a new team to help ensure trust in its journalism and broaden its reach nationally and across political affiliations. The aim of the initiative is to address the crisis of trust in the media, and to explore strategies to establish credibility and wider readership.
Joe Pompeo
09/24/2021
“Crisis of Trust in the Media”: Inside A.G. Sulzberger’s Top Times Project Recommended on the NPA Slack
On a mission for 10 million paying customers, The New York Times has formed a new team to help ensure trust in its journalism and broaden its reach nationally and across political affiliations. The aim of the initiative is to address the crisis of trust in the media, and to explore strategies to establish credibility and wider readership.
- Author: Joe Pompeo
- Date: 09/24/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Vanity Fair
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
How an Asian business site attracted 30,000 subscribers by publishing one story a day
How one media startup in South Asia entering the golden age of subscriptions found success by being hyper-focused on audience needs, and ignoring the conventions of news media companies. “Choosing what not to do is as important as choosing what to do”, says 'The Ken's' co-founder and CEO Rohin Dharmakumar.
Laura Oliver
09/21/2021
How an Asian business site attracted 30,000 subscribers by publishing one story a day
How one media startup in South Asia entering the golden age of subscriptions found success by being hyper-focused on audience needs, and ignoring the conventions of news media companies. “Choosing what not to do is as important as choosing what to do”, says 'The Ken's' co-founder and CEO Rohin Dharmakumar.
- Author: Laura Oliver
- Date: 09/21/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
I’m redesigning brainstorming for asynchronous participation and I love itRecommended on the NPA Slack
Making effective meetings accessible to people not in the room is critical to increasing the value and productivity of teams. Asynchronous is the new, healthier way to work effectively for distributed teams.
Sisi Wei
09/21/2021
I’m redesigning brainstorming for asynchronous participation and I love it Recommended on the NPA Slack
Making effective meetings accessible to people not in the room is critical to increasing the value and productivity of teams. Asynchronous is the new, healthier way to work effectively for distributed teams.
- Author: Sisi Wei
- Date: 09/21/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Open News
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Agilidade é ser veloz?
This article explains briefly the concept of "agile" in agile methodologies. It outlines the difference between delivering in an agile way and developing projects fast or in a hurry.
Nivaldo Santos
09/21/2021
Agilidade é ser veloz?
This article explains briefly the concept of "agile" in agile methodologies. It outlines the difference between delivering in an agile way and developing projects fast or in a hurry.
- Author: Nivaldo Santos
- Date: 09/21/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
- agile methodologies
- audience analytics
- audience engagement
- business intelligence data
- career development
- design sprint
- design thinking
- goal setting
- innovation culture
- leadership
- newsroom culture
- prioritization
- product development
- product discovery
- product management
- road mapping
- social listening
- stakeholder management
- team building
- user research
- UX
- what is product thinking
PropulsorioNPA Original Content
Propulsorio is a thorough guide from SembraMedia on the basics of the product role in news organizations. It is divided in 8 chapters, each one very focused on the challenges that news product practitioners face. Learn everything from the role of product managers to UX, media sustainability, how to be a better leader, and more.
Maxi De Rito and Felicitas Carrique
09/14/2021
- agile methodologies
- audience analytics
- audience engagement
- business intelligence data
- career development
- design sprint
- design thinking
- goal setting
- innovation culture
- leadership
- newsroom culture
- prioritization
- product development
- product discovery
- product management
- road mapping
- social listening
- stakeholder management
- team building
- user research
- UX
- what is product thinking
Propulsorio NPA Original Content
Propulsorio is a thorough guide from SembraMedia on the basics of the product role in news organizations. It is divided in 8 chapters, each one very focused on the challenges that news product practitioners face. Learn everything from the role of product managers to UX, media sustainability, how to be a better leader, and more.
- Author: Maxi De Rito and Felicitas Carrique
- Date: 09/14/2021
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: SembraMedia
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
O que faz um gerente de produto numa redação?
This article defines and explains the attributions of a Product Manager and how this function operates inside a newsroom. It outlines necessary skills and how the work routine usually is.
Maximiliano de Rito e Felicitas Carrique
09/14/2021
O que faz um gerente de produto numa redação?
This article defines and explains the attributions of a Product Manager and how this function operates inside a newsroom. It outlines necessary skills and how the work routine usually is.
- Author: Maximiliano de Rito e Felicitas Carrique
- Date: 09/14/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: IJNet
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
Qué es y qué hace un Product Manager
This article defines and explains the attributions of a Product Manager and how this function operates inside a newsroom. It outlines necessary skills and how the work routine usually is.
Maximiliano de Rito e Felicitas Carrique
09/14/2021
Qué es y qué hace un Product Manager
This article defines and explains the attributions of a Product Manager and how this function operates inside a newsroom. It outlines necessary skills and how the work routine usually is.
- Author: Maximiliano de Rito e Felicitas Carrique
- Date: 09/14/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: IJNet
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Spanish
Cinco consejos para mejorar las aplicaciones a subvenciones
In this article, Florencia Aza, project manager at SembraMedia, Vanina Berghella, director of the acceleration program Velocidad, and Patricio Provitina, program director at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), share advice for news organizations when applying for grants and funding. Tips include analyzing the donor organization, being transparent about your business model and more.
Florencia Luján
08/30/2021
Cinco consejos para mejorar las aplicaciones a subvenciones
In this article, Florencia Aza, project manager at SembraMedia, Vanina Berghella, director of the acceleration program Velocidad, and Patricio Provitina, program director at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), share advice for news organizations when applying for grants and funding. Tips include analyzing the donor organization, being transparent about your business model and more.
- Author: Florencia Luján
- Date: 08/30/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: SembraMedia
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: Spanish
Estratégias de produto no jornalismo: Como alinhar conteúdo, audiências, negócios e tecnologia
Self-directed course on product strategy in journalism. Four modules approaching what is product; paths for product discovery; how to create vision, strategy, and roadmap; and delivery, metrification, and feedback loops.
Paty Gomes
08/23/2021
Estratégias de produto no jornalismo: Como alinhar conteúdo, audiências, negócios e tecnologia
Self-directed course on product strategy in journalism. Four modules approaching what is product; paths for product discovery; how to create vision, strategy, and roadmap; and delivery, metrification, and feedback loops.
- Author: Paty Gomes
- Date: 08/23/2021
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Knight Center
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Course
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Portuguese
12 revenue sources for digital news organizationsRecommended on the NPA Slack
This article first appeared on James' website in 2014 and it remains one of his most popular. The revenue sources are still relevant, and so are the business principles behind them. A great overview of community, memberships, sponsorships, consulting, events, repackage and sell data, ads, video, etc.
James Breiner
08/19/2021
12 revenue sources for digital news organizations Recommended on the NPA Slack
This article first appeared on James' website in 2014 and it remains one of his most popular. The revenue sources are still relevant, and so are the business principles behind them. A great overview of community, memberships, sponsorships, consulting, events, repackage and sell data, ads, video, etc.
- Author: James Breiner
- Date: 08/19/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: My News Biz - Substack
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
How NFTs Could Lead to A Serious Business Opportunity for News OrganizationsRecommended on the NPA Slack
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
08/16/2021
How NFTs Could Lead to A Serious Business Opportunity for News Organizations Recommended on the NPA Slack
The media's first step into blockchain may be a dead end, but what grows out of it could have impact, argues David Cohn.
- Author: David Cohn
- Date: 08/16/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Nieman Reports
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
The homepage is not dead in Seattle and yours shouldn’t be either
In an interview conducted by Better News, Kati Erwert, senior vice president of product, marketing and public service, and Danny Gawlowski, assistant managing editor, both of The Seattle Times, discuss the importance of a news site's homepage and present ideas on how to present content to engage the audience.
Kati Erwert and Danny Gawlowski
08/02/2021
The homepage is not dead in Seattle and yours shouldn’t be either
In an interview conducted by Better News, Kati Erwert, senior vice president of product, marketing and public service, and Danny Gawlowski, assistant managing editor, both of The Seattle Times, discuss the importance of a news site's homepage and present ideas on how to present content to engage the audience.
- Author: Kati Erwert and Danny Gawlowski
- Date: 08/02/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Better News
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Data Is More than Numbers: Why Qualitative Data Isn’t Just OpinionsRecommended on the NPA Slack
Debunking a number of assumptions that qualitative UX methods are inferior to quantitative ones. Qualitative methods are a necessary countermeasure to quantitative methods. Qualitative research is rigorous and systematic. Small sample sizes are not necessarily invalid.
Page Laubheimer
08/01/2021
Data Is More than Numbers: Why Qualitative Data Isn’t Just Opinions Recommended on the NPA Slack
Debunking a number of assumptions that qualitative UX methods are inferior to quantitative ones. Qualitative methods are a necessary countermeasure to quantitative methods. Qualitative research is rigorous and systematic. Small sample sizes are not necessarily invalid.
- Author: Page Laubheimer
- Date: 08/01/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Nielsen Norman Group
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
How Product is Leading Media’s New Growth Path: A look at the latest INMA ReportRecommended on the NPA Slack
A good summary of what media product is and trends therein, drawing upon Jodie Hopperton’s latest INMA report “How Product Is Leading Media’s New Growth Path“. Hopperton breaks product down into 4 specific elements: consumer facing/platform, enabling product, internal tools, and B2B Tools.
Matthew Lynes
07/28/2021
How Product is Leading Media’s New Growth Path: A look at the latest INMA Report Recommended on the NPA Slack
A good summary of what media product is and trends therein, drawing upon Jodie Hopperton’s latest INMA report “How Product Is Leading Media’s New Growth Path“. Hopperton breaks product down into 4 specific elements: consumer facing/platform, enabling product, internal tools, and B2B Tools.
- Author: Matthew Lynes
- Date: 07/28/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Twipe Digital Publishing
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
New York Times’ digital strategy laid the foundation for its product strategyRecommended on the NPA Slack
How The New York Times digital-first strategy, which started around 2006, became a success -- a benchmark measured by more digital subscribers than print as of 2021. The process of aggressively pursuing digital subscriptions led to new journalistic efforts, new product features, and new revenue capabilities.
Paula Felps
07/26/2021
New York Times’ digital strategy laid the foundation for its product strategy Recommended on the NPA Slack
How The New York Times digital-first strategy, which started around 2006, became a success -- a benchmark measured by more digital subscribers than print as of 2021. The process of aggressively pursuing digital subscriptions led to new journalistic efforts, new product features, and new revenue capabilities.
- Author: Paula Felps
- Date: 07/26/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: International News Media Association
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
“White audiences who will pay” is still metro newspapers’ survival strategyRecommended on the NPA Slack
This article delves into the race, money, audiences, monetization and newsroom decisions. The core issue: "the survival strategy presumed to be optimal for metropolitan and regional newspapers: targeting white audiences who will pay for a digital subscription."
Nikki Usher
07/21/2021
“White audiences who will pay” is still metro newspapers’ survival strategy Recommended on the NPA Slack
This article delves into the race, money, audiences, monetization and newsroom decisions. The core issue: "the survival strategy presumed to be optimal for metropolitan and regional newspapers: targeting white audiences who will pay for a digital subscription."
- Author: Nikki Usher
- Date: 07/21/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: NiemanLab
- Scale: Regional
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
The role of productRecommended on the NPA Slack
The lackluster experience of many digital media products is a result of organizational dysfunction. The messy but critical role of the product group in media businesses.
Brian Morrissey
07/21/2021
The role of product Recommended on the NPA Slack
The lackluster experience of many digital media products is a result of organizational dysfunction. The messy but critical role of the product group in media businesses.
- Author: Brian Morrissey
- Date: 07/21/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: The Rebooting
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Building healthy membership communities: Lessons from newsrooms around the worldRecommended on the NPA Slack
Insights on membership programs based on interviews with staff and members from four newsrooms: the Honolulu Civil Beat in Hawaii, Krautreporter in Germany, The News Minute in South India, and Tortoise in the United Kingdom. A comprehensive look at the subscription and membership strategies, including lessons learned.
Rohan Grover and Jennifer Kho
07/21/2021
Building healthy membership communities: Lessons from newsrooms around the world Recommended on the NPA Slack
Insights on membership programs based on interviews with staff and members from four newsrooms: the Honolulu Civil Beat in Hawaii, Krautreporter in Germany, The News Minute in South India, and Tortoise in the United Kingdom. A comprehensive look at the subscription and membership strategies, including lessons learned.
- Author: Rohan Grover and Jennifer Kho
- Date: 07/21/2021
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: The Membership Puzzle Project
- Scale: Local
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Product Design at the Pace of News
A Q&A with The New York Times Live design team responsible for innovating and scaling live journalism formats. They describe how they approach the product design process in a dynamic news-driven environment.
07/16/2021
Product Design at the Pace of News
A Q&A with The New York Times Live design team responsible for innovating and scaling live journalism formats. They describe how they approach the product design process in a dynamic news-driven environment.
- Date: 07/16/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: NYT Open
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
The paradox of being a media managerRecommended on the NPA Slack
A collection of great tips to answer the question: "how should a media manager act?" Hint: focus on the basics of product strategy.
David Tvrdon
07/13/2021
The paradox of being a media manager Recommended on the NPA Slack
A collection of great tips to answer the question: "how should a media manager act?" Hint: focus on the basics of product strategy.
- Author: David Tvrdon
- Date: 07/13/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Fix
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Sorry publishers, but your digital products suckRecommended on the NPA Slack
The vast majority of news sites or apps are not pleasant to navigate as a user due to many errors, which are generally easy to fix. Filloux critiques several categories of errors that make the user experience less-than-ideal: login, identification, and on-boarding procedures; search engines; no personalization, users are all the same; apps poorly implemented.
Frederic Filloux
07/12/2021
Sorry publishers, but your digital products suck Recommended on the NPA Slack
The vast majority of news sites or apps are not pleasant to navigate as a user due to many errors, which are generally easy to fix. Filloux critiques several categories of errors that make the user experience less-than-ideal: login, identification, and on-boarding procedures; search engines; no personalization, users are all the same; apps poorly implemented.
- Author: Frederic Filloux
- Date: 07/12/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Monday Note
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Sim, mentalidade de produto pode salvar o jornalismo. Seis razões pelas quais veículos de mídia precisam de pessoas que tenham visão de produto
This is a translation of an article by Rich Gordon, where he lists 6 reasons why news organizations need a product-thinking culture. Product thinking is not new in journalism, we just forgot we've always done it.
Rich Gordon
07/11/2021
Sim, mentalidade de produto pode salvar o jornalismo. Seis razões pelas quais veículos de mídia precisam de pessoas que tenham visão de produto
This is a translation of an article by Rich Gordon, where he lists 6 reasons why news organizations need a product-thinking culture. Product thinking is not new in journalism, we just forgot we've always done it.
- Author: Rich Gordon
- Date: 07/11/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
Discovery vs. DesignRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article addresses the question: “Does the concept of product discovery even apply to feature teams?” A feature team, unlike a product team, is oriented towards execution, delivery and development.
Marty Cagan
07/09/2021
Discovery vs. Design Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article addresses the question: “Does the concept of product discovery even apply to feature teams?” A feature team, unlike a product team, is oriented towards execution, delivery and development.
- Author: Marty Cagan
- Date: 07/09/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Silicon Valley Product Group
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Building Live Journalism for Digital and In Person Audiences
Editors from The Wall Street Journal's live journalism team are providing insights on developing engaging, news making live events for audiences. They talk about new storytelling platforms with revenue potentials, reader engagement and hooks for live conversations.
Kim Last, Ellie Austin, Michelle Ma, Emily Prapuolenis
06/21/2021
Building Live Journalism for Digital and In Person Audiences
Editors from The Wall Street Journal's live journalism team are providing insights on developing engaging, news making live events for audiences. They talk about new storytelling platforms with revenue potentials, reader engagement and hooks for live conversations.
- Author: Kim Last, Ellie Austin, Michelle Ma, Emily Prapuolenis
- Date: 06/21/2021
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Online News Association
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Lecture
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Why so many products are so badly designedRecommended on the NPA Slack
The author explains with several examples how products can fail because they did not follow basic principles of design, like considering use cases, figuring a problem to solve, among others.
Scott Berkun
06/16/2021
Why so many products are so badly designed Recommended on the NPA Slack
The author explains with several examples how products can fail because they did not follow basic principles of design, like considering use cases, figuring a problem to solve, among others.
- Author: Scott Berkun
- Date: 06/16/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Fast Company
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
23 ferramentas de gestão de projetos para Product Management
A list of tools that can be used to manage projects, from organizing tasks to team communication. It also explains what each tool does and its pros and cons.
06/15/2021
23 ferramentas de gestão de projetos para Product Management
A list of tools that can be used to manage projects, from organizing tasks to team communication. It also explains what each tool does and its pros and cons.
- Date: 06/15/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Blog da Tera
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Tool
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: Portuguese
Método ágil no jornalismo: 3 situações em que eles têm tudo a ver
A list of moments in which agile thinking can intersect with and help journalistic work. The author suggests ways to apply agile principles in frequent newsroom situations.
Bárbara Libório
06/14/2021
Método ágil no jornalismo: 3 situações em que eles têm tudo a ver
A list of moments in which agile thinking can intersect with and help journalistic work. The author suggests ways to apply agile principles in frequent newsroom situations.
- Author: Bárbara Libório
- Date: 06/14/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Épicos Data
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
5 approaches publishers use to kick off product innovation
As more publishers become attuned to product thinking in newsrooms, many are struggling to identify how best to position their existing products and how to innovate and iterate. This guide for kicking off product innovation offers a simple step-by-step process for aligning your team on why and how to innovate to reach organizational goals.
Matthew Lynes
06/03/2021
5 approaches publishers use to kick off product innovation
As more publishers become attuned to product thinking in newsrooms, many are struggling to identify how best to position their existing products and how to innovate and iterate. This guide for kicking off product innovation offers a simple step-by-step process for aligning your team on why and how to innovate to reach organizational goals.
- Author: Matthew Lynes
- Date: 06/03/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Twipe Digital Publishing
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Julie Zhuo on the fallacy of making products better
This Twitter thread by Julie Zhuo explains the importance of keeping switching costs in mind when building new products. Sometimes, a better product won't win customers over the competition because the cost for the user of switching may be too high. Zhuo explores how this impacts the way we think of products and their competition.
Julie Zhuo
05/19/2021
Julie Zhuo on the fallacy of making products better
This Twitter thread by Julie Zhuo explains the importance of keeping switching costs in mind when building new products. Sometimes, a better product won't win customers over the competition because the cost for the user of switching may be too high. Zhuo explores how this impacts the way we think of products and their competition.
- Author: Julie Zhuo
- Date: 05/19/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Twitter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Twitter thread
- Theme: Product Marketing
- Language: English
OKRs na Comunicação
The article discusses how to implement OKRs in communication companies or departments, describing their main aspects and the difficulties in their adoption.
Fabiana Ramos
05/17/2021
OKRs na Comunicação
The article discusses how to implement OKRs in communication companies or departments, describing their main aspects and the difficulties in their adoption.
- Author: Fabiana Ramos
- Date: 05/17/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: LinkedIn
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Portuguese
Nosso ‘JOTA Talks’ sobre Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD)
In this video, Mariana Nascimento, Product Owner at the Brazilian company JOTA, explains what is the Jobs To Be Done theory and its applications. She also addresses the differences between job-as-activities and job-as-progress approaches and how to put them into practice.
Mariana Nascimento
05/07/2021
Nosso ‘JOTA Talks’ sobre Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD)
In this video, Mariana Nascimento, Product Owner at the Brazilian company JOTA, explains what is the Jobs To Be Done theory and its applications. She also addresses the differences between job-as-activities and job-as-progress approaches and how to put them into practice.
- Author: Mariana Nascimento
- Date: 05/07/2021
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Por Dentro do Jota
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Lecture
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: Portuguese
A brief history of product management
This article covers the birth of product management and core concepts like the Kanban board, its evolution through various industries and where it falls on the org chart, and what's next for the discipline.
Product School, the org whose Medium page this article was published under, has a ton of other free articles and other resources to check out if you want to go further.
-Their other Medium posts can be found here: https://medium.com/productschool
-Their other free resources — including courses, webinars, events, videos, and more — can be found here: https://productschool.com/free-product-management-resources/
Sohail Rao
05/02/2021
A brief history of product management
This article covers the birth of product management and core concepts like the Kanban board, its evolution through various industries and where it falls on the org chart, and what's next for the discipline.
Product School, the org whose Medium page this article was published under, has a ton of other free articles and other resources to check out if you want to go further.
-Their other Medium posts can be found here: https://medium.com/productschool
-Their other free resources — including courses, webinars, events, videos, and more — can be found here: https://productschool.com/free-product-management-resources/
- Author: Sohail Rao
- Date: 05/02/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Product School
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
‘Best, imperfect solution’: Insider’s metrics for measuring success are good for business, but leave reporters feeling frustrated and unionizedRecommended on the NPA Slack
A corporate and newsroom culture emphasizing lofty metrics (on both page views and subscription conversions) leads to enormous pressure on reporters to deliver. The result: quitting and unionization. How a culture of business-first metrics may not be best for business.
Kayleigh Barber
04/26/2021
‘Best, imperfect solution’: Insider’s metrics for measuring success are good for business, but leave reporters feeling frustrated and unionized Recommended on the NPA Slack
A corporate and newsroom culture emphasizing lofty metrics (on both page views and subscription conversions) leads to enormous pressure on reporters to deliver. The result: quitting and unionization. How a culture of business-first metrics may not be best for business.
- Author: Kayleigh Barber
- Date: 04/26/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Digiday
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Stakeholder Mapping 101: A Quick Guide to Stakeholder Maps
This guide from ProjectManager explains how to properly map stakeholders for a project or product. It explores both the concept of stakeholders and a tool for mapping and categorizing them.
04/22/2021
Stakeholder Mapping 101: A Quick Guide to Stakeholder Maps
This guide from ProjectManager explains how to properly map stakeholders for a project or product. It explores both the concept of stakeholders and a tool for mapping and categorizing them.
- Date: 04/22/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Project Manager
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
A simple framework for deciding what to stop doingRecommended on the NPA Slack
The author presents a useful model for prioritization: Mission Value vs. Business Value. She makes the case that the most important question for newsroom managers to ask their employees is "What are you doing that you don’t think is a good use of your time, and why?"
Stephanie Castellano
04/20/2021
A simple framework for deciding what to stop doing Recommended on the NPA Slack
The author presents a useful model for prioritization: Mission Value vs. Business Value. She makes the case that the most important question for newsroom managers to ask their employees is "What are you doing that you don’t think is a good use of your time, and why?"
- Author: Stephanie Castellano
- Date: 04/20/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: American Press Institute
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Let's talk about innovative journalism
This article describes how the "bright, shiny things" mislead journalists on how to be innovative. The innovation in journalism is about audience-centric motivation and enriching experiences by creating news habits.
Em Kuntze
04/14/2021
Let's talk about innovative journalism
This article describes how the "bright, shiny things" mislead journalists on how to be innovative. The innovation in journalism is about audience-centric motivation and enriching experiences by creating news habits.
- Author: Em Kuntze
- Date: 04/14/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Smartocto
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Scale Was the God That FailedRecommended on the NPA Slack
A historical analysis of the structural and strategic failures of the news industry to successfully transition to digital publishing, by looking at the booming newspaper journalism era that preceded it.
Josh Marshall
04/02/2021
Scale Was the God That Failed Recommended on the NPA Slack
A historical analysis of the structural and strategic failures of the news industry to successfully transition to digital publishing, by looking at the booming newspaper journalism era that preceded it.
- Author: Josh Marshall
- Date: 04/02/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Atlantic
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
9 subscriber retention strategiesRecommended on the NPA Slack
The API asked news publishers how much value they thought different subscriber retention strategies could have. They also asked the current level of proficiency in subscriber retention strategies. The results show what aspects of subscriber retention are considered most important and where the skills and knowledge gaps lie to help increase subscriber rates across news organizations.
Jeff Sonderman and Gwen Vargo
03/22/2021
9 subscriber retention strategies Recommended on the NPA Slack
The API asked news publishers how much value they thought different subscriber retention strategies could have. They also asked the current level of proficiency in subscriber retention strategies. The results show what aspects of subscriber retention are considered most important and where the skills and knowledge gaps lie to help increase subscriber rates across news organizations.
- Author: Jeff Sonderman and Gwen Vargo
- Date: 03/22/2021
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: American Press Institute
- Scale: Regional
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Como pensar e prever um orçamento para distribuição jornalística
A step-by-step guide on how to plan your budget for the distribution of content. This article suggests, from scratch, ways to plan and predict spending, how to structure a project financially and how to measure results.
03/16/2021
Como pensar e prever um orçamento para distribuição jornalística
A step-by-step guide on how to plan your budget for the distribution of content. This article suggests, from scratch, ways to plan and predict spending, how to structure a project financially and how to measure results.
- Date: 03/16/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Énois
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: Portuguese
Content-driven growth: Advice from HubSpot, Ahrefs, Intercom, Slidebean, and Webflow
In this edition of his newsletter, Lenny Rachitsky answers a reader question about how startups can drive growth with content. He asked Twitter to name the companies that are best at content-driven growth and then interviewed the founders and/or heads-of-content at the top four (Slidebean, Ahrefs, Intercom, and HubSpot). Though these are tech startups rather than media companies, there are still valuable takeaways that can be applied to a more traditional media company as well.
More editions of Lenny's Newsletter can be found here: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/archive
Lenny Rachitsky
03/02/2021
Content-driven growth: Advice from HubSpot, Ahrefs, Intercom, Slidebean, and Webflow
In this edition of his newsletter, Lenny Rachitsky answers a reader question about how startups can drive growth with content. He asked Twitter to name the companies that are best at content-driven growth and then interviewed the founders and/or heads-of-content at the top four (Slidebean, Ahrefs, Intercom, and HubSpot). Though these are tech startups rather than media companies, there are still valuable takeaways that can be applied to a more traditional media company as well.
More editions of Lenny's Newsletter can be found here: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/archive
- Author: Lenny Rachitsky
- Date: 03/02/2021
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Lenny's Newsletter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
The Unknowable News AudienceRecommended on the NPA Slack
This article discusses how journalists know increasingly more about their audience via analytics tools, but there is still a disconnect between public and newsrooms (visible in the current crisis of trust). The post talks about this gap.
Jacob L. Nelson
03/01/2021
The Unknowable News Audience Recommended on the NPA Slack
This article discusses how journalists know increasingly more about their audience via analytics tools, but there is still a disconnect between public and newsrooms (visible in the current crisis of trust). The post talks about this gap.
- Author: Jacob L. Nelson
- Date: 03/01/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Slate
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
WTF is SEO? Glossary
The creators of the WTF is SEO? newsletter have compiled a glossary of SEO concepts for publishers. Learn everything from URL to E.A.T.
Jessie Willms & Shelby Blackley
02/26/2021
WTF is SEO? Glossary
The creators of the WTF is SEO? newsletter have compiled a glossary of SEO concepts for publishers. Learn everything from URL to E.A.T.
- Author: Jessie Willms & Shelby Blackley
- Date: 02/26/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: WTF is SEO?
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Glossary
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Does headline testing lose value over time? Our data behind its lasting impact on engagement
One of Chartbeat's most popular features is its headline testing tool. Some sites run hundreds or thousands of headline tests each week! But does the tool lose its utility over time? And how does it impact reader engagement? Chartbeat itself dug into those questions in this blog post.
Josh Schwartz
02/24/2021
Does headline testing lose value over time? Our data behind its lasting impact on engagement
One of Chartbeat's most popular features is its headline testing tool. Some sites run hundreds or thousands of headline tests each week! But does the tool lose its utility over time? And how does it impact reader engagement? Chartbeat itself dug into those questions in this blog post.
- Author: Josh Schwartz
- Date: 02/24/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Chartbeat
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
6 motivos por que é tão difícil desenvolver produtos digitais no jornalismo
This article discusses changes in the mentality of news media companies that are necessary for them to adopt product thinking. The author also suggests ways to practice these changes, specifically regarding journalism's definition of done, collaboration culture, audience thinking, and user experience.
Paty Gomes
02/12/2021
6 motivos por que é tão difícil desenvolver produtos digitais no jornalismo
This article discusses changes in the mentality of news media companies that are necessary for them to adopt product thinking. The author also suggests ways to practice these changes, specifically regarding journalism's definition of done, collaboration culture, audience thinking, and user experience.
- Author: Paty Gomes
- Date: 02/12/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: JOTA
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
OKR e KPI: o que são, diferença entre eles e como usá-los nas sua empresa
This article explains the differences between KPIs and OKRs and what the two methods can be used for. It also describes how to define and implement OKRs and KPIs in a company.
Alex Ivonika
02/08/2021
OKR e KPI: o que são, diferença entre eles e como usá-los nas sua empresa
This article explains the differences between KPIs and OKRs and what the two methods can be used for. It also describes how to define and implement OKRs and KPIs in a company.
- Author: Alex Ivonika
- Date: 02/08/2021
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Product Oversee
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: Portuguese
Speaker Rider for Meaningfully Inclusive Events
This speaker rider gathers 10 criteria to make an event equitable and inclusive. They are meant to be shared with the speaker, and informs event organizers about necessary steps they should take to build meaningfully inclusive events.
01/27/2021
Speaker Rider for Meaningfully Inclusive Events
This speaker rider gathers 10 criteria to make an event equitable and inclusive. They are meant to be shared with the speaker, and informs event organizers about necessary steps they should take to build meaningfully inclusive events.
- Date: 01/27/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: OpenNews
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Intro to Product for Journalism StudentsRecommended on the NPA Slack
The slides of an introductory class about product thinking for journalism students. In an active approach, it encourages the students to consider the convergence between product and journalistic competences, as well as the general iterative process of product development.
Damon Kiesow
01/25/2021
Intro to Product for Journalism Students Recommended on the NPA Slack
The slides of an introductory class about product thinking for journalism students. In an active approach, it encourages the students to consider the convergence between product and journalistic competences, as well as the general iterative process of product development.
- Author: Damon Kiesow
- Date: 01/25/2021
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Damon Kiesow
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Lecture
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Yes, product thinking can save journalism. Six reasons why news media need product thinkers.
This article is the last in a series about product thinking and saving journalism. In this piece, Rich Gordon lists his 6 reasons why news organizations need a product-thinking culture. Product thinking is not new in journalism, we just forgot we've always done it.
Rich Gordon
11/23/2020
Yes, product thinking can save journalism. Six reasons why news media need product thinkers.
This article is the last in a series about product thinking and saving journalism. In this piece, Rich Gordon lists his 6 reasons why news organizations need a product-thinking culture. Product thinking is not new in journalism, we just forgot we've always done it.
- Author: Rich Gordon
- Date: 11/23/2020
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Knightlab
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
How Newsday Launched Community News Alerts on Mobile. A Case Study in Product Thinking
This case study shows how Newsday came up with ideas on 'notifications in the future' to make their app interact more with their community by using product thinking methods.
Ryan Restivo
11/11/2020
How Newsday Launched Community News Alerts on Mobile. A Case Study in Product Thinking
This case study shows how Newsday came up with ideas on 'notifications in the future' to make their app interact more with their community by using product thinking methods.
- Author: Ryan Restivo
- Date: 11/11/2020
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Knightlab
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Journalism Has Been Disrupted. Can Product Thinking Save It?
An article about news product management as a new discipline in media organizations. Where did it came from? Why is it important? This is the first post of a series.
Meredith Gallo
11/09/2020
Journalism Has Been Disrupted. Can Product Thinking Save It?
An article about news product management as a new discipline in media organizations. Where did it came from? Why is it important? This is the first post of a series.
- Author: Meredith Gallo
- Date: 11/09/2020
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Knightlab
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
How Resolve Philly uses Airtable
The Center for Cooperative Media hosted a webinar where staff at Resolve Philly walked through how they use Airtable for tracking paperwork, impact, and production.
10/02/2020
How Resolve Philly uses Airtable
The Center for Cooperative Media hosted a webinar where staff at Resolve Philly walked through how they use Airtable for tracking paperwork, impact, and production.
- Date: 10/02/2020
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Center for Cooperative Media
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Webinar
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
#35 Cultura de produto
Augusta Deluca, Group Product Manager at Bionexo, and Juliana Carvalho, Senior Product Manager at Loggi, discuss their opinions on product culture. This podcast episode provides insights on how product managers can help their companies to embrace product thinking.
10/01/2020
#35 Cultura de produto
Augusta Deluca, Group Product Manager at Bionexo, and Juliana Carvalho, Senior Product Manager at Loggi, discuss their opinions on product culture. This podcast episode provides insights on how product managers can help their companies to embrace product thinking.
- Date: 10/01/2020
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Mulheres de Produto
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Podcast
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: Portuguese
The membership guide
This is a step by step guide on creating membership models. It provides information, practical advice, worksheets and case studies around membership models to address the challenges on trust and sustainability in news organizations.
09/15/2020
The membership guide
This is a step by step guide on creating membership models. It provides information, practical advice, worksheets and case studies around membership models to address the challenges on trust and sustainability in news organizations.
- Date: 09/15/2020
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: The membership Puzzle Project
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
La Guía de Membresía
This is a step-by-step guide on creating membership models. It provides information, practical advice, worksheets, and case studies around membership models to address the challenges on trust and sustainability in news organizations.
09/15/2020
La Guía de Membresía
This is a step-by-step guide on creating membership models. It provides information, practical advice, worksheets, and case studies around membership models to address the challenges on trust and sustainability in news organizations.
- Date: 09/15/2020
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: The Membership Puzzle Project
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: Spanish
O Membership Guide
This is a step-by-step guide on creating membership models. It provides information, practical advice, worksheets, and case studies around membership models to address the challenges on trust and sustainability in news organizations.
09/15/2020
O Membership Guide
This is a step-by-step guide on creating membership models. It provides information, practical advice, worksheets, and case studies around membership models to address the challenges on trust and sustainability in news organizations.
- Date: 09/15/2020
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: The Membership Puzzle Project
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: Portuguese
El desarrollo de herramientas y las capacitaciones como impulsores del cambio y la innovación en las redacciones
Interview with Charo Henríquez, editor of Newsroom Development and Support at The New York Times, about the importance of developing new skills and tools for journalists as a key part of newsroom transformation. Charo talks about how to change journalists’ mindsets and make newsrooms more flexible to collaboration and innovation.
08/26/2020
El desarrollo de herramientas y las capacitaciones como impulsores del cambio y la innovación en las redacciones
Interview with Charo Henríquez, editor of Newsroom Development and Support at The New York Times, about the importance of developing new skills and tools for journalists as a key part of newsroom transformation. Charo talks about how to change journalists’ mindsets and make newsrooms more flexible to collaboration and innovation.
- Date: 08/26/2020
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Adepa
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Video
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: Spanish
Gestión del cambio: cómo ser un agente para la transformación de la sala de redacción
Interview with Digital Content Manager José Antonio Sánchez, from El Tiempo paper in Colombia. Sánchez shares tactics that he and his team used to encourage the newsroom to make more data-based decisions.
07/31/2020
Gestión del cambio: cómo ser un agente para la transformación de la sala de redacción
Interview with Digital Content Manager José Antonio Sánchez, from El Tiempo paper in Colombia. Sánchez shares tactics that he and his team used to encourage the newsroom to make more data-based decisions.
- Date: 07/31/2020
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Video
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: Spanish
What does it take to have an inclusive newsroom
This article gives recommendations on how to cultivate a diverse environment in your newsroom that reflects its audience.
Jeremy Ullmann
07/03/2020
What does it take to have an inclusive newsroom
This article gives recommendations on how to cultivate a diverse environment in your newsroom that reflects its audience.
- Author: Jeremy Ullmann
- Date: 07/03/2020
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Media Diversity Institute
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
The Nag Metric
A call-to-action is fundamental. Product professionals want people to do something, but how can one make them do it? Not only with a nice looking button, or a gift. An important question is: will you nag them? This newsletter from Julie Zhuo helps to analyze if your CTA is annoyingly or not.
Julia Zhuo
04/30/2020
The Nag Metric
A call-to-action is fundamental. Product professionals want people to do something, but how can one make them do it? Not only with a nice looking button, or a gift. An important question is: will you nag them? This newsletter from Julie Zhuo helps to analyze if your CTA is annoyingly or not.
- Author: Julia Zhuo
- Date: 04/30/2020
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: The Looking Glass
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
Poster prompts to avoid design-isms
Design-isms are words designers use that most people don't understand. When working in a team, however, communication is key. Josh Munn shares poster prompts to help designers talk simpler to make sure everybody understands.
Josh Munn
04/18/2020
Poster prompts to avoid design-isms
Design-isms are words designers use that most people don't understand. When working in a team, however, communication is key. Josh Munn shares poster prompts to help designers talk simpler to make sure everybody understands.
- Author: Josh Munn
- Date: 04/18/2020
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
How to improve forms through user researchRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article titled "User Research for Improving Forms" provides practical tips on conducting user research and using insights to create effective and user-friendly forms. The author highlights the importance of understanding user needs, goals, and behavior to design forms that are easy to fill out and minimize errors. The article offers a step-by-step guide for conducting user research, including techniques such as surveys, interviews, and usability testing. It also discusses common design mistakes to avoid and provides best practices for organizing forms, using labels, and providing feedback to users.
04/16/2020
How to improve forms through user research Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article titled "User Research for Improving Forms" provides practical tips on conducting user research and using insights to create effective and user-friendly forms. The author highlights the importance of understanding user needs, goals, and behavior to design forms that are easy to fill out and minimize errors. The article offers a step-by-step guide for conducting user research, including techniques such as surveys, interviews, and usability testing. It also discusses common design mistakes to avoid and provides best practices for organizing forms, using labels, and providing feedback to users.
- Date: 04/16/2020
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: www.navapbc.com
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Design
Agile as TraumaRecommended on the NPA Slack
The author makes a critique of agile development methods, putting them in historical context and dissecating its main characteristics.
Dorian Taylor
03/08/2020
Agile as Trauma Recommended on the NPA Slack
The author makes a critique of agile development methods, putting them in historical context and dissecating its main characteristics.
- Author: Dorian Taylor
- Date: 03/08/2020
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Dorian Taylor Personal Webpage
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
How to build a successful subscription news business: lessons from Britain and Spain
The main goal of this paper is explaining the strategies news outlets use when adopting memberships and subscriptions. It focusses not only on the revenue model but also on the organizational changes.
Eduardo Suárez
02/01/2020
How to build a successful subscription news business: lessons from Britain and Spain
The main goal of this paper is explaining the strategies news outlets use when adopting memberships and subscriptions. It focusses not only on the revenue model but also on the organizational changes.
- Author: Eduardo Suárez
- Date: 02/01/2020
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Reuters Institute
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Getting your boss to sign off on your great ideaRecommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses strategies for getting your boss to approve your great idea. It emphasizes the importance of understanding your boss's priorities and concerns, and presenting your idea in a way that aligns with those priorities. The author suggests thoroughly researching and preparing a strong case, including data and examples to back up your idea. It also advises building relationships and gaining support from colleagues and higher-ups before pitching your idea. Finally, the article highlights the significance of being persistent, confident, and open to feedback throughout the approval process.
Jennifer Brandel
01/30/2020
Getting your boss to sign off on your great idea Recommended on the NPA Slack
The article discusses strategies for getting your boss to approve your great idea. It emphasizes the importance of understanding your boss's priorities and concerns, and presenting your idea in a way that aligns with those priorities. The author suggests thoroughly researching and preparing a strong case, including data and examples to back up your idea. It also advises building relationships and gaining support from colleagues and higher-ups before pitching your idea. Finally, the article highlights the significance of being persistent, confident, and open to feedback throughout the approval process.
- Author: Jennifer Brandel
- Date: 01/30/2020
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: medium.com
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
How do audiences really ‘engage’ with news?Recommended on the NPA Slack
The researcher Jacob Nelson, who especializes in the relationship between audience and news, explores what the industry means when it talks about engagement, and how audiences engage with journalism. There are many possible questions and answers regarding these challenges.
Jacob L. Nelson
12/17/2019
How do audiences really ‘engage’ with news? Recommended on the NPA Slack
The researcher Jacob Nelson, who especializes in the relationship between audience and news, explores what the industry means when it talks about engagement, and how audiences engage with journalism. There are many possible questions and answers regarding these challenges.
- Author: Jacob L. Nelson
- Date: 12/17/2019
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Columbia Journalism Review
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
'Audience canvas': create an audience-first strategy
Sarah Marshall created a version of the famed Business Model Canvas, but directed towards journalists called "audience canvas". She explained how to use the tool in a 45 minute workshop at Rewsrewired in 2019. In this guide you can follow the main ideas of the canvas and how to apply it.
Jacob Granger
12/02/2019
'Audience canvas': create an audience-first strategy
Sarah Marshall created a version of the famed Business Model Canvas, but directed towards journalists called "audience canvas". She explained how to use the tool in a 45 minute workshop at Rewsrewired in 2019. In this guide you can follow the main ideas of the canvas and how to apply it.
- Author: Jacob Granger
- Date: 12/02/2019
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Journalism.co.uk
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
WAN-IFRA Trends in Newsrooms: Media Labs
This report reflects the increasing establishment of media labs, worldwide, to help solve some of the pressing problems facing newsrooms and media organisations. It will provide guidance to anyone considering setting up a lab and an insight into some of the outputs achieved. The report is based on four years of research on Media Labs conducted by a range of partners. Supported by WAN-IFRA’s Global Alliance for Media Innovation, this investigation was produced by a core research team from PUCRS and UCLan.
Ana Cecilia Bisso Nunes and John Mills
11/18/2019
WAN-IFRA Trends in Newsrooms: Media Labs
This report reflects the increasing establishment of media labs, worldwide, to help solve some of the pressing problems facing newsrooms and media organisations. It will provide guidance to anyone considering setting up a lab and an insight into some of the outputs achieved. The report is based on four years of research on Media Labs conducted by a range of partners. Supported by WAN-IFRA’s Global Alliance for Media Innovation, this investigation was produced by a core research team from PUCRS and UCLan.
- Author: Ana Cecilia Bisso Nunes and John Mills
- Date: 11/18/2019
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Other
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
Introducing the d.school’s new “Public Library”
This article explores the new Public Library of the Stanford d.school. They describe what to find in these public libraries and how to use their FAQ on design questions. The library itself is packed with resources on design thinking, user research, prototyping etc.
10/03/2019
Introducing the d.school’s new “Public Library”
This article explores the new Public Library of the Stanford d.school. They describe what to find in these public libraries and how to use their FAQ on design questions. The library itself is packed with resources on design thinking, user research, prototyping etc.
- Date: 10/03/2019
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Hasso Plattner Institute of Design - Stanford University
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Library
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
Field Notes From a Cross Functional Design Team
This articles brings tips & tricks on leading a multidisciplinary team. Phil Delbourgo, head of such a team at Vox Media, shares his best practices and field notes.
Phil Delbourgo
10/02/2019
Field Notes From a Cross Functional Design Team
This articles brings tips & tricks on leading a multidisciplinary team. Phil Delbourgo, head of such a team at Vox Media, shares his best practices and field notes.
- Author: Phil Delbourgo
- Date: 10/02/2019
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Vox Media
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
A balanced diet for digital products: cross-functional teams and stakeholder "Food Groups"
An audio recording of a panel at the ONA19 National Conferece discussing cross-functional management in newsrooms. To develop effective journalism products there are different 'food groups' involved: editorial, advertising, analytics, engagement, design, marketing, development etc. Newsroom leaders need to understand the different types in order to make product design in journalism work.
Kellen Henry, Becky Pallack
09/11/2019
A balanced diet for digital products: cross-functional teams and stakeholder "Food Groups"
An audio recording of a panel at the ONA19 National Conferece discussing cross-functional management in newsrooms. To develop effective journalism products there are different 'food groups' involved: editorial, advertising, analytics, engagement, design, marketing, development etc. Newsroom leaders need to understand the different types in order to make product design in journalism work.
- Author: Kellen Henry, Becky Pallack
- Date: 09/11/2019
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Online News Association
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Podcast
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Product thinking for news leaders
A podcast on the importance of product thinking in the newsroom. Three experts talk about the rise of bridge roles, the role of data, analytics and making tough decisions in prioritization and goal-setting.
Becca Aaronson, Emma Carew Grovum, Shannan Bowen
09/11/2019
Product thinking for news leaders
A podcast on the importance of product thinking in the newsroom. Three experts talk about the rise of bridge roles, the role of data, analytics and making tough decisions in prioritization and goal-setting.
- Author: Becca Aaronson, Emma Carew Grovum, Shannan Bowen
- Date: 09/11/2019
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Online News Association
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Podcast
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Product vs. Feature TeamsRecommended on the NPA Slack
The author embarks upon an in-depth investigation and comparison between structuring a product organization as what he frames as an "empowered product team" or a "feature team." His conclusions are surprising.
Marty Cagan
08/29/2019
Product vs. Feature Teams Recommended on the NPA Slack
The author embarks upon an in-depth investigation and comparison between structuring a product organization as what he frames as an "empowered product team" or a "feature team." His conclusions are surprising.
- Author: Marty Cagan
- Date: 08/29/2019
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Silicon Valley Product Group
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
How to keep your sanity as you dismantle the status quo in newsroomsRecommended on the NPA Slack
If you’re working to break down newsroom silos and create a more collaborative, innovative culture in your newsroom, here are some tips/lessons from NPA co-founder, Becca Aaronson, to help you keep your sanity as a product manager. The lessons: own your priorities; learn to say no; get comfortable with ambiguity; remember to focus on what’s good.
Becca Aaronson
08/20/2019
How to keep your sanity as you dismantle the status quo in newsrooms Recommended on the NPA Slack
If you’re working to break down newsroom silos and create a more collaborative, innovative culture in your newsroom, here are some tips/lessons from NPA co-founder, Becca Aaronson, to help you keep your sanity as a product manager. The lessons: own your priorities; learn to say no; get comfortable with ambiguity; remember to focus on what’s good.
- Author: Becca Aaronson
- Date: 08/20/2019
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Poynter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
A collection of document templates for product designers and teams
Alex Muench, lead product designer, published a thread gathering created templates for product designers and teams. From outlining a product roadmap to project retrospective, these 5 templates will help you in the design process.
Alex Muench
08/06/2019
A collection of document templates for product designers and teams
Alex Muench, lead product designer, published a thread gathering created templates for product designers and teams. From outlining a product roadmap to project retrospective, these 5 templates will help you in the design process.
- Author: Alex Muench
- Date: 08/06/2019
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Twitter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Twitter thread
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
How To Get Into Product Management (And Thrive) ✨
With 175,000+ subscribers, Lenny's Newsletter claims to be the #1 business newsletter on Substack. In each edition*, creator Lenny Rachitsky writes about topics ranging from product to growth to metrics and more.
In this edition, Rachitsky summarizes all he's learned and all the advice he's given to others transitioning into product management roles from other functions (he himself moved from engineering to product at Airbnb). He provides some criteria to consider whether product management is right for you, tips to landing your first PM role, and the skills you'll need to succeed.
*Paid subscribers receive 100 posts throughout the year while unpaid subscribers receive one post a month.
Lenny Rachitsky
06/14/2019
How To Get Into Product Management (And Thrive) ✨
With 175,000+ subscribers, Lenny's Newsletter claims to be the #1 business newsletter on Substack. In each edition*, creator Lenny Rachitsky writes about topics ranging from product to growth to metrics and more.
In this edition, Rachitsky summarizes all he's learned and all the advice he's given to others transitioning into product management roles from other functions (he himself moved from engineering to product at Airbnb). He provides some criteria to consider whether product management is right for you, tips to landing your first PM role, and the skills you'll need to succeed.
*Paid subscribers receive 100 posts throughout the year while unpaid subscribers receive one post a month.
- Author: Lenny Rachitsky
- Date: 06/14/2019
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Lenny's Newsletter
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Newsletter edition
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Conscious commissioning and what (exactly) makes our readers tick
The author describes Content Review, a long-term effort of trying to discover what readers value, and how decisions impact how readers perceive and profit from journalism. To do that, they applied KITCORE, a Swedish methodology for taxonomy to map editorial processes. Results indicated the need to create original, differentiated content, but formats such as charts help as well.
Taneth Autumn Evans
05/17/2019
Conscious commissioning and what (exactly) makes our readers tick
The author describes Content Review, a long-term effort of trying to discover what readers value, and how decisions impact how readers perceive and profit from journalism. To do that, they applied KITCORE, a Swedish methodology for taxonomy to map editorial processes. Results indicated the need to create original, differentiated content, but formats such as charts help as well.
- Author: Taneth Autumn Evans
- Date: 05/17/2019
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Digital Times
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
The book of collaboration: handoff edition
In a design process, it's important for designers and developers to keep communicating. This e-books provides you with tips and insights on managing a multidisciplinary collaboration.
Naomi Frances and Jarrod Drysdale
05/01/2019
The book of collaboration: handoff edition
In a design process, it's important for designers and developers to keep communicating. This e-books provides you with tips and insights on managing a multidisciplinary collaboration.
- Author: Naomi Frances and Jarrod Drysdale
- Date: 05/01/2019
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Marvel
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Ebook
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
Media exposure to mass violence events can fuel a cycle of distressRecommended on the NPA Slack
This academic paper describes how the exposure to mass violence events through media can make audience members enter in a field of distress. This was tested through a 3-year longitudinal study following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and the 2016 Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre using a national U.S. sample.
Rebecca R. Thompson, Nickolas M. Jones, E. Alison Holman, Roxane Cohen Silver
04/17/2019
Media exposure to mass violence events can fuel a cycle of distress Recommended on the NPA Slack
This academic paper describes how the exposure to mass violence events through media can make audience members enter in a field of distress. This was tested through a 3-year longitudinal study following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and the 2016 Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre using a national U.S. sample.
- Author: Rebecca R. Thompson, Nickolas M. Jones, E. Alison Holman, Roxane Cohen Silver
- Date: 04/17/2019
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: PubMed.Gov
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Advanced
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Clubes de Membros no Setor de Notícias e Além: o que a mídia pode aprender de outros movimentos movidos por apoiadores
This e-book by the Membership Puzzle Project in partnership with Knight Center looks into organizations from other fields to find ideas and practices related to memberships that could be adopted by news organizations. The report discusses examples of what motivates people to join a membership-based project, how members participate, and how communities grow.
Emily Goligoski and Matt Thompson
04/12/2019
Clubes de Membros no Setor de Notícias e Além: o que a mídia pode aprender de outros movimentos movidos por apoiadores
This e-book by the Membership Puzzle Project in partnership with Knight Center looks into organizations from other fields to find ideas and practices related to memberships that could be adopted by news organizations. The report discusses examples of what motivates people to join a membership-based project, how members participate, and how communities grow.
- Author: Emily Goligoski and Matt Thompson
- Date: 04/12/2019
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Knight Center
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Ebook
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: Portuguese
Membership in News & Beyond: What Media Can Learn from Other Member-Driven Movements
This e-book by the Membership Puzzle Project in partnership with Knight Center looks into organizations from other fields to find ideas and practices related to memberships that could be adopted by news organizations. The report discusses examples of what motivates people to join a membership-based project, how members participate, and how communities grow.
Emily Goligoski and Matt Thompson
04/12/2019
Membership in News & Beyond: What Media Can Learn from Other Member-Driven Movements
This e-book by the Membership Puzzle Project in partnership with Knight Center looks into organizations from other fields to find ideas and practices related to memberships that could be adopted by news organizations. The report discusses examples of what motivates people to join a membership-based project, how members participate, and how communities grow.
- Author: Emily Goligoski and Matt Thompson
- Date: 04/12/2019
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Knight Center
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Ebook
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Membresía en los medios: lecciones de organizaciones financiadas por sus miembros
This e-book by the Membership Puzzle Project in partnership with Knight Center looks into organizations from other fields to find ideas and practices related to memberships that could be adopted by news organizations. The report discusses examples of what motivates people to join a membership-based project, how members participate, and how communities grow.
Emily Goligoski and Matt Thompson
04/12/2019
Membresía en los medios: lecciones de organizaciones financiadas por sus miembros
This e-book by the Membership Puzzle Project in partnership with Knight Center looks into organizations from other fields to find ideas and practices related to memberships that could be adopted by news organizations. The report discusses examples of what motivates people to join a membership-based project, how members participate, and how communities grow.
- Author: Emily Goligoski and Matt Thompson
- Date: 04/12/2019
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Knight Center
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Ebook
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: Spanish
The billionaire's typewriterRecommended on the NPA Slack
The author offers a critique of the design decisions of Medium, specific the ones related to how articles are displayed, and the options offered to writers when publishing their pieces.
Matthew Butterick
03/29/2019
The billionaire's typewriter Recommended on the NPA Slack
The author offers a critique of the design decisions of Medium, specific the ones related to how articles are displayed, and the options offered to writers when publishing their pieces.
- Author: Matthew Butterick
- Date: 03/29/2019
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Practical Typography
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Construindo uma cultura além das leituras em redações
This article suggests ways to create a culture of following and analyzing metrics in the newsroom. It also offers examples of key indicators that go beyond pageviews and are used by news outlets such as Dallas Morning News and Quartz.
Christine Schmidt
03/23/2019
Construindo uma cultura além das leituras em redações
This article suggests ways to create a culture of following and analyzing metrics in the newsroom. It also offers examples of key indicators that go beyond pageviews and are used by news outlets such as Dallas Morning News and Quartz.
- Author: Christine Schmidt
- Date: 03/23/2019
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Poder360
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: Portuguese
How to build a metrics-savvy newsroom
This is a guide for creating a culture of following and analyzing metrics in the newsroom. It offers strategies to define key indicators that go beyond pageviews and are connected to the business goals. It also shows ways to make data and KPIs matter to the journalists, and how to keep the core metrics updated and meaningful.
Betsy O'Donovan and Melody Kramer
03/13/2019
How to build a metrics-savvy newsroom
This is a guide for creating a culture of following and analyzing metrics in the newsroom. It offers strategies to define key indicators that go beyond pageviews and are connected to the business goals. It also shows ways to make data and KPIs matter to the journalists, and how to keep the core metrics updated and meaningful.
- Author: Betsy O'Donovan and Melody Kramer
- Date: 03/13/2019
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: American Press Institute
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Leadership & People Management
- Language: English
Product Design vs. Design Thinking
This infographic explains the differences and similarities between product design and design thinking. It focuses on showing how the two methods compare in mindset, process, and the involvement of the user.
Ben Crothers
01/01/2019
Product Design vs. Design Thinking
This infographic explains the differences and similarities between product design and design thinking. It focuses on showing how the two methods compare in mindset, process, and the involvement of the user.
- Author: Ben Crothers
- Date: 01/01/2019
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: O’Reilly Media
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Infographic
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
What it takes to shift a news organization to reader revenueRecommended on the NPA Slack
This report shows how to transition an entire news organization from an advertising-based strategy to a reader-revenue strategy.
Damon Kiesow
10/02/2018
What it takes to shift a news organization to reader revenue Recommended on the NPA Slack
This report shows how to transition an entire news organization from an advertising-based strategy to a reader-revenue strategy.
- Author: Damon Kiesow
- Date: 10/02/2018
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: American Press Institute
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Falling Into ProductRecommended on the NPA Slack
This series is about the product management career path. Aminata Dia interviews product managers about their career paths and discusses the different roles that product managers can take, such as technical product managers, growth product managers, and more. They also share insights on how to become a product manager, including networking, building skills, and finding mentors.
Aminata Dia
06/15/2018
Falling Into Product Recommended on the NPA Slack
This series is about the product management career path. Aminata Dia interviews product managers about their career paths and discusses the different roles that product managers can take, such as technical product managers, growth product managers, and more. They also share insights on how to become a product manager, including networking, building skills, and finding mentors.
- Author: Aminata Dia
- Date: 06/15/2018
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: medium.com
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
And the answer is... distributed journalism
In this talk, Teun Gautier, founder of De Coöperatie, details new revenue streams in journalism by decentralizing production, distribution and monetization. According to Teun this could be a new way of designing the journalistic economy.
Teun Gautier
04/12/2018
And the answer is... distributed journalism
In this talk, Teun Gautier, founder of De Coöperatie, details new revenue streams in journalism by decentralizing production, distribution and monetization. According to Teun this could be a new way of designing the journalistic economy.
- Author: Teun Gautier
- Date: 04/12/2018
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: International Journalism Festival
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Video
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Why the secret to success is setting the right goals
A practical TED Talk by venture capitalist John Doerr discussing how OKRs can get organizations back on track to "set and execute on audacious goals" — and hold leaders and ourselves accountable. The talk covers OKRs' origin story and how they're applied by various businesses.
John Doerr
04/10/2018
Why the secret to success is setting the right goals
A practical TED Talk by venture capitalist John Doerr discussing how OKRs can get organizations back on track to "set and execute on audacious goals" — and hold leaders and ourselves accountable. The talk covers OKRs' origin story and how they're applied by various businesses.
- Author: John Doerr
- Date: 04/10/2018
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: TED conference
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Lecture
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Se eu tivesse um jornal…
In this article, the author shares thoughts on what transformations news outlets, especially legacy papers, should implement to remain relevant and sustainable in the future. Jarvis describes the need for new, useful, services that serve specific interests, communities, and use cases, based on listening and maintaining relationships with the readers/consumers.
Jeff Jarvis
10/06/2017
Se eu tivesse um jornal…
In this article, the author shares thoughts on what transformations news outlets, especially legacy papers, should implement to remain relevant and sustainable in the future. Jarvis describes the need for new, useful, services that serve specific interests, communities, and use cases, based on listening and maintaining relationships with the readers/consumers.
- Author: Jeff Jarvis
- Date: 10/06/2017
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: Farol Jornalismo
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: Portuguese
If I Ran a Newspaper….
In this article, the author shares thoughts on what transformations news outlets, especially legacy papers, should implement to remain relevant and sustainable in the future. Jarvis describes the need for new, useful, services that serve specific interests, communities, and use cases, based on listening and maintaining relationships with the readers/consumers.
Jeff Jarvis
08/09/2017
If I Ran a Newspaper….
In this article, the author shares thoughts on what transformations news outlets, especially legacy papers, should implement to remain relevant and sustainable in the future. Jarvis describes the need for new, useful, services that serve specific interests, communities, and use cases, based on listening and maintaining relationships with the readers/consumers.
- Author: Jeff Jarvis
- Date: 08/09/2017
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: Whither News
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Define your strategy
A step by step guide to define the strategy to build a community for your newsroom, including tips on how to convince your boss and colleagues. From starting a community to actually sustaining the community.
Marie Connelly
07/10/2017
Define your strategy
A step by step guide to define the strategy to build a community for your newsroom, including tips on how to convince your boss and colleagues. From starting a community to actually sustaining the community.
- Author: Marie Connelly
- Date: 07/10/2017
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: Coral project
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Member Research Brief & Discussion Guide
An example research brief and discussion guide focused on gathering information to develop a news membership program from the Membership Puzzle Project.
Ariel Zirulnick
06/01/2017
Member Research Brief & Discussion Guide
An example research brief and discussion guide focused on gathering information to develop a news membership program from the Membership Puzzle Project.
- Author: Ariel Zirulnick
- Date: 06/01/2017
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Membership Puzzle Project
- Type: Other
- Theme: Audience Engagement & Listening
- Language: English
Por que pensar conteúdo como produto pode ampliar a visão do seu negócio
This article discusses how the news market can benefit from companies expanding the idea of what is journalism, to include the mentality of developing products and solutions. The author uses examples from both media and technology businesses to show how product thinking, fast experimentation, and innovation are key to widening business models and revenue sources.
Rafael Sbarai
05/02/2017
Por que pensar conteúdo como produto pode ampliar a visão do seu negócio
This article discusses how the news market can benefit from companies expanding the idea of what is journalism, to include the mentality of developing products and solutions. The author uses examples from both media and technology businesses to show how product thinking, fast experimentation, and innovation are key to widening business models and revenue sources.
- Author: Rafael Sbarai
- Date: 05/02/2017
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
From Problem to Prototype in Five Weeks
This article is a disquisition to get from problem thinking to a prototype in just 5 weeks following the process of diving in, identifying problems, listening to community needs, mapping the target community, value propositioning and story - and stakeholder mapping. Providing you with useful canvasses.
Nancy Spiccia
10/14/2016
From Problem to Prototype in Five Weeks
This article is a disquisition to get from problem thinking to a prototype in just 5 weeks following the process of diving in, identifying problems, listening to community needs, mapping the target community, value propositioning and story - and stakeholder mapping. Providing you with useful canvasses.
- Author: Nancy Spiccia
- Date: 10/14/2016
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Journalism Innovation
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
The Onboard-a-Buddy
The Design Team is a comic from Pablo Stanley. It stars Petunia as main character: she's a designer and intern at a start-up. Every comic is about the challenges she's facing trying to find her place in a new city and work environment. This is the first comic in the series.
Pablo Stanley
08/17/2016
The Onboard-a-Buddy
The Design Team is a comic from Pablo Stanley. It stars Petunia as main character: she's a designer and intern at a start-up. Every comic is about the challenges she's facing trying to find her place in a new city and work environment. This is the first comic in the series.
- Author: Pablo Stanley
- Date: 08/17/2016
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: The Design Team
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Comic
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
The bullshit hunt
Michael Flarup talks about bullshit in the world of design and development. He also covers UX as a misused term, the danger of non-native mobile development and design as an afterthought. Michael also gives advice on how to avoid bullshit to make better products.
Michael Flarup
06/20/2016
The bullshit hunt
Michael Flarup talks about bullshit in the world of design and development. He also covers UX as a misused term, the danger of non-native mobile development and design as an afterthought. Michael also gives advice on how to avoid bullshit to make better products.
- Author: Michael Flarup
- Date: 06/20/2016
- Reading time: From 21 to 40 minutes
- Source: Michael Flarup YouTube Channel
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Video
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
Building Products
Julie Zhuo makes a list of the tasks that a Product Manager must follow and the questions that must be asked in the process of generating a digital product.
Julie Zhuo
06/02/2016
Building Products
Julie Zhuo makes a list of the tasks that a Product Manager must follow and the questions that must be asked in the process of generating a digital product.
- Author: Julie Zhuo
- Date: 06/02/2016
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
The rise of the Journalist Product Manager
An introductory article discussing the connections between journalism and product management. It describes how this is a novel approach both for journalism as an industry, that has to embrace knowledge and skills from outside it, and for journalists looking to diversify their careers.
Marcelo Fontoura
04/11/2016
The rise of the Journalist Product Manager
An introductory article discussing the connections between journalism and product management. It describes how this is a novel approach both for journalism as an industry, that has to embrace knowledge and skills from outside it, and for journalists looking to diversify their careers.
- Author: Marcelo Fontoura
- Date: 04/11/2016
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
Start-up thinking for journalists & newsrooms
This session from Ezra Eeman, Change Director at Mediahuis, gives examples and methods to learn how to build news products and provides strategies to rethink journalistic processes. It's a framework to change the newsroom by thinking of audience needs.
Ezra Eeman
04/08/2016
Start-up thinking for journalists & newsrooms
This session from Ezra Eeman, Change Director at Mediahuis, gives examples and methods to learn how to build news products and provides strategies to rethink journalistic processes. It's a framework to change the newsroom by thinking of audience needs.
- Author: Ezra Eeman
- Date: 04/08/2016
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: International Journalism Festival
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Video
- Theme: Product Design
- Language: English
Por uma discussão mais profunda sobre métricas — e pageviews
This article promotes a discussion about quality metrics in the news industry. The author goes through examples of businesses such as BuzzFeed, in which website pageview metrics do not represent the whole of its audience engagement. He also shares examples of news outlets that are using other KPIs to measure success beyond views.
Rafael Sbarai
03/28/2016
Por uma discussão mais profunda sobre métricas — e pageviews
This article promotes a discussion about quality metrics in the news industry. The author goes through examples of businesses such as BuzzFeed, in which website pageview metrics do not represent the whole of its audience engagement. He also shares examples of news outlets that are using other KPIs to measure success beyond views.
- Author: Rafael Sbarai
- Date: 03/28/2016
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: Portuguese
O jornalismo precisa de mais fracassos
This article discusses the importance of embracing failure in the journalism industry, as an essential part of learning and developing solutions for the future. The author also talks about the lack of an innovation scenario for media in the Brazilian market, that could support change and failing processes.
Marcelo Fontoura
01/15/2016
O jornalismo precisa de mais fracassos
This article discusses the importance of embracing failure in the journalism industry, as an essential part of learning and developing solutions for the future. The author also talks about the lack of an innovation scenario for media in the Brazilian market, that could support change and failing processes.
- Author: Marcelo Fontoura
- Date: 01/15/2016
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Medium
- Scale: National
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
The best step-by-step guide to get familiar with human-centered design and start solving problems like designers do: thinking about the people that are going to use the product.
03/01/2015
The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
The best step-by-step guide to get familiar with human-centered design and start solving problems like designers do: thinking about the people that are going to use the product.
- Date: 03/01/2015
- Reading time: Over 40 minutes
- Source: IDEO
- Scale: International
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Ebook
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: English
DIY Toolkit - Marketing Mix
An easy explainer video on how to sell your idea with a marketing mix tool and highlighting opportunities. It helps you getting buy-in from stakeholders for your project.
07/17/2014
DIY Toolkit - Marketing Mix
An easy explainer video on how to sell your idea with a marketing mix tool and highlighting opportunities. It helps you getting buy-in from stakeholders for your project.
- Date: 07/17/2014
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: DIY Toolkit
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Video
- Theme: Product Marketing
- Language: English
DIY Toolkit - Theory of change
This short video explains the Theory of Change: a tool you can use to define goals and how to reach them.
06/18/2014
Is the Oculus Rift sexist? (plus response to criticism)
danah boyd, a scholar on technology and society, questions whether the Oculus Rift is sexist, analyzing data that shows that women seemed to get sick at higher rates in simulators than men.
danah boyd
04/03/2014
Is the Oculus Rift sexist? (plus response to criticism)
danah boyd, a scholar on technology and society, questions whether the Oculus Rift is sexist, analyzing data that shows that women seemed to get sick at higher rates in simulators than men.
- Author: danah boyd
- Date: 04/03/2014
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Quartz
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: English
Your guide to the Lean Business Model Canvas | MiroRecommended on the NPA Slack
"How to Use the Lean Canvas: A One-Page Business Plan for Startups" provides a comprehensive overview of the Lean Canvas framework. It explains how this tool can be used by startups to define their business model and strategy effectively. The Lean Canvas is a concise one-page document that allows entrepreneurs to outline key elements such as problem, solution, unique value proposition, customer segments, revenue streams, and more. By using this framework, entrepreneurs can better understand their customers, identify market gaps, and leverage this knowledge to create a successful business plan.
07/12/2013
Your guide to the Lean Business Model Canvas | Miro Recommended on the NPA Slack
"How to Use the Lean Canvas: A One-Page Business Plan for Startups" provides a comprehensive overview of the Lean Canvas framework. It explains how this tool can be used by startups to define their business model and strategy effectively. The Lean Canvas is a concise one-page document that allows entrepreneurs to outline key elements such as problem, solution, unique value proposition, customer segments, revenue streams, and more. By using this framework, entrepreneurs can better understand their customers, identify market gaps, and leverage this knowledge to create a successful business plan.
- Date: 07/12/2013
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: miro.com
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes EverythingRecommended on the NPA Slack
"Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything" discusses the concept of lean start-ups and their impact on traditional business methods. The article argues that the lean start-up approach, which emphasizes quick experimentation and learning from failures, has revolutionized the way entrepreneurs and businesses operate. It highlights the importance of embracing uncertainty and employing a scientific approach to business strategy. The author suggests that by adopting lean start-up principles, organizations can increase their chances of success and effectively innovate in today's rapidly changing business landscape.
05/01/2013
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything Recommended on the NPA Slack
"Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything" discusses the concept of lean start-ups and their impact on traditional business methods. The article argues that the lean start-up approach, which emphasizes quick experimentation and learning from failures, has revolutionized the way entrepreneurs and businesses operate. It highlights the importance of embracing uncertainty and employing a scientific approach to business strategy. The author suggests that by adopting lean start-up principles, organizations can increase their chances of success and effectively innovate in today's rapidly changing business landscape.
- Date: 05/01/2013
- Reading time: Under 5 minutes
- Source: hbr.org
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Tags don't cut it
The author highlights the importance of organizing content via tags, and thinking thoroughly about taxonomy when building systems for news.
Stijn Debrouwere
04/08/2010
Tags don't cut it
The author highlights the importance of organizing content via tags, and thinking thoroughly about taxonomy when building systems for news.
- Author: Stijn Debrouwere
- Date: 04/08/2010
- Reading time: From 11 to 20 minutes
- Source: Debrouwere.org
- Scale: Global
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Guide
- Theme: Product Strategy
- Language: English
Sell Your By-productsRecommended on the NPA Slack
Sell your by-products. Develop additional revenue streams. Diversification is important strategically regardless of the digital product.
Jason Fried
03/29/2009
Sell Your By-products Recommended on the NPA Slack
Sell your by-products. Develop additional revenue streams. Diversification is important strategically regardless of the digital product.
- Author: Jason Fried
- Date: 03/29/2009
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Signal v Noise
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Intermediate
- Type: Article
- Theme: Business Models & Monetization
- Language: English
Gestor de produtos: empatia, comunicação e gestão do tempo
The article describes the most important competences of a product manager, according to different researchers and authors. Roosevelt recommends three aspects: communication, time management and empathy.
Roosevelt Nascimento Junior
02/16/1016
Gestor de produtos: empatia, comunicação e gestão do tempo
The article describes the most important competences of a product manager, according to different researchers and authors. Roosevelt recommends three aspects: communication, time management and empathy.
- Author: Roosevelt Nascimento Junior
- Date: 02/16/1016
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: LinkedIn
- Scale: N/A
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Article
- Theme: Fundamentals of Product Thinking
- Language: Portuguese
How a local paper in Argentina uses AI to publish hundreds of sports pieces a month
Reuters looks at how the Diario Huarpe newsroom leverages artificial intelligence to publish sports and weather reports, allowing its reporters to focus on providing more comprehensive coverage of the province of San Juan. The article covers how it works, some linguistic obstacles the newsroom ran into, the data necessary to these automated reports, internal reaction (resistance) to the technology, and how Diario Huarpe hopes to continue using it moving forward.
Laura Oliver
06/02/0222
How a local paper in Argentina uses AI to publish hundreds of sports pieces a month
Reuters looks at how the Diario Huarpe newsroom leverages artificial intelligence to publish sports and weather reports, allowing its reporters to focus on providing more comprehensive coverage of the province of San Juan. The article covers how it works, some linguistic obstacles the newsroom ran into, the data necessary to these automated reports, internal reaction (resistance) to the technology, and how Diario Huarpe hopes to continue using it moving forward.
- Author: Laura Oliver
- Date: 06/02/0222
- Reading time: From 6 to 10 minutes
- Source: Reuters
- Scale: Regional
- Level of complexity: Beginner
- Type: Case study
- Theme: Technology
- Language: English
