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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.Â
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.Â
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
