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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
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
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
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
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