CREATING ENGAGING CONTENT IN THE NEWSROOMSSteven Bourke ( [email protected] )
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TODAY’S TALK: OVERVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY CONTENT CREATORS USE FOR DIGITAL NEWS
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I HOPE YOU FIND THIS INTERESTING BECAUSE …
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CONTENT CREATION ON NEWS SITES IS MOVING MORE AND MORE TOWARDS VIDEO
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MOST RESEARCH I’M FAMILIAR WITH IN THE NEWS SPACE FOCUSSES ON AGGREGATION (UNLIMITED CONTENT)
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THESE TOOLS ARE USED BY CONTENT CREATORS THAT RANGES FROM 5 (MIN) TO 300 (MAX) STORIES A DAY
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FLOW• Give some context about Schibsted
• Then some context about our News sites
• The creators toolbox
• Fin.
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CONTEXT: WHAT IS SCHIBSTED
SCHIBSTED FOUNDER
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In 1839 Christian Michael Schibsted starts a print
house in Norway.Over the next 160 years Schibsted would expand their print business into
multiple countries.
MOVE TO ONLINE: SCHIBSTED FOUNDS FINN A ONLINE MARKETPLACE - 1999
BOLD MOVE BECAUSE IT CANNIBALISES NEWSPAPER REVENUES
SCHIBSTED ONLINE
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BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION OF PLATFORMS
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NEW ONLINE SERVICES
Marketplaces
Media Houses
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NEW ONLINE SERVICES
Media Houses
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Content creators
(Journalists, Editorial etc.)
Distribution(Newspapers, Facebook,
Twitter, Youtube etc.)
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Cares about content
Cares about monetisation
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Cares about content
JOURNALISTS AND EDITORIAL LOVE TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THEM TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR AUDIENCE
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TRADITIONAL FRONT PAGE EXPERIENCES
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VIDEO (LIVE / RECORDED)
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LOVE MAKING CONTENT
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DISCOVER: TOOLS TO SCOUR NEWS SOURCES TO RESEARCH AND BUILD STORIES FROM
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THINGS HAPPENING HERE…
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LEVERAGES STANDARD INFORMATION RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUES
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LEVERAGES ENTITY EXTRACTION (LANGUAGE IS A CHALLENGE)
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HUMAN IN THE LOOP (EDITORIAL / JOURNALISTS / META DATA TEAMS) IMPROVE QUALITY
CREATE: A CMS THAT ALLOWS JOURNALISTS TO FOCUS SOLELY ON CONTENT
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CHANNELS
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Front Page(Below the fold)
Related Article News letters
MAIN GOAL: AUTOMATE THE
PAPER
CHANNELS
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Front Page(Below the fold)
Related Article News letters
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NO DEEP LEARNING :-(
STANDARD TECHNIQUES• Popularity
• Recency
• Collaborative filtering
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‘MESS UP’ RELATED CONTENT AND JOURNALISTS WILL COMPLAIN… A LOT
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EDITORS WILL SAY “SHUT DOWN THE MACHINE” IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS DO SOMETHING ‘ODD’ (READ: RECOMMENDATIONS THEY DON'T LIKE)
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SIMPLE TECHNIQUES BASED AROUND POPULARITY PERFORM QUITE WELL.
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IT CAN VARY BASED ON WHERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SHOWN
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ANALYTICS• Lets editorial and journalists understand audience
for particular story
• Performance of story
• How it contributes to rest of site via recirculation
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THATS THE NEWS FLOW
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TO WRAP IT UP…
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MEDIA SITES CARE ABOUT THE NEWS AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AUDIENCE THE MOST
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INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND RECSYS ARE PART OF MODERN DAY NEWS ROOMS
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DISTRIBUTION AND CONTENT CREATION IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE HAVING A LOVE / HATE RELATIONSHIP
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THANKS ! QUESTIONS COMMENTS OR INSULTS?
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