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- 1. Creating Purposeful News Content Georgy Cohen @radiofreegeorgy
- 3. “To set his paper apart from its more sensational competitors, [New York Times publisher Adolph Simon] Ochs adopted the slogan “All the News That’s Fit to Print” (first used October 25, 1896) and insisted on reportage that lived up to that promise.” Encyclopedia Britannica
- 5. WHAT PROMISE DOES OUR NEWS LIVE UP TO?http://www.flickr.com/photos/74497032@N08/6900311851/
- 9. Less than 1% of visitors view a news release. We can see by looking at landing pages for visits that include a news release that, when a visitor lands on a news release page, it is typically a dead-end with most of those visitors leaving the site from that page. “ 9 Chris Scott, Headscape http://boagworld.com/content-strategy/website-news/ #meetcontent
- 11. Less than 1% of visitors view a news release. We can see by looking at landing pages for visits that include a news release that, when a visitor lands on a news release page, it is typically a dead-end with most of those visitors leaving the site from that page. - Chris Scott, Headscape “ http://boagworld.com/content-strategy/website-news/ NEWS INHIBITS TASK COMPLETION http://www.flickr.com/photos/robandstephanielevy/4616960925/
- 12. It is not enough, for example, to write a press release saying how your organisation has won an award. Instead you need to clearly explain how that benefits the user. “ 12 Paul Boag, Headscape http://boagworld.com/content-strategy/website-news/ #meetcontent
- 13. Why does this matter to the organization? Why does this matter to me?
- 14. HOW DO WE MAKE NEWS SOCIAL?http://www.flickr.com/photos/33917831@N00/2911248047/ VALUE OVER VOLUME
- 15. We focus on publishing content our readers love so much they think it is worth sharing. It sounds simple but it’s hard to do and it is the metric that aligns our company with our readers. In the long term it’s good for readers and good for business. “ 15 Jonah Peretti, Buzzfeed http://cdixon.org/2012/07/24/buzzfeeds-strategy/ #meetcontent
- 16. “ http://boagworld.com/content-strategy/website-news/ NEWS IS THE ‘SHOW DON’T TELL’ OF OUR BRAND http://www.flickr.com/photos/eleaf/2536358399/
- 17. Universities have an opportunity to leapfrog the mainstream media and explain our research, teaching and wider contributions to society in forms beyond the text-based press release. ... We have websites, and access to the tools needed to reach the public. “ 17 Kyle Christie, formerly King’s College http://kylelchristie.com/2011/08/07/is-it-possible-to-go-beyond-press-releases/ #meetcontent
- 19. 1. PROCESS 2. PRODUCT 3. PEOPLE http://www.flickr.com/photos/49392356@N03/8446610848/
- 35. 35 Style guide http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/3559945802/ Planning and publishing #cssummit @radiofreegeorgy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_protector TAXONOMY
- 37. “The old mantra that every page needs to be a homepage has never been more true...The goal is to give [the reader] a clean and interesting reading experience for the article... and beyond that to make sure that we are giving the reader a sense of what else is on our site. - Bob Cohn, editor, Atlantic Digital http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/08/coming-in-the-side-door-the-value-of-homepages-is-shifting-from-traffic-driver-to-brand/
- 40. 40 REAL-TIME
- 41. 41 CONTENT HUB
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- 44. The ultimate goal is to retire the press release. It’s a great holder for facts, but you’d never want to read one. We want to tell stories.“ 44 Tomas Kellner, GE http://contently.com/strategist/2013/07/29/we-want-to-retire-the-press-release-an-interview-with-ges-tomas-kellner/ #meetcontent
- 45. 2 . STORYTELLING AND CONTENT TYPES http://www.flickr.com/photos/49392356@N03/8446610848/http://www.flickr.com/photos/eguidetravel/5662538696/ 1. CONVEY RELEVANCE 2. EVOKE EMPATHY 3. SPUR ACTION
- 46. 46 Style guide http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/3559945802/ Planning and publishing #cssummit @radiofreegeorgy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_protector
- 56. 56 Style guide http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/3559945802/ Planning and publishing #cssummit @radiofreegeorgy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_protector
- 57. 57 Style guide http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/3559945802/ Planning and publishing #cssummit @radiofreegeorgy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_protector
- 61. http://www.flickr.com/photos/49392356@N03/8446610848/http://www.flickr.com/photos/acanella/7260425106/
- 65. 65 http://www.flickr.com/photos/wonker/1436280027/ Owned and facilitated Take, share and archive minutes Source ideas from across the organization Include social, photo and video Revisit editorial priorities Share measurement