` Jeremy Gilbert | Media Product Designer, Medill Journalism Professor: Design, Multimedia - Part 4

Journalism & Technology: We’re at the Merge Not the Crossroads

June 28th, 2011

Catch me in Cleveland. I’ll be speaking to the Northwestern Club of Cleveland/Akron tomorrow, June 29th, at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The journalism industry is changing at highway speeds. It is obvious that technology changes have reshaped the media landscape but it is not clear what those changes will mean and what direction they are headed. Medill is exploring these changes in several ways, including how programming and human centered design can radically change news creation, consumption and distribute. Using new methods, tools and techniques Medill faculty and students are experimenting with new ways to better reach audiences. Before you miss your exit come see what looms on the horizon.

MoJo: Newscaster, User-Driven, Video Newscast

June 12th, 2011

We need your vote. Help Katie Zhu and me win the People-Powered News A challenge from MoJo (Mozilla + Journalism). The innovation challenge will identify 15 projects worth developing and we think Newscaster should be one. Here is an excerpt from our entry:

In place of a newsroom programmed, linear newscast Newscaster is an on-demand, user-driven video newscasts across a range of mobile and tablet devices (like the iPad) using an accessible, cross-device programming standard. The digital newscast would take full advantage of web-native technologies like HTML5 and JavaScript, but will be developed within the intent of being a mobile app, aiming to make news easier to consume while on the go…

…The application will allow users to add content to their own playlist and make news judgment decisions traditionally reserved for professional producers in a control room. Users can have any kind of news (weather, sports, crime, education, etc.), can play their own newscast at any time (rather than waiting for 10 p.m.) or choose from a variety of automatically generated newscasts that fit the time they have at hand (10, 15, 30 minute newscasts)…

Newscaster Wireframe

Please read the rest of the entry and vote for Newscaster.

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