Innovation at The Washington Post: elections, storytelling, and reader experience
Greg Barber, The Washington Post's Director of Newsroom Product, talks about the organisation's approach to election coverage, new storytelling formats, and experimentation on channels like TikTok and Twitch.
World News Media Congress
Newsletters, audio and personalisation: top priorities for US newsrooms
On WAN-IFRA's recent Super Social Newsroom Study Tour in mid-October 2018, a group of 15 international editors and executives visited some of the top newsrooms on the East Coast to discover the latest trends.
Super Social Newsroom Study Tour
Nicole Frankenhauser
For the Washington Post, audio is full of potential
"Audio is really exciting, and I think it is a technology and a medium that is here to stay and that will only create more opportunities in the next couple of years," Jessica Stahl, the Washington Post's Director of Audio, told delegates at the World News Media Congress in Portugal. "But it is not here to save our industry."
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audio programming
Listen up: are you ready for the audio revolution?
The rise of smart speakers and new ways to access and experience audio have potential to revolutionise the way information is delivered, says the Washington Post's new Audio Director Jessica Stahl. She gives some insight into the Post's fast-evolving audio strategy.
Washington Post expands foreign news operations
While newsrooms across America are being slashed to the core, The Washington Post is bucking the trend and investing in its newsrooms both in the US, and, increasingly, abroad.
expanded coverage
foreign bureaus
Washington Post gets, and sends, the message via chat apps
Newsrooms are still experimenting with the best ways to take advantage of connecting with the massive number of users on messaging app platforms. What does success look like? For one Washington Post reporter, that means putting a not-so huge number of readers in the driver's seat of a developing story.
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Washington Post launches Facebook messaging bot
Just three months after Facebook invited publishers to develop bots for deeper audience engagement on its Messenger platform, the Washington Post has launched a bot that can share the latest trending stories, election alerts including results for local races, and Olympics coverage when the games start next month.
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chat bots
conversational journalism
mobile news apps
We should embrace free content distribution says Washington Post's Digital Chief
Yes, it's good to have a billionaire owner with patience, but it's even better to have a billionaire owner with a vision. And the vision of Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is that a news organization has to make its work available free, everywhere. James Breiner, a Spanish digital media consultant reports on their strategy.
WAN-IFRA External Contributor
Marty Baron: Loss of public trust is journalism's greatest challenge
"No question: trust is our greatest challenge…We are constantly worried about resources, social media, monetization and all these kinds of things. All of those pale in comparison to this particular challenge." A sobering warning from Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron.