1、,The News Resourcer in a converged newsroom,Geoff LoCicero IfraNewsplex at USCnewsresourcernewsplex.org,What is a News Resourcer?,Journalist specializing in information Expertise in sources, searching (not unlike photojournalists, graphic artists, etc.)Other strengths Applying librarian/information
2、specialist skills to the newsroom Technology leader in multimedia Facilitator,Place in the newsroom,At macro-level, may serve as CIO Helping to manage information, systems Depends on size of operation At micro-level, reporter/researcher/writer Involved in day-to-day news coverage Assisting others in
3、 newsroom with searches, multimedia file formats, training May also be researching/writing own stories,News Resourcer in action,Story breaks Searching archives/databases/vetted Web sites for relevant content (all media types) Feeding multimedia content to other journalists or directly to consumers (
4、links) Helping edit or pull content from one media to another (with storybuilder) Finding new story ideas/angles, writing,Journalism strengths,How a news operation works News judgment what makes a story? Being proactive drive the story Reporting/writing/editing Traditional sources,Library strengths,
5、How to organize information Cataloging/indexing How to store information Archiving and preservation How to access information Researching and retrieval Sources Pay databases / archives Authoritative Web sites; “invisible” Web,Why it matters,How well do you manage information, particularly unpublishe
6、d/unarchived? Source lists, notes, story ideas, faxes, press releases, background, project information How well do you search? Can you go beyond Google? How diverse are your resources? Boolean logic/advanced searching options?,Info science strengths,Designing information architectures/intranets Crea
7、ting and managing databases/knowledgebases Understanding and leveraging technology Training,Why it matters,Newsroom technology leader Understands news operation/needs Unified system(s) Consistency, increased efficiency Convergence Multimedia content/file formats Training New software/hardware, searc
8、hing skills,News Resourcer as facilitator,Working with newsflow editor, storybuilder, multimedia journalist Support their info needs, also look for content/story ideas Organizing info across departments, operations Creating information-sharing culture,Why it matters,Unified operation How do newsroom
9、/library/Web/IT work together? Are there redundancies/duplications? Can there be more consistency? How will print operation work with broadcast, online and mobile platforms? Establishing working relationships, rapportInformation-sharing a convergence key,What is information-sharing?,More efficient u
10、se of technology Digitizing materials/news content Notes, faxes, releases Sharing content across media platforms More give and take on: Sources, materials New newsroom culture Management strategy, with rewards Overcoming legacies/territorial mindset/Lone Wolf Show its mutually beneficial,Knowledge m
11、anagement,While were managing info, lets get Whats in peoples heads What do they know, what do they do? Everyday work processes/procedures Company philosophy, brand image, etc. Get it and add it to the database Find an approach that best fits your needs to capture, store, retrieve, disseminate,Whats
12、 new here? To recap,Information-savvy journalist Possibility to serve as CIO Library/info skills in the newsroom Technology/multimedia skills Jack-of-all-trades role, facilitator Info-sharing, KM in the newsroom Training, training, trainingNormally archived Live wire feeds for all media types Digitally archived content of all individual media files (photos, text, etc.) and products (newspaper, TV news broadcast, Web page),
