Newsroom organizational models

Randy Covington

Director, WAN-IFRA Newsplex

at the University of South Carolina

Newsrooms will be different

WAN-IFRA Newsplex

at the University of South Carolina

Newsplex Europe

Darmstadt, Germany

Roles training in convergent journalism

• El Tiempo

• Grupo Ferre

Rangel

• Financial Times

• Daily Nation

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International Rhone-Alpes Medias

Lyon, France

Newsplex Asia

Singapore

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Edipresse

Lausanne,

Switzerland

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RIA Novosti

Moscow

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Al Jazeera

Doha

Three organizational models:

•The Tampa Tribune

•The Nordjyske Medier

•Daily Telegraph

Nordjyske MedierAalborg, Denmark

Daily newspaper – 6

local editions –

circulation 72.000

Daily free – circulation

25.000

24-hour local TV news

channel (cable)

Local “news windows”

in TV networks

2 radio stations

15 weekly papers

Internet portals

Complements to Nordjyske medier

12 © 2008 IFRA

Nordjyske MedierAalborg, Denmark

•Editorial staff of 248

•Five “media conductors”•Editors for each medium “refine”the content

•Editorial departments serve all

media

TV RADIO PRINT ONLINE

Business

Life style

Sports

Community

Aalborg

Hjørring osv.

Superdesk:

media editorsEditorial managers as Media Conductors

Multi-media content groups

Matrix Organisation

Complements to Nordjyske medier

Superdesk

Daily Telegraph, London

Daily Telegraph, London

•24-hour digital, multi

media newsroom

•67,000 square feet

•460 journalists

•Daily circulation

576,000

Daily Telegraph, London

•Story components

integrated from start

•Ownership

•Three job titles

Reporter

Editor

Producer

Daily Telegraph eliminates platform chiefs

Print Online Mobile

Crime

Politics

Business

Sports

Health

Feature

USA Today creates content rings

Desk editors gain authority

Crime Politics Business Sports Health Feature

Print

Online

Mobile

The vision at Forbes

The Washington Post

The Washington Post

The Washington Post

The Washington Post

Jobs will be different

New Roles for the

Integrated Newsroom

•Newsflow editor: Story

•Multiskilled journalist: Content

•Story builder: Experience

•Documentalist: Context

New Tasks for the

Integrated Newsroom

•Social media

•Audience engagement

•Programmers/technology professionals

•User experience

•Data and analytics

•Revenue/premium information

What else?

•Traffic conductor

•Editorial events coordinator

•Crowd in-take coordinator

•Community journalism educator

•Transparency & integrity coordinator

•Chief of crowd creativity

•Editorial quantifier

Anette Novak

World Editors

Forum

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Elephtheros Typos, Athens