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This is the blog of Julie Starr. I write about the news business and consult on newsroom integration and change projects.
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* Newsroom change management and web-and-print development for Fairfax Media NZ.
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A simple web-to-print workflow using Google Docs, WordPress and InDesign
An interesting video below explains a simple web-to-print workflow used by the Bangor Daily News (Maine, US). Thanks to William P Davis, online editor for bangordailynews.com, for sharing it on Screenr. The reporters write in Google Docs using a very simple markup to indicate a headline. Editors use Comments for notes about accompanying images, points [...]
Posted in Journalism, Newsroom Workflows Also tagged Google Docs, InDesign, Journalism, newsroom integration, newsroom worflows, Video, web-to-print workflows, wordpress, workflows 4 Comments
Journalism jobs in NZ this week (March 29, 2011)
ONLINE EDITOR | 3 NEWS You will be working closely with the 3 News production team in a busy and exciting newsroom and making sure 3news.co.nz publishes the most important news stories first, with accuracy and depth. You need to demonstrate a passion for journalism and online media, be web savvy, have great writing skills and [...]
Posted in Journalism Jobs Also tagged editing jobs, journalism jobs, journalism jobs in NZ, media, new zealand, newsrooms, writing jobs Leave a comment
IA use HTML5 to optimise website for iPad
Information Architects blogged recently about a design project for Zeit Online using HTML5 to optimise websites for tablets. It’s a recommended read. Of course, we all know why news organizations focused on the app store instead of the browser version: Print publishers got excited about apps because they finally opened a door to charge for [...]
News apps and iPads
In honour of the iPad finally going on sale in New Zealand soon, and in anticipation of the NZ news apps we expect to see soon after, here’s a link to Josh Benton’s review of a few news iPad apps, which is worth a look. Here’s an excerpt: Just about every news website created in [...]
‘A New York Times story is tweeted every 4 seconds’