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- Introduction -

The Future of Quality Journalism is the Digital Age

Presentation of the Newsroom Barometer, a survey of 435 newspaper editors from around the world (with Reuters and Zogby International).

Analysis by John Zogby, President of the polling institute Zogby International
Commentary by Jeff Jarvis, Buzzmachine blogger and Guardian columnist
Who answered the questionnaire
The eleven questions about newsroom strategies


- Chapter 1 -

Integrate your newsroom step by step

Section 1: The integrated newsroom’s ‘big bang’
Section 2: The pros and cons of the integrated newsroom
Section 3: Lightspeed journalism: web-first publishing

Conclusion: : Is the integrated newsroom really the future of newspapers? A debate between Ivan Fallon, Independent News & Media and Lionel Barber, Financial Times


- Chapter 2 -

Interact With Your Readers

Section 1: Adopt citizen journalism for reader interaction
Section 2: The ethics of reader participation
Section 3: Citizen journalism growing up
Section 4: The advent of pro-am journalism

Conclusion: Walking the ‘Middle Path’ of pro-am journalism, Jay Rosen, New York University and Pressthink blogger


- Chapter 3 -

Cooperate With Your Competitors

Section 1: Strength in numbers: creating newspaper partnerships
Section 2: Yahoo: competitor or collaborator?
Section 3: Getting Google: the online copyright caper
Section 4: Meta-tagging and ‘à la carte’ news: start-ups lend a hand

Conclusion: Regional papers cooperating for national exclusives: A case study of GPD, the Dutch Regional Newspaper Association. By John Burke, Editors Weblog


- Chapter 4 -

Become A Portal For Your Region

Section 1: Make community connections for local news
Section 2: Gannett gets local with new media
Section 3: Experiments in local web-based reporting

Conclusion: How Vorarlberger Nachrichten serves as a platform for its region. A case study of a multimedia paper in Austria. By John Burke, Editors Weblog

- Chapter 5 -

Create A Multi-Newspaper Newsroom

Section 1: Economically priced papers draw new readers
Section 2: Traditional publishers invest in free papers
Section 3: The shrinking face of print
Section 4: Visual journalism: as effective as text

Conclusion: Die Welt and its multi-newspaper newsroom: creating spinoff publications to expand reach. By Bertrand Pecquerie, World Editors Forum

- Chapter 6 -

Reach Young Readers Through Social Media

Section 1: What is social media?
Section 2: Integrate social networking into newspapers (or vice versa)
Section 3: Expand your audience through social news sites
Section 4: Use social media as practical journalistic tools

Conclusion: The end of top down journalism? A debate on the future of social news sites with Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson, digg.com, Fabrice Florin, NewsTrust, and Edward Roussel, The Telegraph Media Group


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Provide Tools For Personalized News

Section 1: Personalization: custom made newspapers for everyone
Section 2: Paying for personalization
Section 3: The printed word vs. podcasts and e-papers

Conclusion: E-ink editions: no replacement of the print paper… yet! The results of Flemish financial daily De Tijd’s trials with e-paper. By Caroline Pauwels, Free Universtiy of Brussels


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