Newsrooms’ Move to Digital, Vox’s Launch, Tech as an Afterthought, Core Journalism Skills, The Heartbleed Threat, TFP’s Infographic Pick of the Week: Creating the Perfect Password, Media Metrics, DPS Tip: Features Supported in Each Viewer Type
Welcome to This Week in Publishing, TFP’s weekly roundup of news and tips for media industry pros! This week we’re sharing stories about newsrooms’ move to digital, the Heartbleed web security flaw, advice on changing all those affected passwords, and more.
- In a piece on the Neiman Journalism Lab site, News Corp’s senior VP of strategy suggests more than two-dozen “awkward” questions to ask news organizations about the move to digital. It may not be clear what the “right” answers are, but the questions are definitely worthwhile.
“Explanatory journalism” site Vox, led by former Wonkblog editor Ezra Klein, launched this week. One of its key features is Vox Cards—essentially, virtual index cards that function as topic guides or are attached to articles to offer deeper story context.- Rob O’Regan wrote an interesting post on why it’s harmful for many traditional publishers to continue to treat technology as an afterthought.
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Poynter’s “Future of Journalism Competencies” survey revealed a large gap when it comes to the core skills that educators and media pros think are important for journalism students. There’s an in-depth overview of the survey on the Poynter blog, or you can register to download the full report.
- The Source OpenNews project has a primer on what the Heartbleed security flaw means for newsroom technology and explains what you need to do to address it, and why.
- Once you’ve learned more about Heartbleed, you’ll want to check out TFP’s Infographic Pick of the Week for advice on creating the perfect password to protect your online accounts.
- The state of the news media, digital ads, audience behavior, tablets, ebooks, and video are among the topics covered in this month’s Media Metrics roundup. This handy resource can help you keep up with current media industry trends and prepare for change.
- This week on TFP’s DPS Tips blog, we share a resource that shows which features are supported in each type of content viewer.
This Week in Publishing appears every Friday on the TFP blog. Every week we compile interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world and put together a wrap-up to help our readers stay up-to-date. Think we missed something great? Leave a comment below and let us know!
Posted by: Gina Barrett