The Two product team problem
In most publishers with any kind of legacy operation (but particularly newspapers) newsrooms are the original product team.
Nick Petrie
I work on content and subscription strategy, newsroom transformation, newsroom tooling, data and insights in newsrooms and edition based publishing
Gotta get structural
It’s been several months since my last newsletter and there have been some changes. The biggest is I’ve started a new job as the Digital Director for The i Paper.
Strategy
Readers readers readers readers readers
At the start of March FT Strategies and Knight Lab released a new study called Next Gen News. It looks at the news needs and preferences of the next generation. It’s a thorough piece of research that speaks with young news consumers from America, India and Nigeria. If you
Leadership
Stand out or fade away
We created a product with an opinion. A point of view about how it should be used, that wasn’t just like every other news experience out there.
Product development
A golden opportunity?
Are we entering a golden age of media and publishing, or the end of times? Who knows? What I know is that the 'news' feels exciting again.
News Product Management Certification is now open for applications
News Product Management Certification — News Product AllianceOur exclusive program is designed specifically for news professionals to gain the product strategy, technical expertise, and change management skills necessary to lead news product development and innovation.News Product Alliance0 As I said on Twitter yesterday I am really proud to see the
mentoring
After two years of mentoring and a baby I'm trying something new.
In January I reflected on 18 months of mentoring, what I had learnt and observed from those sessions and now that I've passed the two year mark I wanted to do it again. * I've completed 65 sessions now, which is quite the increase from 37 in
Leadership
Better Leaders - a new podcast from Anita Zelina on leadership in media
I also loved how much Trei talked about the power of genuine collaboration - teams bringing expertise together to become more than the sum of their parts. Something that's really hard to do, but magic when it happens.
Data in the newsroom
Cherry picking metrics in newsrooms
But what interests me is the stat. As someone who cares about how newsrooms use data to information decision making (both for our journalism and our product experience) there is crucial context missing.
Joining the News Product Alliance board
Hopefully many of you have heard of the NPA by now and are members of the Slack community and are making use of the Product Kit, Mentoring Scheme and planning to attend the upcoming Summit at the end of April I'm incredibly pleased to say I'm
mentoring
A brief reflection on my first 18 months mentoring
It's been 18 months since I started offering mentoring slots to anyone who felt I could help them. I wanted to publish a couple of observations and renew the call/option for people to book in for a session if they wanted.
Excellent guides for News Product people
The fab team at the News Product Alliance (NPA) has just published an additional set of 8 guides, taking their Product Kit to a total of 19 guides. In their own words Product Kit is a growing catalog of practical guides for product strategy, product research, and product development in