Leadership
Bridge roles need to die
Bridge roles need to die. Not because the problem(s) they solve don’t matter. Coordination, alignment and cross functional working matter more than ever
Product development
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.
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.
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.
Newsroom
Why newsrooms need to stop transforming and start changing
Why newsrooms need to stop transforming and start changing - The news industry has had the greatest gift of all when it comes to disruption: time. And it squandered it.
Newsroom
No thing can save journalism
As I've been arguing for a while now, the most important thing to get right is structure - our internal structures should reflect our readers (customers) and not just be the 'traditional', siloed way.
Strategy
News 2050: a 30-year outlook for the media
News media executives often comfort themselves that the digital world is moving so fast that “you can’t predict what’s going to happen next year, let alone in five years’ time”. We say that’s nonsense.
Newsroom
The opportunity in choosing to be different
There is tremendous opportunity in choosing to be different, in ensuring your readers and their needs are at the heart of your decision making. It does mean you won't be for everyone, but it also means those readers that choose your product know for sure why they like it.
Newsroom
Why is speed good?
What is the value of speed then? I think for modern newsrooms trying to create the best possible product experiences what we are actually interested in is learning quickly and making better decisions.