http://jasonkristufek.com/2008/02/04/the-perfect-newsroom/ Content Strategy, Audience, Media, Ideas and New Business Model for News Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:39:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://jasonkristufek.com/2008/02/04/the-perfect-newsroom/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Video: Newsroom of the future « Jason Kristufek’s We Media blog Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:15:47 +0000 http://wemediaguru.com/?p=22#comment-25 [...] 11, 2008 by wemediaguru A little while ago I wrote a post about the perfect newsroom. Here is more on that topic. I came across a video of one college and how they build their [...] [...] 11, 2008 by wemediaguru A little while ago I wrote a post about the perfect newsroom. Here is more on that topic. I came across a video of one college and how they build their [...]

]]> http://jasonkristufek.com/2008/02/04/the-perfect-newsroom/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Nez Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:02:25 +0000 http://wemediaguru.com/?p=22#comment-24 I think technology is a huge factor (tool and barrier) for this kind of office freedom. I was talking with a friend this weekend and it occurred to me that part of the problem is the proprietary software, CMS and desktop publishing tools we're locked into in corporate newsrooms. Just a thought: open source newsrooms. Customizable, flexible, cheap. A lot of what we hear about investment into technology, especially software-driven stuff, is the start-up cost problem. Screw it; find an open source plug-in (or tweak an existing one) and save. This could be a cottage industry for universities as well: take open source module projects, farm them out to teams of grad students and get training and prestige at the same time. Journo foundations could kick in some cash to help pay for this while supporting democratic software development. Win-win. I think technology is a huge factor (tool and barrier) for this kind of office freedom.
I was talking with a friend this weekend and it occurred to me that part of the problem is the proprietary software, CMS and desktop publishing tools we’re locked into in corporate newsrooms.
Just a thought: open source newsrooms. Customizable, flexible, cheap.
A lot of what we hear about investment into technology, especially software-driven stuff, is the start-up cost problem. Screw it; find an open source plug-in (or tweak an existing one) and save.
This could be a cottage industry for universities as well: take open source module projects, farm them out to teams of grad students and get training and prestige at the same time.
Journo foundations could kick in some cash to help pay for this while supporting democratic software development. Win-win.

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