“Data and journalism have become deeply intertwined, with increased prominence,” journalist Alex Howard wrote in in a report for the Tow Center at Columbia University [...]
Many of the people performing product management roles in news organizations have moved over from traditional editorial roles. That shift requires some changes in mindset [...]
Whether your news organization is looking to create its first product management role, or add to an existing product team, finding and recruiting the right [...]
Eric Ulken, executive director of digital strategy at the Philadelphia Media Network, says they see product managers as the “voice of the user.” Everyone inside [...]
Everyone in your organization plays some key role in making your products great. The product manager is there to guide, facilitate, and advocate — but [...]
Particularly for “legacy” news organizations, like newspapers, that have evolved and calcified an organizational structure from an earlier era, it can be challenging to find [...]
News is a product. Conceptually, that is a leap for people from traditional reporting and editing roles. We are used to buying “products” in stores [...]
As more people, especially in younger generations, rely on social media to stay informed, news organizations must figure out how to speak to readers in [...]
When Stephanie Grimes arrived at the Las Vegas Review-Journal two years ago as its first audience development director, she arrived to find social media was [...]
Before Irene McKisson of the Arizona Daily Star began posting on social media, about 30 people in the newsroom were — and in all different [...]