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Articles tagged content management systems (9)

Shan WangMay 11, 2016

From bingo games to brackets, The Washington Post is building “alternative story forms”

“We want something easy for Post journalists to go into, find, and embed within their stories, and to get the whole organization thinking: what’s the best way to get a user to understand and engage with a story?”

Joseph LichtermanMarch 30, 2016

How The Telegraph built its new CMS by focusing on simplicity

The British newspaper was previously using five separate online publishing systems, each of which larded up the publishing process with dozens of fiddly steps.

Justin EllisMarch 30, 2015

An ad blocker for tragedies: How news sites handle content around sensitive stories

For stories like the Germanwings plane crash, The New York Times and many other publishers flip a switch to remove ads to avoid unwanted connections.

Joseph LichtermanSeptember 3, 2014

The Guardian wants to know what you think of its redesign

The Guardian released a beta version of its new website to get reader feedback as it continues to tweak its design.

Joseph LichtermanJuly 15, 2014

WFMU wants to build open tools to help radio stations (and others) raise money and build community

Audience Engine is WFMU’s strategy for helping small media organizations like themselves fundraise and build community.

Justin EllisJune 17, 2014

Here’s the Scoop: Looking under the hood of The New York Times’ content management system

“Suddenly, the CMS, an often derided but necessary tool of modern journalism, is cool.”

Vox is publishing some of its stories and the interviews behind them in parallel

Scott LewisMay 29, 2013

Scott Lewis: Learning from social platforms to build a better news site

Voice of San Diego’s technology was built on a shoestring. Its CEO describes why he thought it was time to invest — and how they’re trying to learn from the places where news gets consumed online.

John WihbeyApril 25, 2013

What’s New in Digital Scholarship: Why journalists link (or why they don’t) and the libel potential of a retweet

The arguments for smarter public support of journalism, the rise of civic engagement in social media, and the changing practices of foreign correspondents: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.