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Shan WangAugust 10, 2016

The Los Angeles Times built its own journalist-friendly story editor, and it’s now rolling out to all of Tronc

From “I think none of us were ever really happy with our old content management system” to “I’ve never seen such a great response to a CMS before.”

Joseph LichtermanJune 20, 2016

Breaking News wants you to use its app to share news tips with its editors — and other users

“When we find stories in the early stages very quickly, it expedites coverage in other newsrooms as well.”

Scott KleinApril 7, 2016

Want to start a small data journalism team in your newsroom? Here are 8 steps

“There are a bunch of skills needed in building news apps, but at the most abstract level they fall into three buckets: Code, Design, and Journalism. Recruit people who have at least two of those skills and be willing to teach them the third.”

Shan WangMarch 16, 2016

Have an interactive, data-driven story that doesn’t fit at your news outlet? The Thrust wants to know

“In a lot of ways this serves dual purposes: one of them being a publication platform for us to do fun, interesting, or experimental things. The other is to be that platform for other people.”

Shan WangMarch 10, 2016

Small screens, full art, can’t lose: Despite their size, phones open up new opportunities for interactives

Here’s how some top news publishers are shaping their interactives for mobile: “These devices are there, they have these capabilities built into them, so how do we use them in our storytelling?”

Joseph LichtermanFebruary 24, 2016

Former L.A. Times publisher: Local news orgs need to take advantage of their “unique geography”

Austin Beutner was fired as the Times’ publisher last year after he clashed with its parent company over strategy.

Shan WangNovember 5, 2015

The 2016 Knight-Mozilla fellows will bring their technical skills to newsrooms around the world

For ten months next year, these seven new fellows will be embedded with the teams of organizations like CORRECT!V, Frontline, and the Los Angeles Times.

Tribune Publishing will be moving all of its newspapers to a metered paywall model next year

Joseph LichtermanSeptember 14, 2015

California dreaming: How the L.A. Times is introducing new beats and platforms to grow its audience

Despite recent upheaval on the business side, S. Mitra Kalita sees “an opportunity in framing broader stories through the California lens and achieving audience in our state and throughout the world.”

Ken DoctorSeptember 3, 2015

Newsonomics: 10 headlines we may see this fall about the future of news

From pipes to platforms, overseas to over-the-top, the shifts we’ll see in the remainder of 2015 will set the stage for 2016 and beyond.

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