Comments on: Today is the day for change in your newsroom http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/10/19/today-is-the-day-for-change-in-your-newsroom/ Thoughts from a technologist and journalist Wed, 09 May 2012 14:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Scott Eslinger http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/10/19/today-is-the-day-for-change-in-your-newsroom/comment-page-1/#comment-5352 Scott Eslinger Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:18:31 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=734#comment-5352 Is anyone using google docs/ calendar etc. for their newsroom budget and photo assignments? Is anyone using google docs/ calendar etc. for their newsroom budget and photo assignments?

]]> By: Today is the day for change in your newsroom - Amphibia Daily Links http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/10/19/today-is-the-day-for-change-in-your-newsroom/comment-page-1/#comment-5311 Today is the day for change in your newsroom - Amphibia Daily Links Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:30:51 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=734#comment-5311 [...] Today is the day for change in your newsroom « Los periódicos, incapaces de liderar la oferta informativa en la era digital The Guardian’ readers’ editor on unpublishing information from the Web » [...] [...] Today is the day for change in your newsroom « Los periódicos, incapaces de liderar la oferta informativa en la era digital The Guardian’ readers’ editor on unpublishing information from the Web » [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/10/19/today-is-the-day-for-change-in-your-newsroom/comment-page-1/#comment-5000 Daniel Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:58:41 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=734#comment-5000 We've implemented Google Apps for Your Domain at the <a href="http://www.dailyemerald.com/" rel="nofollow">Daily Emerald</a> and adopted the email, calendar, docs, and sites functionality with success. I'd be interested in hearing ideas on how to incorporate productivity suites into workflow. We’ve implemented Google Apps for Your Domain at the Daily Emerald and adopted the email, calendar, docs, and sites functionality with success. I’d be interested in hearing ideas on how to incorporate productivity suites into workflow.

]]> By: Stephanie http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/10/19/today-is-the-day-for-change-in-your-newsroom/comment-page-1/#comment-4998 Stephanie Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:58:14 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=734#comment-4998 Great post! Stuff like this always makes me so excited to get it implemented in my newsroom. But what do you do when you ask everyone to move to these tools, and they do it for a while, and then taper off and go back to their comfort zones? I find that's what happens at my paper. We had internal IMs for a while and only two of us used it. Now instant messaging has been taken away from us by corporate. I shared a Google calendar with people involved in a big project, and I was the only one who used it. I want to use all of this excellent advice, but how do I break other people's habits if I have no authority to make them? Great post! Stuff like this always makes me so excited to get it implemented in my newsroom. But what do you do when you ask everyone to move to these tools, and they do it for a while, and then taper off and go back to their comfort zones? I find that’s what happens at my paper. We had internal IMs for a while and only two of us used it. Now instant messaging has been taken away from us by corporate. I shared a Google calendar with people involved in a big project, and I was the only one who used it.

I want to use all of this excellent advice, but how do I break other people’s habits if I have no authority to make them?

]]> By: pat http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/10/19/today-is-the-day-for-change-in-your-newsroom/comment-page-1/#comment-4997 pat Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:46:06 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=734#comment-4997 @Will, And yet, most newspapers aren't listening. What's amazing to me is how different my work flow is now that I am freed from the newspaper hierarchy. Google Apps/GMAIL has been great for me. If I need to share a document or collaborate with someone in a different state or country I can do so easily. Most people in newsrooms have trouble collaborating with people a few cubicles over. My post was inspired by listening to <a href="http://www.43folders.com/2007/07/25/merlins-inbox-zero-talk" rel="nofollow">Merlin Mann's Inbox Zero talk at Google</a>. I listened to it twice this week. It's that good. I also have been doing a lot with Lynda.com and other sites recently. All good stuff. @Will,

And yet, most newspapers aren’t listening. What’s amazing to me is how different my work flow is now that I am freed from the newspaper hierarchy.

Google Apps/GMAIL has been great for me. If I need to share a document or collaborate with someone in a different state or country I can do so easily. Most people in newsrooms have trouble collaborating with people a few cubicles over.

My post was inspired by listening to Merlin Mann’s Inbox Zero talk at Google. I listened to it twice this week. It’s that good.

I also have been doing a lot with Lynda.com and other sites recently. All good stuff.

]]> By: Cheap or free, real world tips to encourage culture change at your news organization | Will Sullivan's website. Journerdism http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/10/19/today-is-the-day-for-change-in-your-newsroom/comment-page-1/#comment-4996 Cheap or free, real world tips to encourage culture change at your news organization | Will Sullivan's website. Journerdism Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:45:56 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=734#comment-4996 [...] Patrick Thorton: Today is the day for change in your newsroom “Organizations with modern work flows are often more innovative. Now, maybe you can’t change your whole newsroom work flow overnight, but you can at least change how your team works. Maybe just your team adopts Google Docs to share ideas, but it will still make your team more efficient and allow you to produce better results.” Here’s a very, very similar proposal I put together earlier this year. [...] [...] Patrick Thorton: Today is the day for change in your newsroom “Organizations with modern work flows are often more innovative. Now, maybe you can’t change your whole newsroom work flow overnight, but you can at least change how your team works. Maybe just your team adopts Google Docs to share ideas, but it will still make your team more efficient and allow you to produce better results.” Here’s a very, very similar proposal I put together earlier this year. [...]

]]> By: Will Sullivan http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/10/19/today-is-the-day-for-change-in-your-newsroom/comment-page-1/#comment-4995 Will Sullivan Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:41:12 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=734#comment-4995 Wow. This sure sounds familiar: http://www.journerdism.com/2008/05/25/how-to-get-more-done-with-less-3-steps-to-save-resources-time-and-money-at-newspapers/ Wow. This sure sounds familiar:
http://www.journerdism.com/2008/05/25/how-to-get-more-done-with-less-3-steps-to-save-resources-time-and-money-at-newspapers/

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