Journalism and Media

Panel Recap: Driving Audience: If You Build It, They Will Not Come

Audiences drive nearly every business in every industry. Engaging these audiences through advertising is not enough and therefore creative, successful content is necessary to increase engagement with a brand. With perspectives from different aspects of content and from different companies- The New York Times, Google, Timehop, and Huge. This panel helped share the approaches other […]

Storytelling in the Amazon: An Interview With Alexander Santa

It’s already day five of South by Southwest and somehow the energy is still at an all-time high. The first panel I attended today, Documenting The Unknown – Storytelling in the Amazon, featured documentarian Rafa Calil and members of the Rainforest Partnership Alexander Santa and Niyanta Spelman. Each panelist shared stories of their adventures traveling through the Amazon […]

ModBot: A Comments Section’s Best Friend

When communities and their conversations live digitally, what’s the value of a comments section? For the Washington Post, quite a lot; as they have discovered that a comments section can showcases their most loyal readers. Greg Barber, Director of Digital News Products, and Sam Han, Director of Data Science & AI from the Washington Post […]

How Modern-day Publishers Are Expanding Beyond Traditional Advertising

As digital media continues to rapidly advance, publishers are offered a variety of potential new revenue streams beyond traditional advertising. Today’s panel Modern-day Publisher Models: Beyond Advertising at SXSW featured a collection of industry professionals who shared their insights on diversification of publisher revenue. Speakers included President of Brit + Co Jill Braff, VP of Mktg & […]

Hail Ira, Full of Charm

In 2018, there are stories everywhere. They are reported on evening network television, hyperlinked throughout our favorite platforms, summarized in 280 characters, or elaborately told on podcasts. Ira Glass, the producer of three of the most successful podcasts ever, knows a few things about storytelling, particularly those told on the medium of radio. Since 1995, […]

Panel Recap: Data Journalism: We're All News Nerds Now

Data journalism is more than just journalism done with data. It is journalism that looks at data, analyzes it to find trends and context and displays it in a meaningful way for people to understand. On Saturday, a panel of journalism and tech leaders shared lessons and ideas about data journalism and data literacy. The […]