We are in the process of implementing a very similar structure at our media outlet at Boise State. We played a little bit with this notion last year, learned some lessons and our EIC is re-tooling to get it closer to what you have listed.
Our cur...
I can see this being useful in a news room, though unless we get a grant probably can't afford the thing for the next 5 years. From tracking internal projects, to story ideas, live community feeds (think replacing the police scanner with twitter f...
A Navy vet, spent more time than I care to recall submerged in the ocean's depths. I have always been involved in media, from my high school newspaper, to putting together cruise videos in the Navy. Thought I might get away from it all after graduating college but was drawn back and have been working professionally in college media for just over 10 years.
I'm a proud father of 3 kids and married to an incredible woman. I like challenges and trying new things which is exactly why the "news room of the future" is so personally interesting.