Vox Takes Melding of Journalism and Technology to a New Level

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/business/media/voxcom-takes-melding-of-journalism-and-technology-to-next-level.html#

by gk1 • 12 years ago

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thrush2• 12 years ago

It is exciting to see "technology-first" journalism developing solely for the reason that I believe they will displace the incumbent "old-school" firms. (We have already seen a similar trend in "cloud-first" vs. "old-school" IT, think Salesforce vs. Oracle).

thrush2• 12 years ago

Referencing my other comment, I can't help feeling that this is duct tape. Nothing compares to Reddit and Twitter for news. What Vox seems to be trying to create is current events in historical form so that readers can keep up to date. What Reddit and Twitter have to offer is debate and perspective so people can react in real time. I wish there was an elegant combination of the two. The closest thing that I've seen has been the comprehensive timeline of the Malaysian Airlines incident [1].

[1] Part 16 Here - http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/21890i/comprehensive_t...

davidgerard• 12 years ago

The aim (I think it was an explicit aim) is to take on Wikipedia's articles on an evolving situation, where Wikipedia can do really amazingly well.

I think Nupedia didn't work out, and it's some sort of cognitive bias that makes people keep thinking that reinventing it is a good idea.

(I'm on the Wikimedia comms team list, where this has been discussed a bit. As a Wikipedia editor, it'd be nice if this approach created new reference-quality material.)

seanccox2• 12 years ago

"Perhaps more important for its long-term survival, Vox’s formats attract attention directly, so the site does not have to turn to gimmicky features like quizzes, teasing headlines or lists to generate traffic through Facebook or Twitter."

Vox's front page: "How politics make us stupid", "11 books series to satisfy your 'Game of Thrones' craving", "Amtrak's insane train boarding rule"

Oops.

digitalengineer• 12 years ago

It is 'the most read' so I suppose it's what their readers want...

seanccox2• 12 years ago

Totally fair. It's the NYTimes' fault for not bothering to examine the site, but Kudos to Vox for getting a 500 word press release.

zhte415• 12 years ago

I enjoy the blog of Yelvington, http://yelvington.com/ a long term journalist-turned-technology-implementer. Posts are now occasional, but I'd look him up were I interested in diving into understanding a lot of anecdote in the sphere of traditional (print) newsroom meeting technology transition challenges.

matt__rose• 12 years ago

On a purely technical level, the Vox software is really quite astounding, it allows relatively non-technical people to create a quite polished site with relatively little technical knowledge. I've been amazed at what the people at http://www.podiumcafe.com have been able to do with it, with relatively little technical knowledge

Vox Takes Melding of Journalism and Technology to a New Level

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