The following views are those of Lauren Rabaino. I do not speak on behalf of my employers or other associations. I just speak for myself. Today ZDNet published a post that suggested Apple’s process of rejecting apps is somehow “curation.” Dozens of people are retweeting that link, probably because it’s about Apple and because it Read More
Yes, this post is a bit delayed, but now that I’m on a flight home to Cali, I finally have a moment to finish it. My BCNI experience finished with a bang thanks to Major Highfield‘s roundtable discussion on news site design and mobile news design. For those of you who don’t know Major, the Read More
Howard Weaver was at BCNI to talk about a new news model in Hawaii from the Honolulu Civil Beat (an outlet from Peer News) that wants to challenge the notion that “people won’t pay for content” (disclosure: it is a venture to which he was a consultant and he now has a diminishing role). The Read More
What are different types of thinking we use for journalism currently? How should we be thinking in a way that informs our journalism better? These are the questions my colleague Greg Linch addressed in his 11 a.m. BCNI session entitled “Rethinking our Thinking.” Spurred by his recent interest in computational thinking, the idea of his Read More
Drew Geraets of American Public Media led a session Saturday morning at BCNI Philly about customer relations management for journalists. In a nutshell, the tool — called The Insight Graph — is a way to tap the insights, knowledge and expertise of the news customers (i.e. sources, readers) to create deeper, more relevant news coverage. Their Read More
I wrote a post Tuesday about a new collaborative called The Climate Desk that is grabbing much attention in journalism circles. Ad Age hailed it the “revolutionary” future of journalism. The CJR questioned whether it would work. I believe that yes, it is, and yes, it will — but there are still some rough edges Read More
This was one of those just-for-fun projects I did for myself to spice up the appearance of my iPhone. It represents all the things I love in life.
Last week I had somewhat of an identity crisis. As I briefly contemplated redesigning my website, I threw together a quick mockup in Photoshop. The nameplate across the top read: Lauren Michell Rabaino: designer/journalist. Then I paused. Wait– am I still a journalist? Was I ever really a journalist? Hell, what is a journalist? And, like Read More
Full Disclosure: I have been employed by Publish2 as a product designer since January. My favorite Cal Poly journalism professor emailed me this week asking how he could use Publish2 in his journalism classes. Although this list of ideas is specific to Cal Poly’s journalism curriculum, it could easily be adapted to other j-school courses Read More