Miguel Franjul
Uniting two formats, print and digital in the same newsroom, is the pinnacle of the so-called multimedia convergence, the most complete expression of the new communications ecosystem. Technologically speaking, multimedia is crystallized by uniting the resources of each medium (text, graphics, audio and video) through the facilities that allow different applications on the web. But … Continue reading The pitfalls of multimedia convergence
Today's journalism cannot be conceived without news multiformat. The news, unlike years ago, does not die as fast as before. Or rather, it does not lose its relevance from one day to the next; it mutates like viruses, always circulating in different ways to survive and go further. News in text format evolves towards other … Continue reading The different “vessels” of the news
Back when there wasn't much profusion of videos, just TV, the big job of describing realities through newspapers actually rendered journalists with no other option than display their uttermost skills on graphing things out through the written word. Non-fiction literature exponents, excellent chronicles and outstanding reports, were what contributed to the transmitting of specific details … Continue reading The text, under the decisive war for survival
Back when the printed newspapers were a medium that only offered news content by using text and photos, the newsroom had a vertical layout that was stratified according to the number of independent or shared sections that were needed. Such line of command that executed the orders of the editor, under a scheme in which … Continue reading The “control tower” of the newsroom
The process of integrating the printed and digital newsrooms is full of new challenges, and it's no longer enough to rely on a model that molds textual content from one platform to another, now you have to open yourself to the tendency of users preferring the news to be accompanied with videos or waterfalls of … Continue reading From the text… to the video, a challenging juncture
