Ryan said: Chris Amico's background and debriefing on Newshour's State of the Union application, which added analysis and video to a transcript of the President's speech as he presented it. Quote:
On the editorial side, the app hits a NewsHour sweet spot: The show's core competency is finding interesting people to talk about interesting things. The broadcast loves nothing more than three wonkish experts sitting around a table going back and forth on an issue for 15 minutes. We wanted to bring that kind of analysis to the State of the Union in a granular in and compelling way.Added: January 29, 2010 at 10:17AM EST
Ryan said: Sean Blanda has some good advice for The New York Times that could work for any medium-large news organization. It's not as much about location apps as it as about a game-like user experience. Quote:
The Times could keep track of users that have highly-rated comments and sort them by subject field, giving badges or recognition to those who were deemed knowledgeable by the community on topics as broad as politics or as narrow as the New York Jets. The Times could then deem users “experts” and give them special access and chats with the writers that cover their niche.Added: January 25, 2010 at 4:58PM EST