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Find out how to make your news stories more engaging from this workshop at the Asian American Journalists Association Convention 2013.
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Ten Ways to Make Your Story More Engaging
AAJA Convention 2013 New York
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Speakers
Sharon Pian Chan
@sharonpianchan Associate Opinions Editor, Seattle Times
Mandy Jenkins
@mjenkins Interactives editor, Digital First Media
George Kiriyama
@georgekiriyama News Reporter, NBC Bay Area News
Jamshid Mousavinezhad
@newsday Editor in Chief, Newsday.com
Ruth Spencer
@ruths Community Coordinator, Guardian U.S.
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1. Value the reader/listener/viewer
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Ask for and value user contributions
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Make it prominent #aajatop10
Feature what users share #aajatop10
2. Broadcast with them: Google Hangout
Google Hangouts www.google.com/hangouts
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3. Order from chaos: Structured comments
Structured comments ask and ye shall receive
The ask:
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Structured comments ask and ye shall receive
More comments per page
Useful contributions for reporting
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4. Follow them: Tumblr
Tumblr: make it social
http://english2english.theguardian.com #eng2eng
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5. Your Swiss army knife: The many uses of
Google Forms
The many faces of Google forms #aajatop10
The many uses of Google forms
Add perspective to your stories:
http://gu.com/p/3fbfk http://gu.com/p/3e4bn
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The many uses of Google forms
Create stand-alone features:
http://gu.com/p/3fhqk http://gu.com/p/3dngy
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The many uses of Google forms
Create a network:
http://gu.com/p/3gzh9
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Google Forms + Mapalist #aajatop10
6. Map it: Google Maps
Google Forms + Maps #aajatop10
Google Forms + Maps #aajatop10
Crowdmap & Ushahidi #aajatop10
7. Be there with them: In real life
Meet Readers IRL
More Ways to Meet Readers IRL
Office hours and meetups in the community Public spaces in the newsroom Open news meetings
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8. Talk them: Live chats
Live chats www.scribblelive.com
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9. Show them: Photos
Instagram, Flickr, Twitter, email
http://seati.ms/ido74
Tumblr photo submissions
http://peepscontest2013.seattletimes.com/
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10. Be a newsroom advocate for engagement
Be a newsroom advocate for users #aajatop10
Keep diversity in mind! #aajatop10
Top Ten Ways to Engage 1. Value your reader/viewer/listener contributions 2. Google Hangouts 3. Structured comments 4. Tumblr 5. Google Forms 6. Crowdsourced maps 7. In real life 8. Live chats 9. Photo campaigns 10. Be a newsroom advocate
URLs: bit.ly/aajatop10links Slideshow: bit.ly/aajatop10recap
Sharon Pian Chan
@sharonpianchan Associate Opinions Editor, Seattle Times
Mandy Jenkins
@mjenkins Interactives editor, Digital First Media
George Kiriyama
@georgekiriyama News Reporter, NBC Bay Area News
Jamshid Mousavinezhad
@newsday Editor in Chief, Newsday.com
Ruth Spencer
@ruths Community Coordinator, Guardian U.S.
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