Media companies are today sitting on a goldmine of data, which is a prime opportunity to sharpen the aim of their product. We’ve come across some interesting solutions.
The Globe and Mail encourages all employees in the company to pitch as many innovative ideas as they can even if they are at the back of napkin stage.
The Associated Press is developing a worldwide hub through internal and external innovation efforts to encourage a culture of experimentation and collaboration within the organisation.
‘Collaboration’ was the key word at GAMI’s first Media Lab Day in Bordeaux. The heads of media labs repeatedly expressed their wish to work together in the future.
The CPN Project is researching and developing an improved personal news offer, enabling economic impact for large and small news publishers. WAN-IFRA’s Global Alliance for Media Innovation has joined the project to connect it with its network of media professionals that could benefit from it.
Building the future of journalism by organising journalism Hackathons where multidisciplinary teams of designers, coders and journalists work together.
Short for ‘In video veritas’ (in video, there is truth), InVID is creating a platform that allows journalists to verify video content from social networks more easily.
The Brown Institute’s mission is to explore new forms of storytelling, with the intent of furthering both engineering research and journalistic practice.
The Media Maker Space is deliberately not called a ‘Lab’, because they’re looking for co-creation rather than grand solutions.
With over 10 years of experience, J-Lab is one of the oldest digital media innovation institutions. It offers media organisations training and support to develop new ways of reporting and engaging with their audiences.