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Ouest Médialab: a cluster and independent media lab that supports the regional digital transition

With a geographical focus on West France, Ouest Médialab brings together a variety of actors around digital innovation projects in the regions Pays de la Loire and Bretagne.

RED/ACCION: both a formal innovation lab and daily experimentation in the newsroom

It’s important to have the space, the resources and the time to experiment and learn on a daily basis in the newsroom. “We don’t want the Maker Lab to be the only place where experimentation and learning take place”, says Chani Guyot.

“Stick to the method and do it by the book, at least in the beginning”

Five questions to Clemens Prerovsky (CDO) about ongoing projects, lessons learned and best practices at the APA-medialab.

FranceTV Lab: testing new tools in the lab first to facilitate adoption in the newsroom

In the lab, FranceTV tests new tools and learns how to use them before introducing them to the newsroom. A way to spread the digital culture among journalists, who tend to be conservative and not always open to new ways of working.

WAN-IFRA condemns murder of El Comercio journalists in Ecuador

WAN-IFRA condemns murder of El Comercio journalists in Ecuador

Media and Democracy: research and innovation to strengthen journalism, public discourse and democracy

Media organisations, academics and public institutions work together on experimental innovation and research at Lindholmen Science Park.

Media Lab Days Munich: sharing best practices and brainstorming about looking outwards

The second edition of GAMI’s Media Lab Days brought together Innovation Labs from print media, broadcast organisations, universities and the Bavarian filmcenter, hosted by Media Lab Bayern in Munich.

Next Media Accelerator: the German Press Agency accelerating media and marketing start-ups in Hamburg

“But working with start-ups can never replace doing innovation within your own company; you need both,” says Meinolf Ellers (dpa).

EPFL+ECAL Lab: innovations should feel natural to users to be sustainable

Innovation is not about impressing people with the latest technologies. For the EPFL+ECAL Lab, an innovation is successful if a user forgets about the technology and instead focuses on the content.

Swiss daily Blick produces special ‘King Roger’ issue

Swiss daily Blick produces special ‘King Roger’ issue