Noise & Signal

Knowing when to adopt new tech, and when to ignore it

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Who are we… who we are

Natasha Vicens @khantasha�PublicSource

Alexandra Kanik @act_rational�Louisville Public Media

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Goals for this session

Come up with strategies to identify when and when not to adopt new technology or tools in your newsroom.

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Code of conduct for this session

• Beware of jargon and acronyms (not everyone knows what they are). If you use it, just explain it if you can.
• Be empathetic and compassionate.

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Who are you?

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Small group intro - 5 min

Name

Where you work

If you’ve been to SRCCON before

What you’re excited about right now (in life, at SRCCON, what you’re having for dinner tonight)

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Individual brainstorm - 5 min

Create two lists,

• Tech/tools/languages that you’ve successfully adopted into workflow.
• Tech/tools/languages that you tried but could not adopt, for whatever reason.

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These can be tech tools, project management tools, programming languages, data tools… any tools you use for your job.

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Share your tools with your group!

5 min

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Individual/Group brainstorm - 10-15 min

Pick one tool/technology from each list and write down why you did or did not adopt those tools. Try to include:

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• How you heard about the tool
• What problem was it supposed to solve?
• What were the biggest struggles?
• Why did you adopt the tool? OR Why did you not adopt the tool?

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Big group sharing - 10 min

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Let’s make a tool-adoption checklist template!

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