News needs to go Netflix
“The bundle is king, he says. I'm not so sure. I think matching your content to your customers' behaviours is more important”
Why journalists need to think like fighter pilots
“If you're in the business of making, reacting to or explaining the news, you need to organise the incoming information so you can sift effectively, be agile enough to shift your direction, and free enough to readjust at the same pace as the news.”
The SEC, Twitter, and unknowable 'known knowns'
“Joe Trader was being asked to ignore, or 'unknow', this information until the institutional trader could catch up via a traditional release on a traditional channel. It was, for a short time, an unknowable known.”
Go long, journalism. Go long. Just not every day.
“The way people consume news corresponds directly to how much competition there is for their available time.”
News is like cycling
Reporting breaking news is like cycling a fast downhill on a road bike. Reporting news at a traditional pace is like mountain biking down a trail.