Workflows for the post-industrial journalism: Methods and tools to promote a more agile and transversal organizational communication

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https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2019.sep.14

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Media, Media innovation, Organizational innovation, Organizational communication, Workflows, Agile methodologies, Project management, Design thinking, Lean startup, Scrum, Extreme programming, Crystal, Kanban, Scrumban.

Abstract

Media seek to survive in a scenario of constant and dramatic changes. News organizations introduce flexible workflows in their newsrooms to reduce uncertainty and to adapt to the environment. In this paper, we propose a conceptual model that identifies two groups of practices: 1) methods for designing and creating products, which allow to launch assets that continually evolve to meet the changing needs of users; and 2), agile methodologies to manage the daily work, which allow a more fluid and transversal organizational communication and, consequently, a better coordination between professionals and teams. In addition, we provide a specific set of examples of each type of workflow, and we also explore the relationship between both. Finally, we collect a varied range of technological tools that facilitate flexibility and communication.

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Author Biographies

José-Marí­a Valero-Pastor, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

Personal investigador en el Departamento de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas. Doctorando del Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales y Jurí­dicas de la Universidad Miguel Hernández.

Miguel Carvajal-Prieto, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

Profesor Contratado Doctor, Director del Máster en Innovación en Periodismo y Vicedecano de Proyección del Grado de Periodismo de la Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche.Flujos de trabajo para el periodismo postindustrial: métodos y herramientas para fomentar una comunicación organizacional más ágil y transversal

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2019-10-17

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Valero-Pastor, J.-M., Carvajal-Prieto, M., & Garcí­a-Avilés, J.-A. (2019). Workflows for the post-industrial journalism: Methods and tools to promote a more agile and transversal organizational communication. Profesional De La información, 28(5). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2019.sep.14

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Vol. 28 No. 5 (2019): Comunicación organizacional / Organizational communication

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