Digital media is now the number one source for breaking news, which poses problems for traditional print newspapers and magazines. That's why several publications had to make the switch from paper to the Web in order to survive in the industry, but it was much harder than it sounded. Journalists who used their own reporting and article writing methods had to completely revamp the system to keep up with the time-sensitive and fast-paced nature of digital media.
Bangor Daily turkey customer email list News, a news site based in Maine, had to quickly incorporate a new tool into the workplace that allows journalists and writers to work with ease. Online editor William Davis shared:
“We chose Google Docs purely for its ease of use and collaboration tools. We wanted a place where journalists could work on their stories easily from wherever they were – we have quite a few offices and our reporters often file from events. The collaboration tools are fabulous and have really proven to be useful, for example when we are editing stories under tight deadlines or when journalists are working on stories together. On election day, we had three journalists in different campaign headquarters all working on one document, and it worked really well.”
As for the process of going from idea to published web article, journalists start their stories in Google Docs and then place them in the appropriate folder according to their category. Next, editors will read it and then move it to text editing. Then, finally, a digital editor reviews it before sending it to WordPress.
With this system, Google Docs works like an assembly line factory, where all team members from different positions can come to work, find what they need, and move on to the next step. Not only is this more time-efficient, it's also much more organized and less likely to lose documents.
