Staying Ahead of the Game with outstanding product development
Opening event for the Product Development Series
This virtual event was held on 2 November 2021
Product development has become critical to news media. Therefore, at NWE Academy we plan to offer a whole series of events and workshops on the topic of product development, specially designed for media houses that either want to start with product development or want to deepen their knowledge and practical skills in this area.
To the media industry, product development is quite new. Nevertheless, product development is at the core of any monetization strategy for media houses, it is indispensable.
What is a media product? It used to be quite simple: the media product used to be a newspaper for many centuries.
Today, digital products like newsletters, mobile apps, chat bots, project and event sites, and endless other formats are thinkable.
We will take a close look at what enables news media companies to create innovative and profitable products fast, which new roles emerge and how those products fit within the overall strategy.
Outstanding Product Development – Watch the Event Video recording
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These topics were discussed
- What is product development for media?
- What are best methods and why it is better to test before you invest?
- Why content and product are one and how knowing your user needs can support your product.
- What is a good mobile strategy and how to create great mobile products
- Reinventing local media through user engagement
Why you should think about product development, too
Digital products require a different set of skills than those of a traditional reporter or editor.
This new role of product management as it relates to journalism, brings with it a new realm of functions and responsibilities in the service of digital platforms, products, data, and engagement. In addition to managing the technical aspects of a product, a product manager must also define the product’s role in the strategy of an organization.
Therefore, a product management mindset for the entire organization is increasingly important. The product manager broadly influences an organization’s commitment to innovation and digital culture, making it a valuable and critical function.
Watch the video and read the report to be inspired by best practice cases from top media and product development experts worldwide:
- Mobile Strategy & Products
- Customer Engagement & Product
- Local Media Product Development
these expert speakers Shared their Knowledge
Julia Shalet
Product Doctor, Award-Winning Author, Lecturer at the University College, Course Director with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK
Julia Shalet is an acclaimed innovator helping people to move forward with their ideas, aswell as the award-winning author of The Really Good Idea Test (Pearson). She is a lecturer at the University College, and a Course Director with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).
Kara Chiles
Vice President Consumer Products at Gannett, USA
Kara leads the consumer product management team responsible for the largest network of national news outlets of more than 200 properties. Responsible for full product lifecycle, strategic development and optimization of experiences for web, video, native apps, newsletters and voice.
Ana Bakalinova
Head of Product at dmg media, UK
Ana is Head of Product at dmg media UK. She is a senior strategic thinker at the intersection of editorial, technology and product development and is an experienced and entrepreneurial manager of people and digital products. She was Women in Product Europe finalist in 2019. Her expertise reaches from digital product management, content syndication, newsroom platforms to broadcast media.
Max Franke
Managing Director, Axel Springer Audio, Germany
Max has already demonstrated his enthusiasm for audio already at Rolling Stone and Metal Hammer. As COO of Media Pioneer he has impressively proved that that premium audio is also a future-oriented business model.
Lianne Kerlin
Senior Research Scientist at BBC, UK
Lianne leads the BBC R&D human values team that works on putting audiences’ core values at the heart of shaping future media services. With her team they guide BBC teams to be human values-driven in their innovations, create bespoke tools for the creative process, and provide structure for evaluating products, services, and experiences using the human values framework. She is a psychologist who is passionate about enhancing experiences in a digital world and is deeply interested in providing new ways to measure value in a digital world.
Her research interests lie largely in understanding the impact of digital technology on people and societies, spans areas around human values, ethics, and metrics, as well as using positive psychology to connect create positive outcomes and valued experiences for people.
Dmitry Shishkin
Digital Transformation & Content Strategy Expert, UK
Dmitry is an award-winning, experienced C-level leader, specializing in digital transformation, content strategy, change and culture management, and innovation in a global setting.
Report ProDuct Development – Free Download
Report from our New World Encounters Event
“Staying Ahead of the Game with Outstanding Product Development”
The report has been published beginning of February 2022 and is available for free.
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