Touchable video, sensor journalism and the mobile transition 4/7/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we see how Cinematique adds touch-screen interaction to video, how sensors are being employed to create new kinds of journalism and how some news organizations are shifting their thinking toward mobile audiences.

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Newspaper video that takes on TV; inside news curation apps 3/26/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we see how one newspaper hopes to compete with local television with breaking news video; and we learn more about the role of news curation apps.

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SXSWi recap and text searches for audio and video 3/21/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we present some key takeaways from the annual South by Southwest Interactive Conference in Austin, Texas. We also visit a startup that is making it possible to add a text search function to audio and video files.

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A tool for interactive video and an experiment in augmented reality 3/17/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we show you a tool for creating interactive video and learn how a group of journalism students are informing people via augmented reality.

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Single-topic apps, a new revenue idea and a union of arts and civic problem solving 3/10/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we learn from The Denver Post's experience developing single-topic mobile apps, hear about Geekwire's new revenue stream and explore Crosscut's hybrid of arts coverage and community engagement in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

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Educational content, newsroom strategies, plus LinkedIn 3/3/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we see what the newsroom at KQED public media is doing to serve the education market, we hear about newspaper strategy from an executive at Lee Enterprises and we learn how the professional networking site LinkedIn can be used to help report and disseminate news.

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Personalization ideas from The Washington Post and iStrategyLabs 2/19/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we explore personalized experiences with news and advertising, as envisioned by leaders at The Washington Post and iStrategyLabs.

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Multi-camera mobile video, managing social content and website push notifications 2/12/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this Futures Lab update, the Reynolds Journalism Institute explores technologies for combining video footage from multiple smartphones, finding and managing content from social media, and pushing notifications to readers on desktop and laptop computers.

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NPR's connected-car app, Project Thunderdome and customized streams 2/12/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we learn how NPR got an app into General Motors Co.'s Internet-enabled cars, we check in on Digital First Media's Project Thunderdome and we take a look at one of the newest tablet news reader apps.

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Accelerating media startups at Matter, and mobile innovation from Adobe 1/29/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, the Reynolds Journalism Institute looks at how the start-up accelerator Matter nurtures media innovation, and how software giant Adobe is approaching the mobile platform.

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