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Al Shaw
August 31, 2012
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August 31, 2012
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Transcript
Al Shaw News Apps Developer ProPublica @A_L Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires.
Aug., 2012
What is a news application?
Telling a story in software instead of words and pictures
Readers become Users
How did we get here?
In the beginning
CAR
News Apps
Following the web
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Web page Web app
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Why?
Why?
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This is a good thing for deadlines.
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And with the CAR guys
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News page News app
Readers have become Users
Readers expect to be Users
Readers expect to be Users { We call these ‘do-something’
boxes }
Anatomy
Anatomy Far Near Lede
Apps generate stories
Apps generate stories Text
News Apps
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Sometimes stories generate apps which generate more stories
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How do I start?
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Program in anger – DHH
Thank you. @A_L propublica.org/tools