Developing Newsroom Tools - Then, Now, Next

How the Financial Times has evolved its approach to developing tools in a business critical environment.

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1. Developing Newsroom tools - Then, Now, Next Jason Mackie - 24th May 2018
2. Editorial Technology Jason Mackie jason.mackie@ft.com @mackie_jas Engineering Manager
4. “To provide the FT newsroom with tools to produce richer journalism for our readers by improving digital workflows and deepening journalists’ engagement with our audience.”
7. Key figures
8. Digital consumption
10. Editorial Technology philosophy 1. Create tools that make digital journalism easier 2. Creating content with the end channel in mind (Customer and Editorial) 3. Create systems with geography in mind
12. “Making things work does not mean they are working” - Me
19. Development Quality Assurance Change Management Architecture Support Operations Eidos Contractors
20. The Newsroom
21. “Any transition is easier if you believe in yourself and your talent” - Priyanka Chopra
26. Development Quality Assurance Change Management Architecture Support Operations
27. The Newsroom - Transition
31. “Assumptions are made and most assumptions are wrong” - Albert Einstein
32. Development Architecture QA Operations Support Change Man. Business & Stakeholders
33. The Newsroom - Now
34. • Charting Tool • Analytics Tool • Advertising Material Upload • Janet Bot (Machine learning!) • Blogs platform • Image Library • Spell/Grammar checking • Video publishing tool • Metadata tool • 128 year old archive • Vendors: Eidos, Slack, Asana, Tansa, Fotoware • … and more Products we own
41. “If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely” - Seth Godin
49. The Newsroom - Next
51. Key Points - Business Leaders 1. Trust your developers with innovation 2. Get your developers as close to the business as possible 3. Minimise constraints
52. Key Points - Technical Leaders 1. Review your processes and minimise 2. Be ready to take things on outside of comfort zone 3. Innovation is fun
53. Thanks! I’m happy to chat about anything covered here - ask me now or get in touch Jason Mackie jason.mackie@ft.com @mackie_jas Engineering Manager WE ARE HIRING : https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/companies/financial-times