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== Ongoing work on archiving news apps == | |||
Thanks to all the participants at the Newseum on March 2. That event was just the start. The teams on that day committed to a few concrete outcomes to continue work in this area. | |||
=== Commitments === | |||
* Blog post documenting best practices that teams can adopt right now - team lead by Brian Boyer, to be written by? | |||
* Blog post describing [http://bit.ly/newsappmodel news apps framework] developed by Scott Klein's team - to be written by? | |||
* Analyze a few existing news apps to document their dependencies - team led by Ted Han, to be done by? | |||
* Develop a questionnaire to figure out best formats to address/recommend - team led by Aurelia Moser | |||
* Develop strategies for incentivizing buy-in, including supporting development of a platform for tracking quantitative measures and events - team led by Ira Chinoy | |||
=== Ongoing work === | |||
There's a lot of work happening in this area. A couple relevant opportunities that arose since the designathon: | |||
* [https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/capturing-and-preserving-the-first-draft-of-history-in-the-digital-environment/ Newspaper Research Journal edition on digital preservation] (possible place to publish a white paper coming out of these discussions) | |||
* [http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2014/02/call-for-proposals-digital-preservation-2014/ Digital Preservation Meeting at the Library of Congress] | |||
* [please add other resources and events] | |||
=== Communications channels === | |||
We've created a [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/app-archive Google Group] so folks can keep in touch. The #apparchive hashtag can also be used to flag links and topics of interest. | |||
=== Check in === | |||
We'll share the results of the designathon and follow-up work during the [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/opennews-calls-Apr2 April 2 OpenNews community call] and discuss how to continue involvement for people not at the designathon. | |||
== NICAR/Newseum News Apps Archiving Designathon == | == NICAR/Newseum News Apps Archiving Designathon == | ||
With news nerds from around the country visiting Baltimore for [https://ire.org/conferences/nicar-2014/ NICAR], we thought it'd be a great chance to gather folks for some hands-on work after the conference. The Newseum in DC was kind enough to offer to host this event. | With news nerds from around the country visiting Baltimore for [https://ire.org/conferences/nicar-2014/ NICAR], we thought it'd be a great chance to gather folks for some hands-on work after the conference. The Newseum in DC was kind enough to offer to host this event. | ||
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This event is co-sponsored by [http://opennews.org/ Knight-Mozilla OpenNews] [https://twitter.com/opennews @opennews], [http://www.newseum.org/ the Newseum] ([https://twitter.com/newseum @newseum]), and [http://popuparchive.org Pop Up Archive] ([http://twitter.com/popuparchive @popuparchive]). | This event is co-sponsored by [http://opennews.org/ Knight-Mozilla OpenNews] [https://twitter.com/opennews @opennews], [http://www.newseum.org/ the Newseum] ([https://twitter.com/newseum @newseum]), and [http://popuparchive.org Pop Up Archive] ([http://twitter.com/popuparchive @popuparchive]). | ||
Please [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nicarnewseum-news-apps-archiving-designathon-tickets-4622690592?err=29 RSVP for the event]. | |||
=== Logistics === | === Logistics === | ||
* <b>Where:</b> Newseum [http://www.newseum.org/plan-your-visit/directions/index.html 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001] USA | * <b>Where:</b> Newseum [http://www.newseum.org/plan-your-visit/directions/index.html 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001] USA | ||
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*** ONA winners | *** ONA winners | ||
*** HomicideWatch | *** HomicideWatch | ||
** Sample works and technical architectures (from Data Journalism Awards) | |||
*** [http://connectedchina.reuters.com/ ConnectedPRC] | |||
**** TSV/JSON invoked by JavaScript libraries (difficulty: difficult) | |||
*** [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973 Great British Class Calculator] | |||
**** Almost entirely HTML5 (difficulty: probably easy) | |||
** Other possibilities: https://source.opennews.org/en-US/code/ | ** Other possibilities: https://source.opennews.org/en-US/code/ | ||
* What are some topics we could brainstorm on for the day? | * What are some topics we could brainstorm on for the day? | ||
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==== Your Blogs ==== | ==== Your Blogs ==== | ||
If you're blogging about the event, please link to it here. | If you're blogging about the event, please link to it here. | ||
Here are the notes from the group discussing [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/newseum-archive context and metadata.] | |||
Some background on [http://erikaowens.com/blog/smart-people-working-tough-problem-nicar-news-apps-archive-designathon how this event came about]. | Some background on [http://erikaowens.com/blog/smart-people-working-tough-problem-nicar-news-apps-archive-designathon how this event came about]. | ||