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Human Centered Journalism: Changing News with Design Thinking

Event Interactive 2011
Format Panel
Organizer Andrew Haeg Public Insight Network
Description If you want to create an indispensable product you need a deep understanding of the folks you're making it for. That's the backbone of an idea called design thinking. The same holds true for journalism. Hear how newsrooms across the country have explored this approach to covering under-served communities using everything from text messages to sidewalk chalk.
Questions
Answered
  1. What is design thinking?
  2. How do you adapt the process behind design thinking to journalism?
  3. What new methods of gathering news have been developed using this process?
  4. What new methods of distributing news have been developed using this process?
  5. How can newsrooms try this on their own quickly and with results?
Level Intermediate
Category Journalism
Tags design thinking, journalism, public media