When we think about interaction with our news audience, there are many different ways we can interact. The first part is an important part of your shifts in the newsroom:
Listening and engaging in conversation. We’ve had many wonderful little moments on the KOMU Facebook page that show this type of interaction.
This type of interaction is only the beginning. Think about how we’ve brought interaction to broadcast using Google+. (Here’s a look at our Emmy winning show where we had a Cyber Shave.)
But wait. There’s more. Here are some cool tools you can try to add interactivity to our content on KOMU.com:
Infographics
Easel.ly
Infogr.am
ThingLink
Meograph
Online Journalism Awards
Breaking News – WNYC – Hurricane Irene
Congressional Primaries
Christchurch Earthquake
Connecting Music and Gesture – New York Times
Gay Rights in the U.S. – The Guardian
All of the winners are listed here.
Check out some other interactive items I dig.
Also – here is a great collection of information from this Online News Association conference.