Newsroom automation: while the efficiency savings of newsroom automation remain as desirable as ever, what it actually means in practise, has changed--or needs to change--beyond all recognition.(news room)
Asia Image, March, 2006 by Dean, Richard
Manufacturers often use phrases such as 'paradigm shift' when referring to technical innovations, but for once the hyperbole may be justified, especially when it comes to newsroom operations.
For one thing over a dozen newsroom firms such as NewStar and Basys have come and gone or been swallowed up by the major brands over the last couple of decades, with Comprompter of the US, the last independent newsroom company, and still with the original developer, Ralph King, as its president.
The most visible change is from physical video media to files, and it all begins with pulling ...
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