Find out how to make your news stories more engaging from this workshop at the Asian American Journalists Association Convention 2013.

1. Ten Ways to Make Your
Story More Engaging
AAJA Convention 2013
New York
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2. Speakers
Sharon Pian Chan
@sharonpianchan
Associate Opinions Editor, Seattle Times
Mandy Jenkins
@mjenkins
Interactives editor, Digital First Media
George Kiriyama
@georgekiriyama
News Reporter, NBC Bay Area News
Jamshid Mousavinezhad
@newsday
Editor in Chief, Newsday.com
Ruth Spencer
@ruths
Community Coordinator, Guardian U.S.
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3. 1. Value the
reader/listener/viewer
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4. Ask for and value user
contributions
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5. Make it prominent
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6. Feature what users share
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7. 2. Broadcast with them:
Google Hangout

8. Google Hangouts
www.google.com/hangouts
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9. 3. Order from chaos:
Structured comments

10. Structured comments ask and ye shall receive
The ask:
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11. Structured comments ask and ye shall receive
More comments per page
Useful contributions for reporting
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12. 4. Follow them:
Tumblr

13. Tumblr: make it social
http://english2english.theguardian.com #eng2eng
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14. 5. Your Swiss army
knife: The many uses of
Google Forms

15. The many faces of Google forms
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16. The many uses of Google forms
Add perspective to your stories:
http://gu.com/p/3fbfk
http://gu.com/p/3e4bn
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17. The many uses of Google forms
Create stand-alone features:
http://gu.com/p/3fhqk http://gu.com/p/3dngy
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18. The many uses of Google forms
Create a network:
http://gu.com/p/3gzh9
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19. Google Forms + Mapalist
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20. 6. Map it:
Google Maps

21. Google Forms + Maps
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22. Google Forms + Maps
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23. Crowdmap & Ushahidi
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24. 7. Be there with them:
In real life

25. Meet Readers IRL

26. More Ways to Meet Readers IRL
Office hours and meetups in the community
Public spaces in the newsroom
Open news meetings
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27. 8. Talk them:
Live chats

28. Live chats
www.scribblelive.com
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29. 9. Show them:
Photos

30. Instagram, Flickr, Twitter, email
http://seati.ms/ido74

31. Tumblr photo submissions
http://peepscontest2013.seattletimes.com/
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32. 10. Be a newsroom
advocate for engagement

33. Be a newsroom advocate for users
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34. Keep diversity in mind!
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35. Top Ten Ways to Engage
1. Value your reader/viewer/listener contributions
2. Google Hangouts
3. Structured comments
4. Tumblr
5. Google Forms
6. Crowdsourced maps
7. In real life
8. Live chats
9. Photo campaigns
10. Be a newsroom advocate

36. URLs: bit.ly/aajatop10links
Slideshow: bit.ly/aajatop10recap
Sharon Pian Chan
@sharonpianchan
Associate Opinions Editor, Seattle Times
Mandy Jenkins
@mjenkins
Interactives editor, Digital First Media
George Kiriyama
@georgekiriyama
News Reporter, NBC Bay Area News
Jamshid Mousavinezhad
@newsday
Editor in Chief, Newsday.com
Ruth Spencer
@ruths
Community Coordinator, Guardian U.S.