1. Competencies for a new age Web+10 Manifesto February 2, 2005 Poynter Institute St. Petersburg, FL

2. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Information Gathering Engage: We believe journalists must have the patience and ability to seek, understand and interact with audiences, critics, peers, colleagues and strangers. I am plugged into my community

3. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Information Gathering Audience: Journalists must be able to identify and know the communities they serve and the audiences they seek. I am plugged into my community

4. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Information Gathering Search Basics: Journalists must have a clear understanding of the logic and language of computer searches. I am plugged into my community

5. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Story Telling Multi-media fluency: Journalists should understand the use of visuals, audio, text and software tools to tell the story.. I THINK about how I present my story

6. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Story Telling Platform fluency: Journalists should be able to tell the story across all delivery channels.. I THINK about how I present my story

7. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Technical Skills Technical Literacy: Journalists should know the uses, functionality and potential of the technologies used to communicate.. I can still tell a story in HTML.

8. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Technical Skills Number crunching: Journalists should have comfort with the language of numbers as well as the language of words.. I can still tell a story in HTML.

9. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Ethical Skills Diversity: Journalists must be inclusive rather than exclusive to people, cultures, ideas and technology.. I dig old school journalism

10. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Ethical Skills Principle: Journalists must always hold true to and champion the principles of truth, accuracy and fairness. I dig old school journalism

11. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Ethical Skills Transparency: Journalists should explain to the public why and how we do what we do.. I dig old school journalism

12. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Critical thinking Innovation: Innovation: Journalists must pursue new ideas, approaches and technologies.. Knowledge is Power

13. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Critical thinking Synthesis: Journalists must be capable of synthesizing concepts, philosophies, trends and facts.. Knowledge is Power

14. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Organizational skills Business literacy: Journalists should have a basic understanding of the accepted principles of accounting, of financial documentation and of budgeting.. Math. I get it.

15. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Organizational skills Product development: Journalists must have the ability to imagine, plan for and implement new journalistic products and processes.. Reporting is more than writing down your observations Math. I get it.

16. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Organizational skills Collaboration: Journalists must be able to collaborate with colleagues, with the public and with other professions.. Math. I get it.

17. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Web+10: Lighting a fire The Poynter Institute called representatives of the media, digital technology industry and academia together Jan. 30 - Feb. 2, 2005 for gathering.” “You were selected to come not because you are seeking new insights but because you are full of hard-won insights from your years of experience. This conference is intended not to be instructional, but incendiary. We need to light a fire under the news industry.”

18. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Web+10: Goals Howard Finberg’s goal was to produce a digital journalism manifesto – “one that we can stand by, believe in, and shake in the face of those who need to be shaken.” The manifesto for digital news was to inspire with its logic and passion to “cause the sage to rub their chins and nod, the resistant to furrow their brows and think, the hesitant to stand tall.”

19. C ompetencies Web+10 Manifesto Poynter Institute February 2005 Web+10: The Teams Seven teams were formed to examine core areas of digital media Content  Customers Competition Community Credibility Corporate Structure  Competencies Read a report at http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=56&aid=78014 http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=56&aid=78014