Collect, verify and analyse data for better conflict and disaster reporting. Today's technology allows us to gather and investigate on the ground reports of conflict and disasters without physically e...
Steve Buttry
Steve Buttry is digital transformation editor for Digital First Media. He oversees efforts to transform newsroom operations and culture to more effectively pursue our digital goals. His duties include responsibility for social media and community engagement. He has visited most DFM newsrooms personally, leading workshops and coaching editors and other journalists in following the Digital First approach.
In a journalism career of more than 40 years, Buttry has been an editor, reporter and writing coach for seven U.S. newspapers and was Director of Community Engagement for TBD.com. He was named Editor of the Year in 2010 by Editor & Publisher magazine for his work as editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
He worked at the American Press Institute for three years and was a key contributor in the teaching, promotion and research for the Newspaper Next project.
His blog, The Buttry Diary, has been named one of the 10 best blogs on the future of the news business.
Buttry has pursued his journalism career in U.S. 44 states, nine Canadian provinces, Ireland, Venezuela, Mexico, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador and Siberia. He and his wife, Mimi, live in Herndon, Va. They have three grown sons and two granddaughters.
The Online News Association recently formed a working group of journalists who deal with user-generated content to discuss the ethics and standards of digital and social newsgathering. The first step ...
Verification Handbook: a definitive guide to verifying digital content for emergency coverage
The Verification Handbook is a groundbreaking new resource for journalists and aid responders, which provides step-by-step guidelines for using user-generated content (UGC) during emergencies. Publish...
If newspapers are "zombies", journalism wants to survive and prosper. Economic sustainability is the philosopher's stone that everyone is still searching for, starting from one certainty; in a digital...
In March 2011 The New York Times introduced a metered paywall similar to the system used for years by The Financial Times. In October 2012 the Swiss NZZ set up its own paywall. Many other newspapers...
Presentation by Steve Buttry, introduction by Marina Petrillo. With the drive for more content, aggregation reigns. But when are you aggregating too fast, too much or too close to the original stor...
As print revenues and circulations fall, media groups are looking for alternative revenue streams to safeguard their future. One of the most popular is the desire to build communities of interest am...
As news industry globalisation races on at full steam the resilience and indeed the growing success of hyperlocal news might appear paradoxical. What’s its secret? Much emphasis is given to the no...