Author Archives: Jennifer Pagliaro
Oh yeah: The history of Strike Situation
Here is the recounting of the (extremely short) history of Strike Situation. As beneficial as it is for us to document our beginnings, I hope it may add to the discussion on news start-ups and the future of online news.
Recently, I focused on the technological aspects and challenges of starting Strike Situation. This post will offer more context of how we launched and maintained the site.
In the beginning
On Nov. 4, Scott and I made preparations for launch. It was a Thursday and we had just decided that the next Monday would be lift-off.
Newsroom in a cloud
In a way, I was trained for this.
As a twenty-something, hyper-connected journalism student, I often find myself lumped in to whatever social stereotype classifies “our generation” these days. We’re the Youtube generation. We’re the Twitter, Facebook generation. We’re also the “me,” generation. Maybe we’re the Meme generation.
And yet, the biggest challenge we faced at strikesituation.com wasn’t talent or dedication, funds or manpower. It was communication.
When you’re building a newsroom in a cloud, you start to miss the connectivity of face-to-face news hounding.
I’ve worked in several newsrooms over the past four years, most of them physical, albeit antiquated, spaces.