This document discusses how a newsroom approach can enable loyalty through effective communication. It notes that the communication landscape has dramatically changed, with many channels and messages. A newsroom centralizes topic management across channels to ensure one consistent voice. An important part of loyalty is interaction, so the media manager's role is becoming a social listener - actively monitoring discussions, asking for feedback, and engaging where stakeholders are. A newsroom approach sees communication as an ongoing dialogue through listening, processing information, and ensuring the organization's positions are heard.
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1.1. Rahmenbedingungen
Reputation: Der gute Ruf
Hill & Knowlton / MORI: Return on Reputation, 2006, (n=282 Analysts)
…and build bridges.
Source: Fotolia.com
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Instagram,Blogs,
Facebook,
YouTube, LinkedIn,
Google, Twitter
Online dominates
everyday life
Journalism is losing
its analytical
autonomy
Topic management
becomes a crucial success
factor
Communication habits change
Information
overload
Content is
redundant Many senders.
Many recipients
In this dynamic environment we have to assure loyalty.
Dramatic movements in the communication market
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Dramatic movements in the communication market
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/henry-blodget-14-things-youll-want-to-know-
about-the-future-of-media-ignition-2017-2017-11
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Dramatic movements in the communication market
Source: marketingcharts/Zenith
https://www.marketingcharts.com/industries/media-and-entertainment-83605
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Dramatic movements in the communication market
Source: Reuters Digital News Report 2018
http://media.digitalnewsreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/digital-news-report-2018.pdf
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Users want to read stories
Source: GlobalWebIndex Q3 2016; https://www.demandmetric.com/content/content-
marketing-infographic
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§ Do we actually steer communication?
§ Do we have a one voice policy?
§ Can we communicate all relevant topics through all reasonable media
to every desired target group?
§ Do we think in topics or do we think in channels?
§ Can we communicate 24/7?
Rethinking communication: Where we come from
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§ Less is more: We devote our slender resources reasonable
through every channel.
§ We are known as a qualified partner, in public.
§ We communicate actively.
§ We see communication as a dynamic process of change.
Rethinking communication: What we gain
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channel 1
A great many of messages. They are sent through different channels to
different target groups.
channel 2 channel 3
How we work today
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… and what we want to achieve.
Topic management
Set topics and steer
communication.
Transparency
Open dialogue,
efficient processes.
One Voice
Speak with one voice.
Integration
Communication
beyond all media
channels.
Source: Christoph Moss: Der Newsroom in der
Unternehmenskommunikation
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§ Engagement requires dialogue and interaction.
§ Analytics is all about analyzing the engagement of our users.
§ What is our engagement rate?
§ Are we inviting our stakeholders to
enter into a dialogue?
§ Are we really listening to them?
Media Manager becomes a Social Listener
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Dialogue: The process of listening and interacting
• Map Stakeholders
• Update criteria
• Identify new topics
• Find topics
• Analyse sentiment
• Identify players
• Storytelling
• Make statements
• Share positions
Listen
Process
information
Be
heard
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§ Dialogue and interaction: Surf the agenda and enter the conversation
§ Take dialogue partners seriously: Ask for and use feedback
§ Community management: Listen to what your users say
§ Dialogue and Targeting: Search for spots where discourses take place
§ Monitoring: Look out for topics (e.g. via hashtags)
Consistent interaction is a USP
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Dialogue: major principles
Don‘t declare
Listen and
engage
Act like a person
Go where your
stakeholders are
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