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A Story-Centric Workflow
using Collective Story Bins
Today, every large news organisation is witnessing a massive change
in how the news is distributed and consumed, admits Igor Petrov,
Business Development Manager, ANNOVA Systems...

T

he younger generations of viewers
tend to avoid watching TV as
traditional, broadcast shows. This
means that the audience for news
cannot grow - instead it is aging and
slowly decreasing for natural reasons.
Beyond siloed newscreation environments
Of course, most broadcasters today
have dedicated TV, radio and online
teams. Typically, the first focus will be
on primetime news and the latter play
a supporting role in news production,
as well as being responsible for
taking care of new or future online
distribution channels. The reality of
this, unfortunately, is that it is quite
common that communication between
online and TV teams is poor. The
natural result of this is that multiple
people work on the same news topic
- sometimes without knowing of each

other's existence. The end result
is duplicated work and different
outputs.
This duplication of effort and
inconsistent
news
narrative
can only be avoided by having
all teams working in a single
environment, where users can
see the work of other members
across the team in real-time and
use this information to inform
and improve their own work. Such an
environment would suit individual
workflows whether for TV, radio
or online. Where stories exist, the
solution would also display when it is
planned for broadcast and for which
channel.
Story Bins - at the Core of
Modern Workflows
Working directly with its customers,
ANNOVA Systems recently introduced

the concept of the "Story Bin",
which collects all relevant story data
to improve workflow cooperation
between the teams and connect
multiple departments in a united
cross-media newsroom. The Story
Bin sits at the core of a story-centric
workflow and serves multiple needs at
the same time.
In practical terms, the story bin is
a collection of story elements from

disparate sources, e.g. agency
feeds, contacts, links or media
files. It contains a list of assigned
tasks or allocated resources, such
as the ENG team or NLE suite. It
also tracks all changes made by
the members of each team, as well
as making it possible to revert it to
an earlier state at any time.
In providing a broader view, each
story bin contains the links to all
instances of the story as they have
appeared on TV, radio, online or social
media. This allows journalists to review
up-to-the minute story coverage just
as easily as reviewing archive material,
if needed, from months or years
earlier.
Meet ANNOVA at NAB 2018 booth
SU6710 to see the story-centric
workflow in action.
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