What media companies must do now to embrace the evolving discipline of product to delight customers and grow business
Scope of the Initiative
Product methods and team structures
Who makes the decisions: editors, product people or both? A review of working models, teams, structures and shifting company cultures.
Setting strategies, priorities, goals
Working across so much of the business, creating, and communicating plans to keep everything on track is essential.
Measurement and KPIs
Product has introduced a metric-driven approach that can be at odds with the gut-feel culture of the newsroom.
Prototyping and experimentation
Expert tips for experiments, prototypes and testing to ensure product/market fit with the audience.
Working with stakeholders
Presenting to product stakeholders. With so many stakeholders that have different needs, how can you build a compelling case for product innovation?
Ways to Connect
Newsletter
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Slack channel
A place to share experiences both privately and publicly. Sign up here
Video meet-ups
Join product peers for practical members-only video meet-ups. See schedule here
Master Class
Link to the best product minds, exchange ideas at our December Master Class, Methodologies To Launch and Innovate Products. See schedule here
Summit
Tape into the “state of product” in news media at the Product and Data For Media Summit in October. See plans here.
BLOGS
Thought leadership and insights into product at media companies are featured in regular blogs. Click here to view.
Upcoming Product Initiative Events
Product Initiative Meet-Up: The Really Good Idea Test with the Product Doctor
May 26 | Meet-Up
Product Initiative Meet-Up: Is Content the Product?
July 07 | Meet-Up
September Product Initiative Meet-Up: Identifying True Innovation Amidst Shiny New Things
September 15 | Meet-Up
Product and Data For Media Summit
October 05-19 | Conference
November Product Initiative Meet-Up: If I Did it All Again
November 10 | Meet-Up
Mission
What do news organisations need to do to create, deliver, and innovate the best possible products for their audiences? As news organisations expand across platforms, product roles have become an instrumental part of the organisation. The INMA Product Initiative aims to surface best practices for product thinkers in news media. The INMA Product Initiative was approved by the association’s Board of Directors and implemented January 1, 2021.
Product Initiative Leader
Jodie Hopperton is a British media executive based in Los Angeles. Jodie’s career spans over 15 years and multiple countries working with technology start-ups in addition to roles such as head of interactive at Trinity Mirror in the United Kingdom and director EMEA, syndication and licensing for The New York Times in Paris.