The collaborative media lab based in Nantes, France, works closely with local publishers and innovative players in their region. Direct contact with local players helps the lab stay focused on the real issues that companies in their network deal with.
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Ouest Médialab: a cluster and independent media lab that supports the regional digital transition
Andrea Wagemans,,Innovation Case, Media labs, cluster, experiments, France, Hackathon, multidisciplinary, regional journalism, students,0
Ouest Médialab brings together a variety of actors around digital innovation projects in the French regions Pays de la Loire and Bretagne.
FranceTV Lab: testing new tools in the lab first to facilitate adoption in the newsroom
Andrea Wagemans,,Innovation Case, Media labs, France, Immersive, industry collaboration, tools, training and education,0
In the lab, FranceTV tests new tools and learns how to use them before introducing them to the newsroom. A way to spread the digital culture among journalists, who tend to be conservative and not always open to new ways of working.
Théophraste: building relationships within the company and with the start-up ecosystem
Andrea Wagemans,,Innovation Case, Media labs, accelerator, France, incubator, newspaper, partnerships, Pay wall, sports,0
The French Sud Ouest newspaper in Bordeaux is inviting local start-ups to share office space and resources from within the organisation to help accelerate their development.
AFP Medialab: information verification and user experience at the core of newsroom innovation
Andrea Wagemans,,Innovation Case, Media labs, academic research, design thinking, France, horizon 2020, news agency, prototypes, UX,0
A small team of journalists and engineers are developing new tools for the newsroom and building innovative user experiences to valorise AFP's content.