A Slack primer for newsrooms
Amy Kovac-Ashley, American Press Institute,Many news organizations have found the real-time messaging app Slack to be a useful tool for distributed communication and collaboration. The American Press Institute built a helpful primer doc for one news organization, which could easily be adapted for use elsewhere. The following topics are addressed in this doc:
- How Slack works (channels and direct messages)
- Ground rules and how to set up a profile
- Joining the conversation (channels and emoji are specific to this news organization, but the examples are helpful)
- Using attachments, images, emoji
- Managing your Slack (tweaking notifications, muting channels, etc.)