CNN

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10 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 23, 2023 by Upasna Gautam · said 39 times in 2 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Feb 23, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Product management within the journalism industry remains in its infancy
“Compared to the rest of product management as a discipline and the tech industry. Product management in news is still in its, I will say infancy. And that's just because it hasn't been an integrated role for as long as it has been in big tech”
Upasna Gautam Feb 23, 2023 ▶ 44:17 An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
Feb 23, 2023 positive
Disclosure
CNN operates a 24/7 global support team for first-line incident response
“We're also really fortunate to have a global, twenty-four-seven editorial support team that we work really closely with. So they are the ones who handle, troubleshoot, escalate incidences, incidents up to the relevant teams. There are a lot of layers to that p…”
Upasna Gautam Feb 23, 2023 ▶ 28:27 An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
Feb 23, 2023
Disclosure
CNN manages editorial intake with dress rehearsals, demos, and working sessions
“And after a lot of observation and learning, I implemented a system to manage that kind of intake with four different touch points or events. So we have weekly demo days, working sessions, breaking news, dress rehearsals, and office hours.”
Upasna Gautam Feb 23, 2023 ▶ 11:12 An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
Feb 23, 2023
Disclosure
CNN Digital discussed using on-air talent to promote internal CMS tooling
“We've had some discussions about doing a sizzler reel for our content management platform as, since we're onboarding people and, you know, building new features and there have been discussions with her about getting a celebrity to come and promote product for …”
Upasna Gautam Feb 23, 2023 ▶ 25:41 An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
Feb 23, 2023
Disclosure
CNN product teams build buffers for daily breaking news disruptions
“Anytime we're planning, we build in buffers for all of that chaos that's happening on a daily basis.”
Upasna Gautam Feb 23, 2023 ▶ 7:34 An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
Feb 23, 2023
Disclosure
CNN digital product teams operate remotely while newsrooms remain in person
“It's different also because they're usually in person in the newsroom and I work remotely. And so, and actually most of my team works remotely.”
Upasna Gautam Feb 23, 2023 ▶ 24:04 An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
Feb 23, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
CNN's unreleased CMS served as an infrastructure fallback during 2020 election
“And so it actually did happen a couple of years ago in the 2020 election. And one of the fallbacks at that time, because we were not, we are, you know, we're still on our current content management platform, but we had our new one as we're building it as one o…”
Upasna Gautam Feb 23, 2023 ▶ 30:04 An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
Feb 23, 2023
Disclosure
CNN stress-tests its publishing platform using breaking news dress rehearsals
“We run the whole thing from the minute the email is sent to, and of course, since we're testing the platform with this breaking news dress rehearsal to the minute you hit publish on that page. And there's a lot of stuff that goes on in there and it all happens…”
Upasna Gautam Feb 23, 2023 ▶ 32:27 An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
Feb 23, 2023
Insight
Defining initiative-driven outcomes signals high agency in job candidates
“The whole point of the question is like, do you have and can you exhibit high agency? And especially again, working in news, it's so important. And so There's not like a specific answer. I think the ability to actually define something specific and tangible in…”
Upasna Gautam Feb 23, 2023 ▶ 53:32 An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
Feb 23, 2023
Disclosure
CNN scripts breaking news dress rehearsals across teams to test workflows
“One thing we do is we script everything, right? Like the teams and the players that we need involved in it, what the incident is. And it usually starts when breaking news occurs with an email. The news gathering team sends an email to our writers and our produ…”
Upasna Gautam Feb 23, 2023 ▶ 31:31 An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
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