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# A litmus test for digital newsrooms
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2013/11/a_litmus_test_for_digital_newsrooms/
- Published: 2013-11-08T12:31:38.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:05:14.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: change management, digital first, digital journalism, kevin anderson

[Kevin Anderson](http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/experimentation-culture-change-anderson-kevin-newspapers?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> Are we still struggling to get journalists to add links to their stories, to do the most basic elements of digital production, in 2013? Really? What would happen if a journalist consistently turned in half-finished copy for tomorrow’s newspaper?

Yes, we are still struggling. And you can’t even to begin to consider your newsroom culture digital-first until this sort of half-hearted approach is eliminated.

I keep hearing feedback that certain publishers think they’re 80% or more through their digital transition. I’m rather afraid that they’re deluding themselves…