Right-Sizing Your Tech Stack
About this Course
Your technology choices define what’s possible for your organization as you grow your audience and your revenue. In this course, we’ll talk about how to evaluate vendors, ensure you’re choosing tools that work well together, and plan for the future.
After completing this course, you’ll understand the necessary pieces of technology a news organization needs, learn how to integrate elements of a tech stack together, and evaluate what is and isn’t working in your current tech stack and how to find and evaluate possible alternatives.
About the Instructor
Tyler Fisher is the deputy director, technology at News Catalyst, where he leads development of the platform for the Tiny News Collective and consults with news organizations on their technology choices. Previously, Tyler was a news apps developer at Politico and NPR, working on newsroom-driven projects like election results and bespoke visual storytelling projects.
Course Lessons
What’s in a Tech Stack?
In this lesson, we’ll explore the basic components of the tech stack for most news businesses to help you decide what tools you need.
Common Choices for Your Tech Stack
In this lesson, we’ll discuss popular tools and services to consider incorporating into your tech stack.
Integrating Elements of Your Tech Stack
In this lesson, we’ll discuss what to consider to ensure different components of your tech stack work together for your workflows.
Popular Tech Stack Configurations
In this lesson, we’ll discuss popular tech stack configurations to help you choose tools that align with your business and journalism goals.
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