{"id":1180,"date":"2012-10-10T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.denver.wordcamp.org\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2012-10-10T03:16:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T03:16:45","slug":"speaker-spotlight-joe-boydston-wordpress-is-saving-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker-spotlight-joe-boydston-wordpress-is-saving-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Joe Boydston | WordPress is saving journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tell us a bit about yourself.<\/strong><br \/>\nI work for a group of small newspapers in California where I am responsible for all aspects of technology and digital publishing. My goal is to replace our legacy computer systems with WordPress powered alternatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will you speaking about?<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m talking about how newspapers are using WordPress as an application platform. Not just publishing websites but also producing the printed newspaper, managing ads and even subscribers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the target audience for your presentation?<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is a not a hard core dev talk, but I am prepared to talk generally about lessons learned when scaling WordPress and operating a high profile site.<\/p>\n<p>Beginners and devs alike may enjoy hearing how WordPress is used in novel ways, and the profound impact it can have on an organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you hope WordCampers will get out of your session?<\/strong><br \/>\nPrimarily I hope people will think differently about what WordPress can do as a application platform, specifically it&#8217;s use by the publishing industry. My dreams would come true if someone used this technology to help other newspapers evolve and grow<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a WP hero?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mitcho\">@mitcho<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/nacin\">@nacin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because these two people most inspired me to get involved and contribute back to the WordPress community. In my opinion, it&#8217;s not really open source until you pay it forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link to speaker website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/joeboydston.com\/\">joeboydston.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter username:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/joeboydston\">@joeboydston<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tell us a bit about yourself. I work for a group of small newspapers in California where I am responsible for all aspects of technology and digital publishing. 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