In our latest Q&A we talk to Ciaran Norris, head of social media at global media agency Mindshare, about the importance of social media and SEO for successful online journalism and niche publishing
Mobile, smartphones and tablets: US publishers taking the first steps
As part of an Associated Press Managing Editors’ (APME) training session, videojournalist and visualeditors CEO Robb Montgomery produced the video below on designing news applications for mobile, smartphones and tablets.
Q&A: Philip Trippenbach, freelance interactive producer
In our latest speaker Q&A we talk to freelance interactive producer Philip Trippenbach his work as a freelance interactive producer and about how video games are closely related to more traditional forms of journalism.
Q&A: Chris Taggart, developer, OpenlyLocal
We hear from Chris Taggart, founder and developer of OpenlyLocal, an online platform designed to open up local authority data.
David Amerland: Niche, SEO and the paywall debate
On Journalism.co.uk journalist and SEO expert David Amerland writes on the role of search engine optimisation (SEO) in the future of online publishing and paid-for news models.
“Newspapers and those who run them have not understood that online visitors to generalised news sites will pay not for the quality of the news, but for its convenience,” he writes…
Iain Hepburn: Podcasting, vodcasting and mobile journalism
Iain Hepburn, digital editor of the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail (and delegate at our news:rewired event in January), shared his thoughts on mobile journalism and podcasting at a recent panel discussion on digital journalism at the Edinburgh Science Festival. A great starting point for our discussion of mobile for journalism and publishing at June’s news:rewired event.
The last news:rewired – what the delegates said
Feedback from news:rewired delegates on what they thought of the event
Must read: Marc Reeves on the future of niche publishing
Marc Reeves, former Birmingham Post editor and now editor of TheBusinessDesk.com West Midlands, has posted his thoughts on the problems facing the “old guard” and “new old guard” in when it comes to the future shape of the publishing and journalism industries, which are well worth a read at this link.
On the theme of our event on 25 June, the nouveau niche, Reeves explains how niche titles might fit in to this changing landscape.
How to: get the most from video reporting on events
Great advice for anyone covering news:rewired or other conferences related to their niche using video from Andy Plesser, executive producer at video news site Beet.tv.