Mark Johnson, community editor, the Economist; Malika Bilal, digital producer and co-host of The Stream, Al Jazeera (via Skype); Hannah Waldram, community co-ordinator, the Guardian; Ros Atkins, presenter, World Have Your Say, BBC World Service; Tony Haile, chief executive, Chartbeat discuss growing engagement of audiences both across social media platforms and on news outlets’ own websites.
LIVE: 2A – Data to story, ideas in data journalism from #newsrw
Damian Kimmelman, chief executive of Duedil; Claire Miller, senior reporter and data journalist, Media Wales; Bella Hurrell, specials editor on the BBC News website; James Ball, data journalist, Guardian investigations team.
#newsrw: Making corrections in the age of social media
Advice on how best to correct information in the age of social media when errors can spread far and wide before they are corrected from Craig Silverman, editor of Regret The Error
Social news: NME’s hashtags, Channel 4’s Twitter engagement, and Tumblr’s cats
Luke Lewis, editor, NME.com; Marc Cooper, head of publishing at Northcliffe Digital; Faisal Islam, economics editor, Channel 4 News; Mark Coatney, media outreach director, Tumblr discuss engaging with readers via various social platforms.
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LIVE: Session 1B – Making digital journalism sustainable
John Barnes, managing director of the technology and digital division at Incisive Media; Stephen Folwell, business director, multimedia and brand extensions, Guardian News & Media; Dennis Mortensen, chief executive and founder, Visual Revenue; Lucia Adams, digital development editor, The Times, discuss what readers are prepared to give in return for quality journalism: money and/or data.
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#newsrw: Digital journalists should focus on creating a good reader experience
Joanna Geary, digital development editor, the Guardian; Raju Narisetti, managing editor, Wall Street Journal Digital Network; Martin Fewell, deputy editor, Channel 4 News; Alex Gubbay, director, digital platforms, Johnston Press discuss digital-first strategy at news:rewired’s keynote panel.
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LIVE: Session 1A – Social news, the art of storytelling using social media tools
Luke Lewis, editor, NME.com; Faisal Islam, economics editor, Channel 4 News; Mark Coatney, media outreach director, Tumblr discuss engaging with readers via various social platforms.
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The Washington Post’s ‘ambitious digital initiatives’ shared at #newsrw
Cory Haik, executive producer for digital news at the Washington Post delivered the keynote speech at news:rewired – full stream ahead.
Haik is driven by innovation in the newsroom, with a current focus on mobile and social.
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LIVE: Engaging the digital mindset – debating digital-first strategy at #newsrw
Joanna Geary, digital development editor, the Guardian; Raju Narisetti, managing editor, Wall Street Journal Digital Network; Martin Fewell, deputy editor, Channel 4 News; Alex Gubbay, director, digital platforms, Johnston Press discuss digital-first strategy
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#newsrw: Washington Post social reader soon to hit 28m downloads
Cory Haik, the Washington Post’s executive producer for digital news, tells the news:rewired – full stream ahead conference the news organisation’s social reader will soon hit 28 million downloads.