March 2018

Posts published in March 2018

As it happened: Audience engagement: Practical applications beyond buzzwords

This session, powered by Google’s Digital News Initiative, will explore some of the metrics and audience insights powering engagement initiatives at media organisations, and ways to turn these from numbers on a screen to products and services that readers, viewers and listeners will use and that will also benefit the business. Vaikų vasaros stovyklos Kaune, […]

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As it happened: The changing relationship between media organisations and their audiences

The closing panel looks at the various ways in which news organisations have changed the way they work with their readers or involve them in the research or reporting process, from producing or peer-review stories, to fact-checking, investigating and engaging on social media. A session with: Lilah Raptopoulos, community editor, Financial Times Jessica Best, engagement editor, De Correspondent Sarah […]

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As it happened: The Credibility Coalition

While there have been calls for an increased effort to improve the detection of and response to misinformation, doing so effectively requires a holistic approach, with reputation systems, fact-checking, media literacy, revenue models, and public feedback all helping to address the health of the information ecosystem. This session will introduce the Credibility Coalition and some […]

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As it happened: Social media beyond the Facebook newsfeed

This talk will address the recent Facebook algorithm changes and how publishers have been affected. Yara Silva, acting head of social media at the Daily Mirror, will discuss how the Mirror has been tackling the changes using different social platforms (including Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn), as well as the organisation’s use of Facebook Groups and multiple […]

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Overperforming: How CrowdTangle is powering newsrooms across Europe

In the past year, 400 news organisations in Europe began powering their journalism with CrowdTangle after Facebook made the social listening tool available free of charge to publishers. From tiny local newspapers to giant digital natives and public broadcasters, CrowdTangle is driving cultural change in newsrooms by giving journalists access to social alerts and analytics. In this session, James Morgan of CrowdTangle will share top insights and show how you can diagnose changes to your audience after the “Meaningful Social Interactions” News Feed ranking update.

James is the new CrowdTangle representative for Europe, Middle East and Africa, having joined Facebook from BBC News in October. He spent nine years as a BBC journalist, with spells as a reporter in Washington and as Digital Editor for Africa. Most recently he was Assistant Editor of the Social team, managing the team that runs the BBC News Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.

The next newsrewired digital journalism conference takes place on 7 March at Reuters in London, followed by a day of training on 8 March. A limited number of tickets are still available for £180+VAT.

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New on the agenda: Practical applications for audience engagement, beyond buzzwords

In a session powered by Google’s Digital News Initiative at newsrewired on 7 March, we will explore some of the metrics and audience insights powering engagement initiatives at media organisations. How are newsrooms turning these from numbers on a screen to products and services that readers, viewers and listeners will use and that will also benefit the business?

The next newsrewired digital journalism conference takes place on 7 March at Reuters in London, followed by a day of training on 8 March. A limited number of tickets are still available for £180+VAT.

This will be our 21st conference, and as usual, we’re aiming to provide delegates with practical skills and ideas they can take home and explore in their own organisations.

Speakers from De Correspondent, CNN Digital International, NRK, BBC News Labs, Quartz, The Telegraph, Financial Times, Publish.org and more will join us on stage on 7 March to discuss the latest trends and techniques in digital newsgathering and storytelling.

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