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Links: Building an online community from scratch – what does it take?
As part of the build-up to news:rewired we want to give you some food for thought before each of our sessions.
So we’ll be posting a collection of tools, links and ideas relevant to each of the subjects up for discussion. Think of it like a reading list or a starting point for questions on the day.
First up is Building an Online Community from Scratch with Ed Walker, Neil Perkins and Anthony Thornton and some key blog posts from the speakers themselves and other experts.
Announcing news:rewired – beyond the story, 16 December 2010
Journalism.co.uk’s next news:rewired event will take place on 16 December at Microsoft UK’s London office.
news:rewired – beyond the story
What’s it about?
It’s a one-day event for journalists and communications professionals who want to learn more about building a brand and digital products to support and share their content. This event, which focuses on practical advice from experts in journalism and digital publishing, will look at the processes and technology involved beyond producing content that can make your journalism and communications more powerful.
The sessions will cover: building communities for content from scratch; search engine optimisation for specialist publishers; new business ideas and product management; and what linked data and the semantic web mean for journalists.
Who’s it for?
news:rewired events are for: working journalists with an interest in digital media; media trainers and students; journalism and communications academics; PR and communications professionals; and anyone interested in where the journalism and media industries are headed.
How can I get involved?
More information on speakers is available here. You can subscribe to this site to receive updates about the event at this link, or email laura [at] journalism.co.uk for more information.
Early-bird tickets will be available until 29 October at a reduced price of £80 (+VAT). To get yours click the Tickets tab or go to this link.
After 29 October ticket prices will rise to £100 (+VAT). For information about tickets and availability email ed [at] journalism.co.uk.
For sponsorship/advertising queries contact:
adam [at] journalism.co.uk or rebecca [at] journalism.co.uk.
Slideshow: news:rewired speakers caught on camera
Our speakers at news:rewired – the nouveau niche were captured in full arm-waving, hand-gesturing swing by Journalism.co.uk’s @johncthompson.
Catch all the coverage from news:rewired – the nouveau niche
Journalism.co.uk’s news:rewired – the nouveau niche event took take place on 25 June 2010 at Microsoft UK’s London office.
The aim was a one-day event for journalists and communications professionals with a specialist subject or beat, offering new, practical ideas for online publishing. It was a follow up to our first conference in January with more of a niche focus this time around.
We’re busy collecting all the blog posts, tweets, videos and more from the day at this link. You’ll also be able to see presentations from our speakers on the website soon. If you came and want to catch up, or couldn’t make it, it’s worth checking out coverage of the day from our reporters Rachel McAthy and Patrick Smith and the liveblog of tweets from the day.
You can also see who’s been tweeting about the event under the hashtag #newsrw on our tweetwall.
More information on the speakers and the day’s agenda is available here.
If you’re interested in hearing about future events from Journalism.co.uk, drop us an email.
Past and present news:rewired speakers SoGlos and FlightGlobal win awards
Last week was a good one for news:rewired speakers past and present with an AOP award for FlightGlobal and an EDF Energy South West Media Award for SoGlos.com
news:rewired – the nouveau niche proudly announces Kyte as a silver sponsor
news:rewired is proud to announce video platform Kyte as a silver sponsor for our second news:rewired event at Microsoft UK, London, on 25 June 2010.
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.
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.