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When producing stories for mobile audiences, journalists must consider which platform best suits the content, according to CNN International’s digital producer. Speaking at news:rewired in London today, Eliza Mackintosh discussed mobile-first journalism and shared her insights into producing content designed with a mobile audience in mind. During Mackintosh’s coverage of the London Bridge attacks last […]
How can newsrooms turn audience metrics into products and services benefitting both their readers and their business? That was the key question at a panel powered by Google’s Digital News Initiative at news:rewired today. There is nothing like “too much personalisation,” according to Thomas Schultz-Homberg, chief digital officer at German news outlet Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. […]
In a constantly evolving newsroom, journalists are always looking out for interesting ways to enrich the human experience using unique and distinctive formats. Live video, for example, offers audiences real-time coverage of live experiences. At today’s newsrewired event (7 March), Peter Stewart, author of The Live-Streaming Handbook, shared some of what he has learned throughout […]
The Amazon Echo and Google Assistant are finding their place into people’s homes, helping with various organisational tasks, playing music, giving updates about the weather and… delivering the news. So what kinds of news stories do people want from Alexa, and to what extent do they interact with the experiences presented to them by these […]
In the keynote, Maaike Goslinga and Jessica Best of De Correspondent will outline how the organisation has built a sustainable online platform that restores trust in journalism, and that moves readers to become paying members and expert contributors of its community. They will share 10 lessons De Correspondent has learned over the last four years, including the ways members contribute more […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
From social media to publishers’ own websites, online livestreaming is a popular format, allowing audiences a glimpse of places and stories they would otherwise not experience in real time and favoured by social networks as an engaging format worthy of the top of our news feeds. This panel will explore best practices for producing live […]
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.