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Get your newsrewired ticket before 31 May and you can win 2 passes for Byline Festival

Journalism.co.uk’s next newsrewired conference is taking place on 19-20 July in London. We’re pleased to announce we have partnered up with the folk at Byline Festival to run an exciting competition for our delegates: buy your newsrewired or newsrewired+ tickets before 31 May, and you’ll be entered into a draw to win 2 tickets to Byline Festival, an independent journalism festival taking place between 2-4 June in East Sussex, United Kingdom.

Byline Festival is the world’s first ever festival dedicated to the new expressions of journalism and dissent, bringing together in the Ashdown Forest bloggers, hackers, podcasters, documentary makers, activists, data experts, foreign reporters, open source specialists, lawyers, investigators, cartoonists and satirists. The festival will also feature The Bad Press Awards hosted by John Cleese.

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Digital storytelling and 360-degree video: Announcing training options for July’s newsrewired

A focus on practical, hands-on learning has always been at the heart of newsrewired, and Journalism.co.uk will be hosting a full day of training after the main conference in July. Delegates can register to attend the conference (19 July) and one of the full-day courses during the training day (20 July) by purchasing a newsrewired+ ticket.

As a newsrewired+ delegate, you will be able to attend the conference, and one of the following in-depth courses on 20 July: digital storytelling workshop, or 360-degree video bootcamp.

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First speakers announced for July’s newsrewired

Over the past month, the Journalism.co.uk team has been working on the agenda for our upcoming newsrewired conference, and we are pleased to announce our first round of speakers, including experts from The New York Times, BuzzFeed, TBIJ, Condé Nast International, and more.

Newsrewired takes place on 19 July 2017 at Reuters in Canary Wharf, London, and as usual, the focus of the event is on practical learning based on the latest trends and techniques in digital journalism.

A limited number of discounted early-bird tickets (40) are available for £130 +VAT until 21 April at 23:59 GMT or until the tickets sell out, whichever comes first – after that, tickets will be available for £180+VAT.

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Yes, you can do media conferences without all-male panels

Since September 2015, I have been managing the programme for Journalism.co.uk’s newsrewired digital journalism event. In that period of time, Journalism.co.uk has organised four full-day conferences, and one-half day event. I have also been involved with the organisation of one event prior to taking the lead (July 2015). It’s International Women’s Day, and I want […]

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Announcing the next newsrewired event: 19 July 2017

Journalism.co.uk is pleased to announce the next newsrewired digital journalism conference will take place on 19 July 2017 at Reuters in Canary Wharf, London.

This will be our 19th 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.

The day will feature a mix of workshops and panel discussions about the latest tools, trends and techniques in digital journalism.

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The big challenges of special projects

As audience consumption habits continue to evolve as the digital media industry grows, newsrooms have been experimenting with bold new projects to engage audiences. A selection of these special projects were the topic of discussion at newsrewired last week (8 February), where delegates heard about The Guardian’s VR immersive experience 6×9, Quartz’ 25 Days of […]

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On Our Radar: 3 challenges of remote storytelling

On Our Radar is a non-profit communications agency that focuses on underreported stories from marginalised communities. It has produced a handful of projects in partnership with citizen journalists from various communities, such as “Back in Touch”, a collection of stories reflecting on life in Sierra Leone after Ebola, and “Dementia Diaries”, which tells the personal stories […]

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