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Video: Breaking news panel at news:rewired

The breaking news panel at news:rewired featured Chris Hamilton, social media editor for BBC News, Paul Quigley, chief executive of NewsWhip Spike, Justine Mackinnon, co-founder of CrisisMappersUK and Jason Mills, editor, web at ITV News. The session was moderated by Laura Oliver, community manager at the Guardian.

The session included a look at breaking news strategy on social media as well as on a news outlet’s own digital platforms. It also showed delegates the potential use of mapping technology and crowdsourcing to find and tell stories as they happen, as well as a consideration of three different types of breaking news “perspectives”.

You can catch-up on the discussion with this video.

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Presentation: Keynote speech by Jay Lauf, publisher of Quartz

On 20 September, Jay Lauf, publisher of business news site Quartz (owned by the Atlantic Media Company) delivered the keynote speech at news:rewired.

See a copy of his presentation, or catch up with the liveblog of his speech, or this write-up which covers some of the tips he shared on news in a social media age.

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