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Newsrewired+ training (23 Nov) now available: Stories, podcasting, media law

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 November. Delegates can register to attend the conference (22 November) and one of the full-day courses during the training day (23 November) by purchasing a newsrewired+ ticket.

Early-bird Newsrewired+ tickets are available for £323+VAT until 15 September, after which you will be able to purchase standard tickets for £368+VAT).

Newsrewired+ tickets represent a 10 per cent discount compared to booking tickets for both days separately.

Both the conference and training day are hosted at the Reuters office in Canary Wharf, London. The conference agenda for the day includes talks and in-depth sessions on storytelling for mobile audiences, collaboration in the newsroom, and the applications of the graphic novel format in journalism. An early-bird ticket for the conference costs just £130+VAT, and can be purchased separately here: sign up to attend newsrewired, 22 November.

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Pop-Up Newsroom aims to unlock best practices for collaboration between news organisations and technology companies

How can we make digital editorial collaborations more efficient? Pop-Up Newsroom, a joint initiative from Meedan and Dig Deeper Media, launched in June with the aim of setting up a framework that encourages both editorial and technological innovation.

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Storytelling for mobile and graphic novels: First speakers announced for November’s newsrewired

The next newsrewired digital journalism conference takes place on 22 November at Reuters in Canary Wharf, London. Newsrewired is powered by a focus on practical learning, with panels, workshops and talk throughout the day highlighting the latest techniques in digital newsgathering and storytelling.

Today, Journalism.co.uk is happy to announce the first speakers who will be joining us on the day to discuss storytelling for mobile audiences, collaboration in the newsroom, and the applications of the graphic novel format in journalism – including experts from The Wall Street Journal and BuzzFeed News.

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Announcing the next newsrewired event: 22-23 November 2017, London

Our next newsrewired digital journalism event will take place on 22-23 November at Reuters HQ in Canary Wharf, London. This will be Journalism.co.uk’s 20th newsrewired conference, featuring a mix of panels, talks and workshops on 22 November, followed by a full day of training for newsrewired+ delegates, who will be able to register to attend one of three full-day, practical training courses.

As usual, newsrewired will look at the latest trends and techniques in digital journalism, in a hands-on, accessible way, highlighting tools, workflows and lessons delegates can then take back to their teams and start applying in their day-to-day work.

Journalism.co.uk has started working on the agenda for the conference on 22 November, as well as the training options for 23 November, and the first speakers will be announced soon. We are now able to reveal some of the topics we plan to include on the agenda, as well as open registration for discounted early-bird tickets.

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Albertine Piels’s diary of a journalist surrounded by coders

It doesn’t happen very often that journalists work directly with coders – so when it does happen it could feel, for both sides, a little like stepping into a completely new universe… Albertine Piels is the former editor-in-chief of Dutch national news station RTLZ. Last year she left her job to focus on her role as […]

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Newsgathering and storytelling tools, with Google News Lab’s Matt Cooke

Matt Cooke, head of the International Google News Lab and a former BBC journalist, used his session at the newsrewired conference, in London today, to introduce a series of newsgathering and storytelling tools and suggest a number of tips to help journalists with their research and verification online.

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