Representatives from newsrooms that use short video to engage with readers and viewers told the news:rewired conference, in London today, about there various approaches.
Top tips on using Instagram for news
Hannah Waldram, community manager EMEA for Instagram, today outlined for delegates at the news:rewired conference some tips on how journalists and editors can use the social photo-sharing network to enhance their storytelling.
As it happened: Emerging opportunities in digital journalism
The final session of the news:rewired conference, today in London, saw a panel of digital journalism experts discuss the emerging opportunities this year and beyond, from technology and gadgets, to the skills becoming vital in today’s newsrooms, and those of the future.
As it happened: The digital journalist’s toolbox
This session of the news:rewired conference, in London today, focused on sharing key tools and apps tips for digital journalists. In particular, the session focused on productivity, the production of better digital journalism, organisation of the web, and how to carry out tasks on the go.
Mobile news: the hurdle still faced by data journalists
News organisations still lack a “stable set of tools” to use data journalism to its full potential – especially on mobile – the news:rewired conference, in London, heard today.
As it happened: Immersive storytelling and production session
Digital producers and online storytellers shared their tips and tools for making immersive and interactive features with the news:rewired conference, today in London.
Marjaana Toiminen: How to crowdsource an entire magazine
Publishers can engage with their online communities in a number of ways – they can respond to comments, host Q&A discussions and even crowdsource content, very few would crowdsource an entire magazine. But that’s exactly what Finland’s Bonnier Publications did, its chief executive told the news:rewired conference, in London today.
As it happened: How newsrooms can use Instagram
The first afternoon session at the news:rewired conference, today in London, took a practical look at how news outlets are finding, sourcing and using content from Instagram.
As it happened: Online security for journalists session
This session at the news:rewired conference, in London today, was a workshop for journalists to look at how they can protect themselves, their sources, and their stories online.
Lessons learnt from Media Wales ‘journey to shareability’
Media Wales’s head of web, Paul Rowland, told the news:rewired conference today that regional news titles are “perfectly poised” to embrace BuzzFeed-style shareable content, but also warned that “not optimising your content for sharing is as damaging as not using basic SEO”.