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Announcing Zentrick as latest sponsor of news:rewired

We’re pleased to announce interactive video tool Zentrick as the latest sponsor of digital journalism conference news:rewired.

Zentrick’s co-founder Frederik Neus will join a panel looking at approaches to online video at the one-day event, which takes place on Friday 20 September. The conference is being held at MSN UK’s offices in Victoria, London – see the full agenda here.

In his news:rewired presentation, Neus will outline the key benefits of interactive video for news outlets, including the potential for an additional revenue stream, as well as the enhanced experience it offers for audiences.

The rest of the online video panel will feature Grant Bremner, head of Future TV at Future, Al Brown, head of video at VICE UK and Neal Mann, multimedia innovations editor for the Wall Street Journal.

Tickets to the conference are still available, for just £130 +VAT for the full day. We also have a ‘news:rewired plus’ ticket option for £310 +VAT which includes access to both the Friday conference and a training course on the Thursday (19 September). More details on this and the choice of courses on offer can be found here.

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Announcing NewsWhip Spike as latest sponsor of news:rewired

We’re pleased to announce NewsWhip as the latest sponsor of news:rewired, Journalism.co.uk’s digital journalism conference.

The one-day event takes place on Friday 20 September at MSN UK’s offices in Victoria, London. The agenda is filled with presentations, demonstrations and practical workshops aimed at sharing the latest techniques and tools for producing the best digital journalism.

NewsWhip was established in 2011 and aims to help users “find the best news stories online”. Its Spike tool, which is aimed at journalists, delivers “a live ranking of the news that’s emerging and spreading fastest in hundreds of topic and geographical niches”.

NewsWhip chief executive Paul Quigley will join the opening session at news:rewired, which will focus on breaking news and some of the different digital tools journalists can use to find and share the latest updates with their audience.

Tickets for news:rewired cost just £130 +VAT for the full day, including lunch, refreshments and after-event networking drinks. They are close to selling out, so buy now to avoid disappointment

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Announcing @VoxPopMe as latest sponsor of news:rewired

We’re pleased to announce VoxPopMe as the latest sponsor of news:rewired, which is being held at MSN UK’s offices in Victoria, London next month.

VoxPopMe, which journalists can use to collect ‘videopinions’ from the public via their mobile phone, will deliver a short presentation at the one-day digital journalism conference on Friday 20 September.

We still have some tickets left to news:rewired, although these are limited and expected to sell out. Buy yours now for just £130 +VAT.

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What delegates can look forward to at digital journalism event news:rewired

Here at Journalism.co.uk we’re counting down the days until our next digital journalism conference news:rewired, which takes place on Friday 20 September.

We have a fantastic line-up of speakers from news outlets including: BBC News, the Guardian, GigaOm, Quartz, ITV News, Wall Street Journal, Vice UK, and many more….

The event is being held at MSN UK’s offices in Victoria, London.

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Announcing Shorthand as latest news:rewired sponsor

Shorthand, which can be used to create visually compelling and interactive stories online, is the latest sponsor of news:rewired.

Executive manager Ben Fogarty will join the final panel session at news:rewired on ‘breaking article boundaries’.

The panel will also feature Francesca Panetta, multimedia special projects, the Guardian; Mathew Ingram, senior writer, GigaOm and Jason Mills, editor, web, ITV News.

The one-day event takes place on Friday 20 September at MSN UK’s offices in Victoria, London.

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More details on ‘news:rewired plus’ training days on 19 September

Want to attend a one-day training course the day before the news:rewired conference?

Choose from:

Creating a buzz: How to grow active social media communities – led by Luke Lewis, editor of BuzzFeed UK;
Mobile journalism: How to create quality video and audio on an iPhone and iPad – led by Glen Mulcahy, innovation lead at RTE;
Introduction to open data for journalists: finding stories in data – led by Kathryn Corrick from the Open Data Institute.

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First speakers confirmed for news:rewired digital journalism conference (20 Sept)

Last week we announced the first of the subjects to be covered at the next news:rewired digital journalism conference, which returns to MSN UK’s offices in Victoria, London, on Friday 20 September.

news:rewired is a one-day digital journalism conference run by Journalism.co.uk. September’s event will be our tenth event, and will focus on key innovations from newsrooms in the UK and abroad, the latest tools being harnessed by digital journalists and best practice pointers from industry experts. The event is aimed at anyone with an interest in the latest digital journalism techniques and staying ahead of the curve.

Today, we’re pleased to announce the first speakers to be confirmed for September’s news:rewired: Richard Moynihan, social media and community manager, Metro, @richjm, Chris Hamilton, social media editor, BBC News, @chrishams, Claire Wardle, director of news services, Storyful, @cward1e, James Ball, data editor, the Guardian, @jamesrbuk, Daniel Ionescu, managing editor, the Lincolnite, @danielionescu, Richard George, corporate communications manager, EMEA, LinkedIn, @RichardAGeorge, Darain Faraz, communications manager, LinkedIn, @darainfaraz

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