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On Journalism.co.uk journalist and SEO expert David Amerland writes on the role of search engine optimisation (SEO) in the future of online publishing and paid-for news models.
“Newspapers and those who run them have not understood that online visitors to generalised news sites will pay not for the quality of the news, but for its convenience,” he writes…
Iain Hepburn, digital editor of the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail (and delegate at our news:rewired event in January), shared his thoughts on mobile journalism and podcasting at a recent panel discussion on digital journalism at the Edinburgh Science Festival. A great starting point for our discussion of mobile for journalism and publishing at June’s news:rewired event.
Marc Reeves, former Birmingham Post editor and now editor of TheBusinessDesk.com West Midlands, has posted his thoughts on the problems facing the “old guard” and “new old guard” in when it comes to the future shape of the publishing and journalism industries, which are well worth a read at this link.
On the theme of our event on 25 June, the nouveau niche, Reeves explains how niche titles might fit in to this changing landscape.
Journalism.co.uk’s next news:rewired event will take place on 25 June 2010 at Microsoft UK’s London office.
It’s a one-day event for journalists and communications professionals with a specialist subject or beat. Whether you follow a specific industry or a localised community, we hope you’ll come away with new practical ideas for online publishing.
More information on speakers and the day’s agenda is available here. Tickets cost £100 +VAT. They can be booked here. PLEASE NOTE: this event is now sold out. Last minute places may become available – please telephone 01273 384293 or email edatjournalism.co.uk to check for availability.
This Cover It Live blog will pick up all the tweets and blog posts tagged #newsrw
UltraKnowledge will be supplying a tweetwall, which can be viewed here
All sorts of lovely Twitter information from the event can be viewed here: Top Tweeters; Most Followers; Most Active; Most Event Follows; and the ‘who knows who’ Wheel.
The BBC College of Journalism will be streaming video live (links to follow)
Keep your eyes on news:rewired.com, Journalism.co.uk and our Editors’ Blog for video, audio and news coverage throughout the event.
James Fryer, deputy editor of independent arts and entertainment website SoGlos.com, talked at news:rewired about his experiences with launching and running an online news business:
To the surprise of some of our speakers, the excellent Drawnalism had been busy sketching during news:rewired last week.
If you weren’t able to make the news:rewired session on troubleshooting within online journalism, Adam Tinworth, editorial development for Reed Business Information (RBI), has shared the slides from his presentation detailing what he’s learned from implementing blogs and social media tools with journalists at RBI.
James Fryer, deputy editor of online Gloucestershire arts and entertainments guide SoGlos.com, outlines his top five do’s and don’ts for success online
The news:rewired team caught up with BBC College of Journalism editor Kevin Marsh. Audio here
The afternoon crowdsourcing session at news:rewired was dominated by disagreements about the value of citizen journalism
