Wearable technologies – particularly smartwatches – have five potential superpowers that news organisations can tap into, according to Tom Quast and Nils Kaehler, founders of Creative Vikings, a smartwatch news app
Making news videos just for mobile and on-demand viewing
Today’s teenagers don’t bother with their laptops, they go directly to mobile, Hanna Kouri, of Finnish channel ISTV, told delegates at the news:rewired conference, in London today.
As it happened: what newsrooms need to know about smartwatches
Smartwatches are becoming increasingly popular. This session of the news:rewired conference, in London today, looked at the dos and don’ts of news alerts on smartwatches.
Masterclass: how to become a mobile visual journalist
Robb Montgomery, founder of the Smart Film School, and Patricia O’Callaghan, mobile journalist for RTÉ News, today gave the news:rewired conference a masterclass on the first steps to creating mobile journalism videos – or as the cool kids call it: MOJO
Ten tips for sourcing stories from social media
During an afternoon session of the news:rewired conference, in London today, Dhruti Shah, UGC producer with BBC News, and Jochen Spangenberg, innovation manager from Reveal project/ Deutsche Welle, shared their tips on how to use social media efficiently.
As it happened: video on the move session
For many news outlets, over half of the total audience is now mobile. This workshop session of news:rewired, in London, explored what media professionals consider essential when they press play.
As it happened: social storytelling session
This session of the news:rewired conference, today in London, covered the opportunities and problems that organisations may encounter with adopting a publishing-straight-to-social-media strategy
How NOT to approach breaking news witnesses on Twitter
Clare Wardle, research director from the TOW Centre for Digital Journalism, gave the news:rewired conference the low down on what NOT to do when approaching eye witnesses on social media.
How news groups use citizen journalism to give a voice to marginalised communities
Increasing number of people are using social media to share shocking stories online about marginalised people, forcing media organisations to change they way they source and tell the news, the news:rewired conference was told today
As it happened: mobile visual journalist session
This workshop session of the news:rewired conference, today in London, explored some of the ways how you can use your smartphone to produce quality videos.