October 2011

Posts published in October 2011

Presentations and video from session #3B: collaboration in investigative journalism

This post contains presentations from session 3B, collaboration in investigative journalism, featuring Iain Overton, managing editor, Bureau of Investigative Journalism; Simon Perry, founder, Ventnor Blog; Paul Lewis, special projects editor, the Guardian and Christine Spolar, investigations and special projects editor, the Financial Times.

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Presentations and video from session #2B: business models in community journalism

This post features presentations from some of the speakers who appeared on the panel for session 2B at news:rewired, which included Turi Munthe, founder, Demotix; Philip Trippenbach, editor-in-chief, Citizenside; Rick Waghorn, founder, Addiply and Henry Peirse, founder and CEO of GRN.

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#newsrw: Ten facts and figures shared at news:rewired – connected journalism

Did you know that Norwegian newspaper VG has a rule to encourage editorial staff to spend 10 per cent of their time on social media? Do you know how many readers the Huffington Post UK had in its first full month since it launched in January?

Here are 10 statistics learnt at news:rewired – connected journalism

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Presentations from session #1A: newsroom architecture

See full slides for the presentations given in session #1A at news:rewired, which looked at newsroom architecture and integration. Presentations from Helje Solberg, executive editor, Verdens Gang; Karl Schneider, head of editorial development, Reed Business Information; and James Weeks, executive producer, new media, Sky News

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#newsrw buzz: Round-up of blog posts from news:rewired – connected journalism

A round-up of some of the blogs posts written by delegates and speakers at Journalism.co.uk conference news:rewired – connected journalism, which was held at MSN’s London offices on Thursday, 6 October

This post includes links to session summaries, reflective blog posts and videos

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#newsrw: Lessons in digital storytelling from Storify and the Guardian

In this podcast Journalism.co.uk technology correspondent Sarah Marshall looks at current trends in integrated storytelling, hearing from multimedia producer Adam Westbrook, co-founder of Storify Xavier Damman and executive producer for Guardian.co.uk Stephen Abbott.

All three gave presentations at news:rewired – connected journalism event, held at MSN HQ, London

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