July 2015
Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, discussed the intersection of journalism and technology in her keynote speech at the recent news:rewired conference, and how news organisations are increasingly having to compete with the giants of Silicon Valley.
See her slides and an audio recording of the speech here.
The opening panel at news:rewired looked at how news organisations are using new technology and techniques to give voice to some of the more marginalised members of society, finding new stories and audiences in the process
Fabian von der Mark, journalist, Deutsche Welle
Paul Myles, editorial manager, On Our Radar
Yasir Mirza, head of diversity and inclusion, Guardian News & Media
Anne-Marie Tomchak, reporter and presenter, BBC Trending
Moderated by:
Rachael Jolley, editor, Index on Censorship
Check out the presentations slides and audio here
When a story breaks, the best camera is the one you have with you – but can you use your phone to its full potential?
Robb Montgomery, mobile journalism expert and trainer, and Patricia O’Callaghan, online journalist at RTE, shared their tips for creating professional videos with a smartphone at last week’s news:rewired conference.
One of the livelier sessions at the recent news:rewired conference looked at new issues and trends in how news organisations and journalist deal with live news.
Matt Wells, live editor at the Guardian, Claire Wardle, co-founder of EyeWitness Media Hub and research director at the Town Center, and Tim Pool, media innovation director at Fusion, all spoke in the session.
Social media is taking an increasingly central role in how newsrooms find and report on stories, so expert speakers in the field came and gave their advice at last week’s news:rewired conference.
Dhruti Shah, a UGC producer at BBC News, and Jochen Spangenberg, innovation manager at Deutsche Welle and the Reveal project, gave some useful pointers.
Miss out on news:rewired? Check out the speakers slides and accompanying audio tracks from the session on ‘sourcing stories on social media’
“It’s absolutely nuts, it’s an incredible experience,” said Alex Wood, editor in chief of The Memo, at news:rewired in London.
He was talking about the experience of virtual reality. Since Facebook bought Oculus Rift for $2 billion (£1.3bn) last year, it is clear how seriously technology giants are taking this new medium. Samsung, HTC and Google have developed their own headsets with the Google Cardboard available for around £10.
Experts in the emerging field of virtual reality shared their thoughts and work on how the medium can be an effective journalistic tool.
What strategies should news outlets use to succeed in social storytelling? That was the big question during an afternoon workshop of the news:rewired conference that focused on the opportunities and challenges when publishing straight to social media
The panel in this final session of the news:rewired conference, today in London, discussed the possibilities for news in virtual reality and how ‘immersive’ technology can work for journalism.
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
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.
