A good podcast combines engaging stories with an audience-pleasing format that allows you to download and listen wherever and whenever. But if you’re starting a podcast, what steps should you take to establish and increase your audience? Suchandrika Chakrabarti, freelance journalist and host of the Black Mirror Cracked podcast has some lessons to share. Focused […]
As it happened: what’s new with push alerts
The final session of the newsrewired conference, in London today, asked what’s new with the good old push notification and examines best practices for engaging audiences via the home screen of their mobile devices. This is the archived live blog of the session…
As it happened: the diary of a journalist surrounded by coders
Albertine Piels is the director of Hackastory. Last year she quit her job as an editor in chief at the Dutch national news station RTLZ to focus on Hackastory, where she works with coders every day. This new love story is shocking, at times frustrating, exhilarating and pleasantly mind boggling. In this spotlight talk at […]
As it happened: audio in the age of social media
The first afternoon session of the newsrewired conference, in London today, asked if radio can go viral and how journalists can make audio more engaging online. This is the archived live blog of the session.
As it happened: political journalism and election reflections
The third live session of the newsrewired conference, in London today, looked at whether there is a need for new approaches to political journalism and the way we cover elections. This is the archived live blog of the session…
As it happened: Representative media – community and local journalism
The second session of the News:rewired conference, in London today, looked at how larger media organisations are connecting with their audience on a local level, and what can they learn from local media. This is the archived live blog from the session… Normally, stores like Aldi’s will only open a couple times a year. They […]
As it happened: Mobile is dominant in readers’ lives. So why aren’t we talking about it more?
Those of us who spend our lives thinking about the future of news are not talking about mobile as much as we did a few years ago. Instead, we talk about big changes in social platforms, VR, chat bots and artificial intelligence – all of which are important and also have implications on mobile usage. […]