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With social networks like Facebook and Snapchat reporting billions of daily video views, publishers can’t afford to ignore social video. But how can you find the right format for the platform and build a successful strategy for your organisation?
Hear the very latest on the use of language technology in news production: from machine translation to synthetic voices – the latest BBC World Service experiment.
Learn how to turn a complex topic into accessible content without ‘dumbing it down’, how to find the sweet spot between news and features, and get millennials to tune in.
Tessa Kaday runs the Live Desk at Reuters Video News, delivering live breaking news, entertainment and sports content to hundreds of broadcasters and online publishers across the world. Three years after Reuters launched the first multiple stream live service for online publishers, she shares the lessons they learned while building a product that works for […]
Can you go live from your smartphone in under 2 minutes? Harriet Hadfield, reporter, Sky News, never dares leave the house without her mobile broadcasting kit. She will give attendees an insight into some of the apps and tools she uses to shoot and stream video from her smartphone. Also, you are welcome to pass any materials […]
News organisations are increasingly developing their own tools in-house to improve the way they tell stories. This session of the news:rewired conference, in London, looked at the resources needed, the collaborative approach between developers and journalists and the open-source movement.
Many of the biggest stories in the last few years were sourced from international investigations. What does it take to complete a cross-borders project and what can media organisations learn from those doing these types of projects on a regular basis?
In the era of Snapchat, Vine and Periscope, some news organisations are still investing time and resources into making longer videos for the web. So what goes into producing these videos and is there an ideal length and format that makes people stay and watch?
With many news outlets now regularly working with Snapchat, WhatsApp, Viber and more chat apps, this panel session of the news:rewired conference, in London, explored the opportunities for journalists on these platforms and took a practical look at the role they can play in newsrooms.
The opening panel of the news:rewired conference, in London today, looked at how news organisations are dealing with the growing percentage of readers who access stories from mobile devices only. It asked what storytelling styles work best and if media outlets can still captivate audiences with apps?