In the past year, 400 news organisations in Europe began powering their journalism with CrowdTangle after Facebook made the social listening tool available free of charge to publishers. From tiny local newspapers to giant digital natives and public broadcasters, CrowdTangle is driving cultural change in newsrooms by giving journalists access to social alerts and analytics. In this session, James Morgan of CrowdTangle will share top insights and show how you can diagnose changes to your audience after the “Meaningful Social Interactions” News Feed ranking update.

James is the new CrowdTangle representative for Europe, Middle East and Africa, having joined Facebook from BBC News in October. He spent nine years as a BBC journalist, with spells as a reporter in Washington and as Digital Editor for Africa. Most recently he was Assistant Editor of the Social team, managing the team that runs the BBC News Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.

The next newsrewired digital journalism conference takes place on 7 March at Reuters in London, followed by a day of training on 8 March. A limited number of tickets are still available for £180+VAT.

From social media to publishers’ own websites, online livestreaming is a popular format, allowing audiences a glimpse of places and stories they would otherwise not experience in real time. TicToc, the first and only global news network streaming live on Twitter, will join Facebook and Reuters at next week’s newsrewired to explore best practices for […]

From social media to publishers’ own websites, online livestreaming is a popular format, allowing audiences a glimpse of places and stories they would otherwise not experience in real time. Rich Evans, a strategic partnership manager for Facebook and Instagram, will join our ‘Live video online’ panel at newsrewired next week, to give delegates an insight […]

The Amazon Echo and Google Assistant are finding their place into people’s homes, helping with various organisational tasks, playing music, giving updates about the weather and… delivering the news. So what kinds of news stories do people want from Alexa, and to what extent do they interact with the experiences presented to them by these […]

As more people welcome virtual assistants into their homes, will voice-controlled devices become a key platform for storytelling and news distribution?

We’ll be discussing the potential of these technologies in an afternoon session at our upcoming newsrewired digital journalism conference, taking place on 7 March in London.

Today, Journalism.co.uk is pleased to announce two more speakers joining the panel to talk voice AI.

Have you ever tried a news game in virtual reality? We’ve got you covered!

At newsrewired, Bianca Wright of Coventry University will share insights into the creation of a VR news game about the Coventry Blitz.

The experience places viewers in the shoes of firefighters attempting to extinguish the blaze at Coventry Cathedral during the Blitz.

Bianca and her team will also demo the experience to delegates interested in trying out a VR news game for themselves.

Newsrewired takes place on 7 March at Reuters in Canary Wharf, London, and tickets are still available for £180+VAT.

The agenda for the newsrewired conference, taking place on 7 March at Reuters in London, is shaping up quickly and today we are pleased to add a new lunchtime masterclass to the programme. The workshop is hosted by newsrewired supporters Revue, who help tens of thousands of people, from big companies to individual writers, publish editorial newsletters that […]

Since launching in May, The Membership Puzzle Project, a year-long initiative from NYU’s Studio 20 programme and De Correspondent, has researched more than 100 news organisations, speaking to members and journalists about their expectations and approaches to “membership as a social contract”. They have found that thicker or more robust membership models, where readers have the opportunity […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and its influence on society is only going to grow. In a spotlight at newsrewired on 7 March, we will explore how AI is currently being applied across journalism to perform a range of tasks from content creation to personalisation, and we’ll discuss the opportunities […]