Event news
Jimmy Orr will deliver the keynote presentation at news:rewired on 20 September.
He’ll talk about the LA Times’s transformation to digital, sharing key lessons learnt.
Orr has had careers in both journalism and politics. He served as chief internet strategist for both President George Bush and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He also served as a White House spokesman for President Bush.
We’re very happy to announce Outbrain as a sponsor of our next news:rewired conference, taking place on Friday 20 September at MSN UK’s offices in Victoria, London.
Dennis Mortensen, Visual Revenue’s founder and former chief executive, will join the session looking at the different types of data that journalists can use to better understand their audience and how stories are received.
Other confirmed speakers on the panel include Richard Moynihan, social media and community manager at Metro UK and Chris Moran, SEO editor at the Guardian.
The full agenda can be found online, and there is still time to join us on the day. Tickets can be bought at this link for just £130 +VAT each.
Want to attend a one-day training course the day before the news:rewired conference?
Choose from:
Creating a buzz: How to grow active social media communities – led by Luke Lewis, editor of BuzzFeed UK;
Mobile journalism: How to create quality video and audio on an iPhone and iPad – led by Glen Mulcahy, innovation lead at RTE;
Introduction to open data for journalists: finding stories in data – led by Kathryn Corrick from the Open Data Institute.
The next news:rewired digital journalism conference, which takes place on Friday 20 September, will cover a range of subjects, including breaking news, verification, mapping and online video.
The agenda will also offer a variation of session styles, from panel discussions and case-study presentations, to more practical workshops.
One of the workshops which will be on offer to delegates at the event will focus on LinkedIn, giving delegates a run-through of the different features available to help them in their news.
The workshop will be run by Richard George, corporate communications manager, EMEA, LinkedIn and Darain Faraz, communications manager, LinkedIn.
The workshop will help journalists:
Find out how the world’s largest professional network can power your reporting: from finding expert comment and keeping up-to-date with the organisation on your beat, to establishing your own professional identity and driving traffic for your stories.
Last week we announced the first of the subjects to be covered at the next news:rewired digital journalism conference, which returns to MSN UK’s offices in Victoria, London, on Friday 20 September.
news:rewired is a one-day digital journalism conference run by Journalism.co.uk. September’s event will be our tenth event, and will focus on key innovations from newsrooms in the UK and abroad, the latest tools being harnessed by digital journalists and best practice pointers from industry experts. The event is aimed at anyone with an interest in the latest digital journalism techniques and staying ahead of the curve.
Today, we’re pleased to announce the first speakers to be confirmed for September’s news:rewired: Richard Moynihan, social media and community manager, Metro, @richjm, Chris Hamilton, social media editor, BBC News, @chrishams, Claire Wardle, director of news services, Storyful, @cward1e, James Ball, data editor, the Guardian, @jamesrbuk, Daniel Ionescu, managing editor, the Lincolnite, @danielionescu, Richard George, corporate communications manager, EMEA, LinkedIn, @RichardAGeorge, Darain Faraz, communications manager, LinkedIn, @darainfaraz
Here at Journalism.co.uk we’ve been busy working on ideas for our next news:rewired digital journalism conference, which takes place in London on Friday 20 September.
It is our tenth event, the second so far in 2013, and we’re planning a jam-packed day of inspiring presentations, practical workshops, expert tips and techniques and plenty of food-for-thought.
We will continue to work on the agenda over the coming weeks, but for now, here are just a few of the subjects we plan to cover on the day:
breaking news and crisis journalism
verification tools and techniques
mapping
online video
We will be announcing more details on the agenda and speaker line-up very soon.
If you’re interested in attending the one-day event on Friday 20 September, which will be held in London at MSN UK’s offices in Victoria, then you can buy limited early bird discount tickets for just £95 +VAT.
A video of Newsmodo founder Rakhal Ebeli presenting the platform – which offers an online marketplace for the buying and selling of freelance content – to the conference. Newsmodo was one of the sponsors of news:rewired on Friday 19 April.
Video of the final session at last month’s news:rewired digital journalism conference. The final session assembled a panel to discuss online journalism ethics and standards issues.
The panel featured: Tom Standage, digital editor, the Economist; Jenny Rigby, social media and special projects producer, Channel 4 News; Sean Ingle, sports editor, Guardian.co.uk; Martin Bryant, managing editor, The Next Web.
A video of the lightning round at news:rewired on Friday 19 April, which introduced delegates to a number of new tools and technology in the digital journalism world.
Editor of recently-launched Tech City News Alex Wood started with an overview of three new tools which could be of use to digital journalists, followed by Anthony Sheehan‘s introduction to Near You Now and David Tomchak, who discussed new video app Vizibee.
Video of the building participatory communities expert panel oat news:rewired on Friday 19 April, as well as copies of their presentations.
The panel featured: Blair Hickman, social media producer, ProPublica; Jo Kelly, communities editor, Trinity Mirror regionals; Sarah Brown, producer, CNN iReportNiko Ruokosuo, chief executive, Scoopshot.