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Presentations and video: Building participatory news communities

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.

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Video: Curation panel session at news:rewired

Video of the opening joint session at news:rewired on 19 April, which looked at the role of journalists as curators of content across the web,

The panel featured: Cory Haik, executive producer for digital news, The Washington Post; Matt McAlister, lead on the Guardian’s n0tice platform; Michael Rundle, technology editor, Huffington Post UK; Michael De Monte, founder and chief executive, ScribbleLive.

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Date for the diary: The next news:rewired is on Friday 20 September

Following another sell-out event on Friday (19 April), Journalism.co.uk will be running its next digital journalism conference news:rewired on Friday 20 September 2013, at MSN UK’s offices in Victoria, London.

The one-day event will again be focused on the latest innovations in digital journalism, and the key skills and techniques to help keep journalists working online ahead of the game.

Over the coming weeks we will be working on building up the agenda. Keep an eye on the event website for more information soon.

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Buzzfeed UK editor Luke Lewis’s tips for growing social media communities

The newly-appointed editor of Buzzfeed UK , former social media editor of NME Luke Lewis, has a wealth of experience in building online communities.

As publications become more social-media savvy, editors are beginning to realise the importance of asking readers for feedback. What they too often forget, as Lewis told the news:rewired conference in London today, is the crucial “second part” of actually responding.

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