A round-up of tweets, videos, audio and photos from news:rewired – media in motion
A summary of all the sessions from news:rewired, a conference for digital journalists held at MSN HQ on Friday, 3 February
#newsrw – Laura Kuenssberg: ‘If you wouldn’t say it on air, don’t tweet it’
The panel generally agreed that if you wouldn’t say it on air, don’t tweet it, a point Laura Kuenssberg introduced.
#newsrw: Interactive publications and multi-platform publishing
Mike Goldsmith, editor-in-chief of iPad and tablet editions, Future Publishing; Douglas Arellanes, technologist, consultant and the director of clients and services, Sourcefabric; Ron Diorio, vice-president of product and community development, Economist.com; and Lucia Adams, web development editor, the Times
Image by byrion on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
#newsrw: When’s best to tweet and post to Facebook?
Editor of Wired Nate Lanxon says the best times to post to Facebook are first thing in then morning, lunchtime, 3pm and between 5 and 5:30 p.m.
#newsrw: What are newsgames and how do you use them?
Bobby Schweizer, doctoral student at the Georgia Institute of Technology and co-author of Newsgames: journalism at play says “Don’t be afraid of experimenting and trying something new, the payoff might just be good journalism”.
LIVE: The debate – Setting social media standards
Laura Kuenssberg, business editor, ITV News; Neal Mann, digital news editor, Sky News; Katherine Haddon, head of online, English, AFP; and Tom McArthur, UK editor, breakingnews.com discuss setting social media standards
#newsrw: ‘Content is King’ for online video
‘Video on the web should use the web’, Christian Heilmann, developer evangelist for Mozilla told the session on online video journalism
LIVE: Session 3A – Newsgames
Bobby Schweizer, doctoral student at the Georgia Institute of Technology and co-author of Newsgames: journalism at play; Shannon Perkins, editor of interactive technologies, Wired.com; Al Trivino, director of innovation at News International; and Alastair Dant, interactive lead at the Guardian discuss using games to tell news stories
LIVE: Session 3B – Multiplatform strategies
Mike Goldsmith, editor-in-chief of iPad and tablet editions, Future Publishing; Douglas Arellanes, technologist, consultant and the director of clients and services, Sourcefabric; Ron Diorio, vice-president of product and community development, Economist.com; and Lucia Adams, web development editor, the Times
Image by Magnus D on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
#newsrw: Three pieces of advice for mobile reporting from Sky’s Nick Martin
Sky News correspondent Nick martin advises mobile reporters to investigate accessories that can enhance video and sound quality, to practise and “take the rough with the smooth”, and to ensure mobile reporting is only used when appropriate.
Image by liewcf on Flickr. Some rights reserved.