In the run up to news:rewired – noise to signal, we’re posting useful links and resources for each of the sessions. In the second post in this series, we look at session 1B: Sorting the social media chaos
Links: Session 1A – the data journalism toolkit
A collection of links relating to all elements of the data journalism toolkit session, including blog posts and useful resources that will help you on your way to finding relevant datasets, cleaning them up and preparing to tell a story
Heather Brooke to give keynote at news:rewired – noise to signal
Journalism.co.uk is pleased to announce that award-winning journalist, author, and freedom of information campaigner Heather Brooke will give the keynote speech to open news:rewired – noise to signal on 27 May.
Brooke is best known for her role in bringing MPs expenses – one of the biggest stories of 2009 – to light after a tireless five-year freedom-of-information campaign. She has since worked with the Guardian on the release of WikiLeaks’ US embassy cables, one of the biggest stories of 2010, and written a third book, The Revolution Will be Digitised
Announcing news:rewired – noise to signal, 27 May 2011
Journalism.co.uk’s next news:rewired event will take place on 27 May at Thomson Reuters’ London offices.
What’s it about?
news:rewired – noise to signal is a one-day event for journalists and communications professionals who want to learn more about the latest tools and strategies to filter large datasets, social networks, and audience metrics into a clear signal for both the editorial and business side of the news industry.
Panel sessions will cover: the data journalism toolkit, audience and demographic data, building social media strategies; measuring online reputation; developing the data story through visualisations; community engagement; and how to effectively filter and verify the social media information flow.
Who’s it for?
news:rewired events are for: working journalists with an interest in digital media; media trainers and students; journalism and communications academics; PR and communications professionals; and anyone interested in the future of the journalism and media industries.
How can I learn more?
You can see the full agenda here. You can also subscribe to the news:rewired site to receive updates about the event at this link, or email rachel [at] journalism.co.uk for more information.
#newsrw: Link-by-link coverage of news:rewired – beyond the story
There are plenty of ways to catch-up with all the goings on from news:rewired – beyond the story, so use this post as a guide through the coverage of the day.
Slideshow: news:rewired – beyond the story in pictures
See our speakers and delegates from news:rewired – beyond the story, 16 December 2010, in the slideshow below.
How specialist publishers can compete with national news organisations for SEO
A guest post from news:rewired speaker and SEO and content strategy consultant Malcolm Coles When national news organisations like the Mail or the BBC take an interest in your specialism, they can siphon off all your search traffic. All of a sudden, you go from being the number one result on Google for a given […]
news:rewired proudly announces live journalism platform ScribbleLive as a sponsor
With only two weeks left until news:rewired – beyond the story we are happy to announce live journalism Platform ScribbleLive as gold sponsor for the event.
Get a free headshot at news:rewired – beyond the story with iStockphoto
Delegates attending news:rewired – beyond the story later this month can snap up a free professional headshot on the day thanks to iStockphoto.
UBM Medica tops list of publishers represented at news:rewired
news:rewired – beyond the story is an event aimed at journalists and communications professionals who want to make their content more powerful using digital media tools. We hope it will address specialist publishers or those with a niche interest or audience in particular, whether that’s by community, interest or platform – but which companies are taking SEO, linked data and online business models most seriously and sending along delegates?