During an afternoon session of the news:rewired conference, in London today, Dhruti Shah, UGC producer with BBC News, and Jochen Spangenberg, innovation manager from Reveal project/ Deutsche Welle, shared their tips on how to use social media efficiently.
As it happened: video on the move session
For many news outlets, over half of the total audience is now mobile. This workshop session of news:rewired, in London, explored what media professionals consider essential when they press play.
As it happened: social storytelling session
This session of the news:rewired conference, today in London, covered the opportunities and problems that organisations may encounter with adopting a publishing-straight-to-social-media strategy
How NOT to approach breaking news witnesses on Twitter
Clare Wardle, research director from the TOW Centre for Digital Journalism, gave the news:rewired conference the low down on what NOT to do when approaching eye witnesses on social media.
How news groups use citizen journalism to give a voice to marginalised communities
Increasing number of people are using social media to share shocking stories online about marginalised people, forcing media organisations to change they way they source and tell the news, the news:rewired conference was told today
As it happened: mobile visual journalist session
This workshop session of the news:rewired conference, today in London, explored some of the ways how you can use your smartphone to produce quality videos.
As it happened: using social media to source stories session
The news-gathering process has been revolutionalised by social media, but journalism still struggles with the finding and verification of social sources. This panel at news:rewired discussed strategies.
How the Guardian uses comments to support journalism
Comments may be ‘much maligned sometimes’ and commenters often get overlooked but, in reality, they can be a websites most loyal users, Laura Oliver, the Guardian’s social and communities editor, told the news:rewired conference today
As it happened: Live news on the ground and in the newsroom
This session at the news:rewired conference was a practical look at some of the best tools and techniques for live and breaking news
As it happened: Building engaged communities session
This panel session at news:rewired took an in-depth look at how media outlets keep their audiences engaged with stories and how comments can play a positive role