With just over a week to go until news:rewired, one of our multimedia speakers, Justin Kings, is helping us get ready with a day of tweeted tips. We’ll be posting them on this blog, and re-tweeting them via @newsrewired. They’ll originally go out from @newsleader from 9.30 am tomorrow (Wednesday 6 January) and will be […]
Signs of a tipping point in media development
“We may be approaching what Malcolm Gladwell termed a tipping point as far as media technology goes, a point where the focus of debate moves from the medium to the message,” writes Martin Cloake.
Speaker Q&A: Jessica Reed, Guardian.co.uk’s Comment is Free
In our latest speaker Q&A we ask Jessica Reed, editorial assistant for the Guardian’s Comment is Free site, about her job and what it involves. Prior to joining the Guardian she worked as a participation editor for non-profit human rights and democracy news site openDemocracy, where she was responsible for contributing blogs and bloggers. At […]
Speaker Q&A: Kate Day, communities editor, Telegraph.co.uk
news:rewired is asking its speakers to tell us more about themselves. We put some questions to Kate Day, communities editor at the Telegraph. Kate will be moderating and participating in a morning session on social media for journalists; and an afternoon session on crowdsourcing and collaboration. So what exactly do you do at the Telegraph? […]
A New Year Boo from @newsleader
@Newsleader, aka Justin Kings, makes good use of news:rewired’s sponsor Audioboo today, with his new year ‘Boo’ about his forthcoming multimedia plans. Listen to his audio clip here: Justin Kings, who will be talking about multimedia in practice at news:rewired on 14 January, will be tweeting broadcasting and social media tips all day on Wednesday […]
Speaker Q&A: James Fryer, deputy editor, SoGlos.com
news:rewired is asking its speakers to tell us more about themselves. Next up is SoGlos.com’s deputy editor James Fryer on launching an independent, online-only media business.
Speaker Q&A: Jon Bernstein, New Statesman deputy editor
news:rewired is asking its speakers to tell us more about themselves. Next up is New Statesman deputy editor Jon Bernstein on the challenges of working as a multimedia journalist.
Q&A: Justin Kings, media consultant, Newsleader
Justin Kings runs newsleader media consultancy, specialising in news/talk radio and multi-media projects across the United Kingdom and Europe. He will be talking about putting multimedia into practice at news:rewired.
‘Where’s the pain?’ – Three ways to be an entrepreneurial journalist
Why is the future of journalism entrepreneurial? “Because it can be,” says Jeff Jarvis, and he’s right. [http://www.buzzmachine.com/2009/11/01/the-future-of-journalism-is-entrepreneurial/]
Speaker Q&A: Francis Irving, senior developer, mySociety
mySociety is behind some of the most innovative citizen and community projects in the UK: TheyWorkForYou, WhatDoTheyKnow, FixMyStreet, Mapumental, No. 10 Petitions site, PledgeBank, WriteToThem, and others. Its senior developer, Francis Irving, has worked for the charity since 2004 and will be talking about collaborative data projects at news:rewired, along with data expert Tony Hirst, from the Open University.