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Check out the agenda for November’s newsrewired

How can you better create stories for mobile audiences? When would collaborations benefit your organisation, and how can you build a workflow suitable for you and your partners? How are media organisations using virtual reality and should you invest in it too? Can graphic novels be used in journalism?

Find out the answer to these questions and many more at our next newsrewired digital journalism event on 22 – 23 November at Reuters in London.

Journalism.co.uk is pleased to announce the agenda for the day.

We are still working on confirming a few sessions and speakers, so some things may change slightly before 22 November, but register now to avoid missing out on tickets as places are going fast.

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Open-source tools and a decade of Monocle: More speakers announced for newsrewired on 22 November

As we get closer to the next newsrewired event, which takes place on 22 November at Reuters in London, Journalism.co.uk is pleased to announce two more sessions from the agenda and additional speakers joining us on the day.

The event next month will be our 20th newsrewired, and, as always, we will be focusing on practical learning through a mix of panels, workshops and spotlight talks.

Tickets for newsrewired are available for £180+VAT.  Topics we will be discussing at the event include: storytelling for mobile audiences, collaboration in the newsroom, and graphic novel journalism, with experts from BuzzFeed, Wall Street Journal, Pop-Up Newsroom and more. Stay tuned for more speaker announcements over the coming weeks!

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6 types of collaborations between news organisations and their benefits and challenges

Collaborative journalism is now being practised on a scale that constitutes a revolution in the media, found a report published today (29 September) by the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University. Based on interviews with key figures involved in these type of projects, as well as industry events and literature reviews, the paperoutlines six […]

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In Norway, four newsrooms are working together to produce and share fact-checks

Last autumn, VG and Dagbladet, two of Norway’s most-read tabloid newspapers, began exploring the possibility of collaborating on fact-checking. In December 2016, a small team of journalists, developers and designers from the two organisations started working on the project, called Faktisk. Two more organisations came on board this spring – NRK, Norway’s public broadcaster, and TV 2, the largest commercial […]

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Newsrewired+ training (23 Nov) now available: Stories, podcasting, media law

A focus on practical, hands-on learning has always been at the heart of newsrewired, and Journalism.co.uk will be hosting a full day of training after the main conference in November. Delegates can register to attend the conference (22 November) and one of the full-day courses during the training day (23 November) by purchasing a newsrewired+ ticket.

Early-bird Newsrewired+ tickets are available for £323+VAT until 15 September, after which you will be able to purchase standard tickets for £368+VAT).

Newsrewired+ tickets represent a 10 per cent discount compared to booking tickets for both days separately.

Both the conference and training day are hosted at the Reuters office in Canary Wharf, London. The conference agenda for the day includes talks and in-depth sessions on storytelling for mobile audiences, collaboration in the newsroom, and the applications of the graphic novel format in journalism. An early-bird ticket for the conference costs just £130+VAT, and can be purchased separately here: sign up to attend newsrewired, 22 November.

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Pop-Up Newsroom aims to unlock best practices for collaboration between news organisations and technology companies

How can we make digital editorial collaborations more efficient? Pop-Up Newsroom, a joint initiative from Meedan and Dig Deeper Media, launched in June with the aim of setting up a framework that encourages both editorial and technological innovation.

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Storytelling for mobile and graphic novels: First speakers announced for November’s newsrewired

The next newsrewired digital journalism conference takes place on 22 November at Reuters in Canary Wharf, London. Newsrewired is powered by a focus on practical learning, with panels, workshops and talk throughout the day highlighting the latest techniques in digital newsgathering and storytelling.

Today, Journalism.co.uk is happy to announce the first speakers who will be joining us on the day to discuss storytelling for mobile audiences, collaboration in the newsroom, and the applications of the graphic novel format in journalism – including experts from The Wall Street Journal and BuzzFeed News.

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Announcing the next newsrewired event: 22-23 November 2017, London

Our next newsrewired digital journalism event will take place on 22-23 November at Reuters HQ in Canary Wharf, London. This will be Journalism.co.uk’s 20th newsrewired conference, featuring a mix of panels, talks and workshops on 22 November, followed by a full day of training for newsrewired+ delegates, who will be able to register to attend one of three full-day, practical training courses.

As usual, newsrewired will look at the latest trends and techniques in digital journalism, in a hands-on, accessible way, highlighting tools, workflows and lessons delegates can then take back to their teams and start applying in their day-to-day work.

Journalism.co.uk has started working on the agenda for the conference on 22 November, as well as the training options for 23 November, and the first speakers will be announced soon. We are now able to reveal some of the topics we plan to include on the agenda, as well as open registration for discounted early-bird tickets.

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Albertine Piels’s diary of a journalist surrounded by coders

It doesn’t happen very often that journalists work directly with coders – so when it does happen it could feel, for both sides, a little like stepping into a completely new universe… Albertine Piels is the former editor-in-chief of Dutch national news station RTLZ. Last year she left her job to focus on her role as […]

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