Matt Cooke, head of the International Google News Lab and a former BBC journalist, used his session at the newsrewired conference, in London today, to introduce a series of newsgathering and storytelling tools and suggest a number of tips to help journalists with their research and verification online.
Political journalism: reflections on covering the election
Is there a need for a new approach to political journalism and the we cover elections? After a year of election surprises, a panel at the newsrewired conference, in London today, asked: How should a journalist face elections now?
As it happened: what’s new with push alerts
The final session of the newsrewired conference, in London today, asked what’s new with the good old push notification and examines best practices for engaging audiences via the home screen of their mobile devices. This is the archived live blog of the session…
How to crack Snapchat and Instagram through ‘Stories’
Have you ever noticed those little circles containing pictures at the top of your social media feeds? These things are called ‘Stories’ and although they might have started on Snapchat that hasn’t stopped them making their way onto all our beloved social apps.
As it happened: the diary of a journalist surrounded by coders
Albertine Piels is the director of Hackastory. Last year she quit her job as an editor in chief at the Dutch national news station RTLZ to focus on Hackastory, where she works with coders every day. This new love story is shocking, at times frustrating, exhilarating and pleasantly mind boggling. In this spotlight talk at […]
Representative media: ‘when you meet people face-to-face, you can do much more’
From the outside local and national news outlets seem like very different organisations – but aren’t their challenges growing ever similar? If so, then what can they do to improve levels of public trust, connect with real people, and improve the quality of the work they produce? During a session of at the newsrewired conference, in […]
As it happened: audio in the age of social media
The first afternoon session of the newsrewired conference, in London today, asked if radio can go viral and how journalists can make audio more engaging online. This is the archived live blog of the session.
Keynote: Mobile is dominant in readers’ lives, so why aren’t we talking about it more?
Sasha Koren , editor of the Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab, opened the newsrewired conference, today (19 July) in London, by stressing the need for news publishers to continue to push the boundaries of journalism on mobile devices. Delivering the keynote address, Koren told delegates that mobile was dominant in the lives of news consumers, […]
As it happened: political journalism and election reflections
The third live session of the newsrewired conference, in London today, looked at whether there is a need for new approaches to political journalism and the way we cover elections. This is the archived live blog of the session…
As it happened: Representative media – community and local journalism
The second session of the News:rewired conference, in London today, looked at how larger media organisations are connecting with their audience on a local level, and what can they learn from local media. This is the archived live blog from the session… Normally, stores like Aldi’s will only open a couple times a year. They […]