Ousama Itani, senior officer for strategy and development with Al Jazeera’s online news channel, AJ+, today outlined the social media-savvy strategy his organisation had employed help further its development. Speaking during a morning session of the news:rewired conference, in London, Itani said the ability to overcome challenges posed by working with social media sites was crucial […]
Chat apps: three tips for making them work for a news audience
The intimacy of Telegram, WeChat and WhatsApp has helped make these chat apps, and others like them, the next frontier for news organisations that are looking to reach new audiences – but with the number of platforms available, coming up with a ‘chat app’ strategy can be daunting. For a news organisation, it can be difficult to know which platform is […]
As it happened: data hub workshop session
This workshop session of the news:rewired conference, in London, aimed to help delegates learn more about data analysis, visualisation and the diversity of skills and tasks that make up data journalism.
How Serial podcast engages an online community
“We’re having a moment where a distinctive voice is more valuable in news”, explains Kristen Taylor, audience development specialist and community editor for the second season of Serial, the award-winning podcast phenomenon. Opening the news:rewired conference, today in London, Taylor said publishers’ traditional focus was on statistics for audience feedback, but she outlined a handful […]
As it happened: the new wave in podcasting
After the success of Serial and the mobile-friendly nature of the medium put podcasts back on the map for many media organisations, this session of the news:rewired conference explored how to create engaging podcasts and how to monetise them.
Spotlight talk as it happened: the success and challenges of AJ+, and its new distributed news strategy
Ousama Itani is a senior officer for strategy and development with Al Jazeera, where he researches and experiments with the use of new and alternative technologies in the media industry, including digital-first content and future audio formats. In this short talk, he outlined to delegates at the news:rewired conference, in London, the successes of AJ+, the digital-only channel for millennials. He […]
As it happened: reaching younger audiences and new sources on chat apps
Twitter and Facebook are now key platforms for both news-gathering and storytelling, but closed networks such as chat apps, with their millions of users around the world, are becoming an interesting proposition for publishers. How are news organisations using platforms, like Line or Yik Yak, to engage with their audience and source stories? And […]
Keynote as it happened: Where’s the value for publishers in interacting with communities?
In the opening keynote, Kristen Taylor, audience development specialist, shared insights into her work as community editor on the second season of Serial, managing the podcast’s following and social media presence. She also talked about what she’s learned about community management from her previous roles at Al Jazeera, BBC, Global Voices and from founding her own […]
Latest newsrewired updates: Spotlight on refugee crisis coverage, and welcome our latest sponsors Tableau and Tibit
With a week to go until the next newsrewired digital journalism conference, which takes place on 20 July at Reuters UK in Canary Wharf, London, it’s all hands on deck at Journalism.co.uk.
We’re pleased to announce a Spotlight talk from BuzzFeed’s Rossalyn Warren, the full line-up for our data hub, including a sponsored workshop from Tableau, as well as our latest sponsors tibit.
The agenda for the day includes panel discussions, practical workshops and spotlight talks on trends and techniques in digital journalism, from making the most of analytics to getting to grips with podcasting, audience engagement and social media newsgathering.
A small number of tickets for the day is still available.
Welcome latest newsrewired sponsors Storyful
As a growing number of pictures and videos are posted online from members of the public, eyewitness media is becoming an important part of the newsgathering operations in many newsrooms. But as a still emerging newsgathering technique in many organisations, sourcing, verifying and licensing eyewitness media can be a tricky operation.
We’re pleased to announce social media newswire Storyful will be sponsoring our next newsrewired digital journalism conference, which takes place on 20 July in London.
Founded in 2010 and based in Dublin, Ireland, Storyful comprises a team of technologists and journalists across Asia, Europe and the United States who discover, verify, acquire and distribute timely and relevant video and user-generated content to newsrooms, advertisers and brands.
Storyful journalist Eoghan Sweeney will be joining our closing panel, “Best practices for working with eyewitness media on social networks”, alongside Rachel Rodriguez, social media producer, CNN International, George Sargent, social media producer, Reuters, and Hazel Baker, digital news editor, Sky News.