This session of the news:rewired conference, today in London, was an in-depth workshop on investigation techniques using open-source information, social media and much more. This is the archived version of the live session blog.
How Al Jazeera engages younger audiences through an app
Raja Sharif, strategy and implementation manager at Al Jazeera, spoke today at the news:rewired conference about AJ+, the network’s app channel aimed at millennials
How newsrooms will cover ‘the hashtag election’
The General Election of May 2010 was widely touted as the UK’s first social media election, but panellists addressing a session on election coverage at today’s news:rewired conference in London agreed that 2015 will be the year where social media really comes into its own
As it happened: Visual storytelling session
Multimedia, interactive elements and visualisations can help stories stand out, but how and where are these elements best used? This workshop session of news:rewired explored the topic. This is the archived version of the live blog
As it happened: Measuring success workshop session
This workshop session at news:rewired looked at how journalists, newsrooms and commercial departments may need to take different approaches to analysing their work. This is an archived version of the live blog
How to innovate your newsroom
During a session on experimentation in the newsroom, today at the news:rewired conference in London, Amanda Farnsworth, head of visual journalism with the BBC, Pat Long, head of news development with the Times and Sunday Times, and Alessio Balbi, head of audience engagement with Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso (Italy), told delegates about their lessons of starting innovation in a newsroom
As it happened: Engaging younger audiences
This session of the news:rewired conference looked at some of the ways news outlets are reaching out to 16-34 year old readers, with a focus on mobile and social strategies. This is the archived live blog
As it happened: Approaching the elections session
With the UK general elections looming, this panel session at the news:rewired conference looked at the new approaches journalists take to analyse results and produce engaging coverage. This is the archived live blog of the session
Guardian digital chief: Killing off comments ‘a monumental mistake’
The Guardian’s executive editor for digital, Aron Pilhofer, described the trend among news sites of switching off reader comments as a “monumental mistake”
As it happened: Experimenting in the newsroom
This second session of news:rewired looked at how three newsrooms are trying new ideas and finding success in innovation. This is the archived live blog