Workshop: Turning community into content, with The Telegraph
At The Telegraph, the community team prides itself on making the voices of the audience known. Whether it’s by feeding reader sentiment to newsdesks, publishing reader-led articles, or running ‘below the line’ sessions where authors respond to the readers directly, including the audience in its journalism is at the heart of what The Telegraph does. […]
Lunchtime talk: Trauma-informed journalism
From the young producer who used to say to his bosses, “give me the hardest story you’ve got and I’ll take it on!”… to the more experienced journalist who went on to battle crippling anxiety and trauma-affected sleep, Sky News producer and psychotherapist James Scurry will offer his insights into the gradual way what he […]
Workshop: Intentional peer support network – a preventative model for improving mental health in the newsroom
The news agenda is overflowing with distressing stories – and the pressure to perform has never been greater. No wonder the emotional toll on people working in the media industry is so high. The sense of being overwhelmed, of trauma, or burnout, is very real. The first course of action is often a referral to […]
Workshop | AI and news: build or buy?, with FT Strategies
The ‘build or buy’ dilemma is not a new one for news organisations, but it is particularly acute when it comes to AI with publishers asking: ‘Where do I start?’, ‘Should I build or buy AI?’ and ‘How do I embed AI in my business beyond initial experiments?’. In this practical workshop, FT Strategies explores […]
Reinventing journalism: new ideas for a people-centric sustainable future
In an era in which AI is changing the way journalism is distributed and consumed, it’s more important than ever that journalism focuses on the people it aims to serve, exploring innovative and impactful ways to add value to their lives. That’s what Mattia Peretti calls ‘extreme people-centricity’ and he believes it’s the only path […]