Social media editor of the New York Times Liz Heron at news:rewired – media in motion: “Be strategic, be different, and strive for meaningful interactions – don’t be content to skate on social media’s surface”
Links: a look at mobile reporting ahead of news:rewired
With today’s smart phones enabling journalists to tweet, file copy, and edit and upload broadcast-quality footage, mobile reporting is becoming an increasingly important part of the basic skillset for journalists, from regional patch reporters at council meetings to foreign correspondents in warzones. One of the sessions at our upcoming news:rewired digital journalism conference will look at the advances in mobile reporting and how it is being used effectively by regional newspapers, national broadcasters, freelance video journalists, and others.
New York Times social media editor Liz Heron to give news:rewired keynote
Liz Heron, social media editor of the New York Times will give the keynote address at news:rewired – media in motion.
There will also be speakers at the conference, which is on the latest trends in digital journalism, from the BBC, Sky News, ITV News, Mozilla, MSN, Guardian, Times, Financial Times, Economist, AFP, Wired.co.uk, Wired.com, Trinity Mirror, Manchester Evening News, Future Publishing, Factory Media, SoundCloud and BreakingNews.
Announcing news:rewired – media in motion, 3 February 2012
Our next event news:rewired – media in motion will take place on 3 February at MSN’s London offices in Victoria, looking at the latest tools, strategies and approaches in online journalism and the use of digital technologies for innovative news production, with a focus on social and mobile developments.
Sessions at the one-day conference will include a look at the opportunities for online video, how to bring newsgames into news coverage, how best to time social media output, innovative approaches in mobile reporting and building coherent multi-platform strategies for delivering content across print, web, tablet and smartphone apps.
You can book tickets here. Tickets cost £130 (+VAT) and include lunch, refreshments and after event drinks on the day.
Presentations and video from session #1B: enhancing community engagement
This post contains the presentations from session 1B featuring Laura Oliver, community co-ordinator, news, the Guardian; Kate Day, social media and engagement editor, the Telegraph and Cathy Ma, head of social media, IPC Media.
Speaker presentations: Session 1B – Sorting the social media chaos
This post offers presentations from Session 1B – Sorting the social media chaos featuring: Nicola Hughes, data journalist, Data Miner UK; Alex Gubbay, social media editor, BBC News; Neal Mann, freelance field producer, Sky News and Fergus Bell, senior producer, Associated Press. Moderated by Suw Charman-Anderson, social technologist.
#Newsrw: ‘It’s about creating a party and making it rock’
‘It’s not about being the centre of attention any more, it’s about creating a party and making it rock,’ said Mark Jones of Reuters in the social media strategy session at news:rewired. But at the Independent they are the focus with more than 100,000 Likes across the newspaper’s Facebook presence
LIVE: Session 3B – Knowing your audience #newsrw
Follow the developing the knowing your audience at news:rewired – noise to signal with a CoverItLive blog from Wannabe Hacks
#Newsrw: ‘Twitter is Reuters on acid, crack and cocaine’
The sorting the social media chaos session at news:rewired – noise to signal saw field producer Neal Mann create quite a buzz when he described Twitter as Reuters on acid, crack and cocaine
LIVE: Session 1B – Sorting the social media chaos
Follow the sorting the social media chaos session at news:rewired – noise to signal with a CoverItLive blog from Wannabe Hacks