A round-up of news:rewired - connected journalism

Want to know what happened at #newsrw today? Here is a summary of all the sessions.

  1. Charlie Beckett, founder of POLIS, kicked things off with a keynote speech.

  2. Here, Beckett summarises his key points from the speech:
  3. Session 1A: Newsroom architecture

    With: Helje Solberg, executive editor, VG; Karl Schneider, head of editorial development, Reed Business Information; and James Weeks, executive producer, new media, Sky News.
  4. There was plenty of discussion about the physical arrangement of the newsroom, but also a focus on the internal heirarchy and the need for change as newsrooms become more technical.

  5. Helje Solberg admits that they haven't worked out how important who sits where is at VG. #newsrw #1a
  6. Sky News' James Weeks: 'Seating plan is very important to newsroom architecture, ideally we'd have everyone sat together' #newsrw #1A
  7. James Weeks from Sky News up now in #newsrw session #1A - says no Sky News staffer is a stranger to continuous deadlines now.
  8. "It's still rare to find editorial and technical skills in the same person" Karl Schneider, Reed Business #newsrw #1A
  9. Session 1B: Enhancing community engagement

    With: Laura Oliver, community coordinator, news, the Guardian; Kate Day, social media and engagement editor, the Telegraph; and Cathy Ma, head of social media, IPC Media.

  10. .@LauraOliver speaking about how the Guardian's liveblog on the "pause" in NHS reform and the importance of reading comments #newsrw #1B
  11. Re Comments - "Don't just light the fire ... and walk away" return and monitor @LauraOliver #newsrw #1b
  12. Do journalists need to be trained on how to get the conversation going with readers? #newsrw #1b
  13. @kate_day says the Telegraph has a Mr Angry, a difficult commenter, who has been banned 65 times! #newsrw #1B
  14. #newsrw #1b dealing with the angry masses 1. Don't feed the trolls 2. But some trolls are expected and what some threads are about.
  15. Session 2A: Integrated storytelling


    In the other session, Xavier Damman, co-founder, Storify; Adam Westbrook, online video journalist and lecturer and blogger; Stephen Abbott, executive producer, culture, the Guardian and Andy Cotgreave, senior product consultant, Tableau Software.

  16. @AdamWestbrook's 4 points: Start with the story | Don’t do everything | Involve your audience | Quality counts #2a #newsrw
  17. Lotta love for @storify and curation tools as best ways to cover some stories online here at #newsrw #2a
  18. #newsrw #2a liveblogs are an increasing priority @guardian But tools are improving which make things simpler
  19. Tableau t.co/lyk9eE7g is a great tool for storytelling via data journalism, as @acotgreave is demonstrating at #newsrw #2A

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