Culture and Career
Workflow Automation Tools for Newsrooms of Any Size
- Alessandro Cappai
- Penny Riordan
From publishing to social media, to editing video, to working in the CMS, there are so many different dashboards, logins and systems to manage. We’ll highlight tools that some...
Managing for Innovation and Culture Change in News
- S. Mitra Kalita
- Anne-Marie Tomchak
Join us for a vibrant kick-off to our day of discussing best practices and innovation in newsrooms. We’ll discuss newsroom structure, product iteration and innovation and how to...
Don’t Read the Comments, Sew Them!
- Hannah Wise
The comments are tough to deal with. They are messy and more often than not they just make no sense. Even for journalists who are invested in engaging with their readers, the...
Early-Career Tips From our 2016 MJ Bear Fellows
- Rose Eveleth
- Sohara Mehroze Shachi
- Alex Laughlin
Hear inspiring examples of how early-career journalists are redefining our industry, our use of technology and our day-to-day jobs. Our newest MJ Bear Fellows, selected for their...
How Questions Saved My Life and Publishing Industry in Europe
How do you make people listen to you and stay alert in a conversation? By asking the right questions. What comes naturally in a human conversation has been neglected in publishing ...
Keeping it Together When the Newsroom is Everywhere
- Rebecca Eisenberg
- Nasr ul Hadi
Technology is only half the battle in managing a staff and workflow across time zones, languages, physical space and geographic boundaries. We’ll talk with newsroom managers who...
reported.ly: The Story of Digital Media
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Moderated by Mathew Ingram
Unique and experimental in its focus, structure and revenue stream, the two-year-old social news-wire project reported.ly uses social media platforms as a home for real-time news...
Does Your Newsroom Look Like Your Target Audience?
- Elinor Shields
- Olga Stern
How can we match our teams to rapidly growing diverse audiences to produce truly relevant content? Specifically, as European newsrooms seek to engage more women, what steps are...
Blood on the Screen: Dealing with Vicarious Trauma Via UGC
- Kim Bui
- Hannah Cushman
- Gavin Rees
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Moderated by Fergus Bell
Social newsgatherers watch the unwatchable — the sort of graphic visuals that, a generation ago, would have required a visit to a crime scene or battlefield. The worst that...