Posts from journalism.co.uk's series of news:rewired conferences.
business models
Ron Diorio, VP of business development & innovation director, Economist Media Group [https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/02/rondiorio.jpg] What is a platform? asked Ron, rattling through a list of OSes, apps and social networks, to a mixed response from the audience – there was
apps
Alex Watson, head of app development, Dennis [https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/02/AlexWatson.jpg] Apple’s Newsstand is a retail environment. Prior to it, you were just another app in the App Store. It is more of a retail shopping experience than we’re
hashtags
Liz Heron tells the news:rewired audience that the social media landscape is changing so fast that it's unrecognizable year-to-year
Journalism
Hannah Waldram Graduated from Cardiff just as the recession hit – so went home and set up Bournville Village, a local blog. Worked with Podnosh. Is now The Guardian’s beat blogger in Cardiff. No office, just her and her laptop. Teamed up with mysociety to provide information which encourages civic
infographics
Key points emerging from the Interactives session: - Interactive graphics need a clear defined purpose. Understand what the users can get out of it, and what makes it different from a static graphic. - They take time to produce, so think in terms of updating them to keep them useful
citizen journalism
Warning: Liveblogging – errors and typos likely iVillage – Lulu Phongmany: Been around for 10 years without really talking to the community about what they wanted. Very different issues drive success in message boards as opposed to content. Content seems tool-based, forums more around mutual support issues. Food site relaunch: Editors and
microsoft
Liveblogging: errors and typos likely Peter Bale of Microsoft UK, whose building we’re sitting in is kicking off the conference, and he’s promised us it won’t just be a product pitch. Why are we doing this? For the audience. Within the UK audience there are many niches,
events
 A quick plug: tickets are available for the [second news:rewired event](http://www.newsrewired.com/agenda-2/), which is focusing on niches. [ [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/01/Screen-shot-2010-01-19-at-16.37.19.png] Not bad after 5 days…
So, onto other people’s panels, and I’ve plumped for the crowd-sourcing one, as I’m not local enough for the local panel and not clever enough for the data-mashing one… The speakers have placed very heavy emphasis on the verification process, from Demotix looking at information contained within
Still in recovery mode from my panel at news:rewired. We had a small crowd, but they were very heavily engaged, which is a good thing. Lots of questions, and a massive over-run on the time, despite Judith’s best efforts to keep us on time. [![Troubleshooting audience at news: