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LONDON TECHNOLOGY WEEK: tech week's first big day event saw a sharp focus on education and technology, as specialists in both gathered at central London's Somerset House for the RE.WORK future technologies event. Catalina Albeanu offers an overview.
A lot of the roles that used to be filled by a van full of cameramen, sound technicians, producers and video editors - not to mentioned journalists - can now be filled by a well-trained reporter with a smartphone and the right kit.
Collaborative work in data journalism and verification got two new allies this week as platforms Swarmize and Checkdesk received grants from the Knights News Challenge. They both hope to create new opportunities for journalists to use available data and user-generated content to its full potential.
A list of blogs by journalists, journalism academics and photo-journalists sharing tips and perspectives on topics such as social media, data journalism, apps, tools, and the latest developments in the industry. The blogs are grouped by subject and are listed in random order. We have not included any blogs hosted by news organisations or other sites.
The private stories of international journalists rarely make the cut in conventional news. But Correspondent Confidential, an illustrated documentary series from Vice News, makes these unique reporting experiences the focus of its episodes. Series producer Carrie Ching said she knows first hand from working with investigative journalists that some of the best stories do not go into the final piece.
Journalism needs more curiosity rather than a tick-box approach to diversity in the media, said Mukti Jain Campion, founder of Culture Wise. Speaking at the start of the second day of the MEDIANE London Encounter, Campion said journalists have to start with the story itself and engage with people at that very basic level.
The MEDIANE Box is an action oriented online tool that monitors practices in relation to diversity inclusiveness, and aims to support development through specific recommendations on a case by case basis. The tool is aimed at media managers, journalists, and media trainers, and provides relevant indicators for self-monitoring.
People in the United Kingdom waste £23 billion worth of food every year, the equivalent of around 18 million tonnes. A third of this comes from households, which means we are throwing away a staggering 6 million tonnes of food. Between the money we waste in the process and the increased campaigning against food waste,...
Open minds, curiosity, comfortable armchairs and an open bar. These are just some of the things that attract budding entrepreneurs to City Unrulyversity, the pop-up university that takes over Unruly's Clubhouse, a cosy meeting space in stark contrast to the traditional rigid classroom environment people associate with getting an education.
Our instincts about thinking are in fact "rather poor", behaviour change expert Nick Southgate told Digital Shoreditch on Friday. It turns out we tend to to overestimate how much thought other people give to things, and at the same time we underestimate how much others don't think about things at all.
If you ever wondered what makes the internet world go round, St John Street has the answer for you: it's cats. "Cats are in the fabric of online", said Will Cooke and John Burkhart from VAN speaking at Digital Shoreditch on Wednesday.
Smart preparation is the entrepreneur's best friend when going into negotiations with potential investors, said Edmund Papworth, head of access to finance at GrowthAccelerator, speaking at Digital Shoreditch on Thursday. He said: "We've all seen it on Dragons' Den. They all think they're prepared but they're not".
Everyone "loves to hate" the compelling pictures of food people post on Instagram and Facebook, Chloe Cook from The Futures Company told Digital Shoreditch on Tuesday. Sharing images of meals and coffees is something most social media users are accustomed to.
SHARING DESK space with different companies can both cut costs and increase productivity, according to Matthew Evans (@matte8000), director of the Hoxton Mix, speaking at Digital Shoreditch. The collective is one the pioneers of "co-working", a set-up becoming more and more popular with Tech City start-ups.
Good news for the British higher education system - four UK universities have taken over the top slots of the QS World University Rankings. This great moment comes after a summer of rather disappointing events, from delays in processing visas, to London Metropolitan University having its license to teach international students suspended, leaving hundreds of students to feel cheated, out of pocket, and unwelcome.
What makes a successful collaboration? Tom Hall, head of partnership at Pearson, spoke at Digital Shoreditch today about the key factors which make a partnership a success. The list was determinded as part of Connecting the Dots, a project born after Pearson's experience with the new Plug and Play platform where users are able to play with content and put their own touch to the company's products.
Identity day at Digital Shoreditch started with the introduction of Tagged, an experiment which takes the act of tagging someone in a photo on Facebook and brings it into the real world.
Holly Clarke, group head of the UK operations team at Unruly Media, argues that children today “feel lost without their identities online”.
Ever forgot your password for an important account? Then you may be interested to know that very soon we may live in a world without any text passwords at all. Instead, we would use pictures. Nowadays, we use passwords regularly.
Or so says Alex Clarke from Penguin Books who headed "We Make Stories", one of the last talks on the Capital day at Digital Shoreditch on Thursday.
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Labour MEP Mary Honeyball gave MEDIANE a European take on media diversity inclusiveness and gender issues. Her talk included marginalised groups but focused on gender issues. Video Interview: Mary Honeyball MEP talks media inclusiveness and gender issues 17:37: Honeyball says women are still "very marginalised" within the media.
By Catalina Albeanu, Digital Daily Reporter Summit is a day dedicated to the community. For its last day, Digital Shoreditch aims to bring together local business owners and innovators and to give them the opportunity to network and discuss.
The speakers are: 11.14 An audience member asks the panel where to draw the line between the importance of speed and the need to be accurate. Mackinnonsaysjournalists could come to the humanitarian network to verify information.
A workshop at today's news:rewired conference, in London, looked at how journalists can use LinkedIn to find sources, follow a beat, build their own brand and drive traffic to their online content.
As the conference splits in two, the workshop session looked at how journalists can use social media and online communities to reach new audiences and news sources.
When videos, images or facts are shared by social media or sent to a news outlet, how do you know they show what they purport to? This workshop offered case studies and practical tips on how news groups can verify photos and footage.