Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Monday, January 07, 2013
#responsiveDEN Responsive Design isn't just about design or technology
There's little doubt that forward-thinking news publishers big and small will be ramping up their mobile efforts in 2013.
But while that may be strategically straightforward, implementing an effective cross-media publishing strategy will continue to present significant technical, organisational and business challenges.
With the array of channels and devices increasing, it's probably not surprising that the RWD (Responsive Web Design) vs AWD (Adaptive Web Design) is a hot debate right now. Or that the title for the next Digital Editors Network meetup on 21 Februrary in the Media Factory in Preston is #responsiveDEN.
But while that may be strategically straightforward, implementing an effective cross-media publishing strategy will continue to present significant technical, organisational and business challenges.
With the array of channels and devices increasing, it's probably not surprising that the RWD (Responsive Web Design) vs AWD (Adaptive Web Design) is a hot debate right now. Or that the title for the next Digital Editors Network meetup on 21 Februrary in the Media Factory in Preston is #responsiveDEN.
Sure, we'll be taking an indepth look at the various approaches to web
design that intends to provide an optimal viewing experience — easy reading and
navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling — across a wide
range of devices from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones. But we'll also be thinking
more laterally about what Responsive Design means, including the need for content to be in formats that enable innovation in
presentation forms (across channels, devices), functions (customisation,
curation, repurposed, conversation, etc ) and financing (costs savings, additional
income). These obviously have implications not only on operational level, but
also for the business.
To help us unpick the issues, the #responsiveDEN programme, which kicks off with lunch at 12:45 and runs until 5pm, followed by a networking reception until 6:30, will include:
Panel Discussion: "What now, what next? Designing and Managing Responsive Channels, Content, Communities and Commerce" with:
Indepth case studies: "Implementing RWD at leading news publishers in the UK and US"
- MNA Digital development manager Mark Cadman and electronic editor Abigail Edge who led the team that charted the Express and Star and Shropshire Star’s route to responsive web design will be lifting the lid on that innovative project - and how their efforts have paid off.
- [Update: 15/01/2013] Seattle Times managing editor for digital Erik Ulkin will be discussing their responsive-design election app - and lessons learned.
- [Update: 15/02/2013] Hayden Evans, creative director of the Trinity Mirror-owned digital agency Rippleffect, will be discussing TM's new adaptive design website.
Panel Discussion: "What now, what next? Designing and Managing Responsive Channels, Content, Communities and Commerce" with:
- Aidan McGrath of Aetopia will talking about managing and monetising so-called "digital assets" (images, video, and pdf's etc.) including: geotagging assets at point of capture to enable the aggregation and delivery of hyper-local content; "project-based" content acquisition, curation and workflow; and monetising assets through B2B and B2C channels.
- Carl Savage of Mobiletech will be giving a Scandanavian perspective of responsive design. "I’ll be looking beyond the hype of responsive design at the challenges editors face in creating great reader experiences and how to monitise them," said Carl, who has been involved with Internet businesses since the mid-90’s and currently helps Nordic businesses such as MobileTech with their UK sales and marketing.
- Grig Davidovitz is CEO of RGB Media and regular workshop presenter for the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. Grig will be presenting a new concept: Journalistic Responsive Design. Using this methode, the journalistic experience is defragmented into its components: modules and article templates. The dynamic connection of the article templates is generating an ever-changing, engaging content experience perfectly fitted for each device and screen size.
- Paul Egglestone of Digital Coordinator at UCLan's School of Journalism & Digital Media will be demonstrating the award-winning Interactive Newsprint project which is bringing together communities, technologists, researchers and professional journalists to develop and test a new way of telling stories using paper that connects to the internet.
- Rick Waghon is CEO of Addiply. On the back of funding from the Technology Strategy Board to make Addiply's API Public this summer, Addiply ceo Rick Waghorn will outline the opportunities he foresees for mobile app developers to make their designs more responsive to in app advertising.
The discussions will be chaired by DEN co-founders Nick Turner (@nickincumbria), Head of Digital Content for the CN Group, and François Nel, Director of the Journalism Leaders Programme and the MADE (Media And Digital Enterprise) Project at UCLan.
Since 2007, the Digital Editors Network has worked to link
media innovators, whether they work inside, outside or alongside mainstream
media organisations. You can connect with DEN by liking our Facebook page,
joining our Linkedin group , or following us on Twitter @DENupdates or this blog .
If you'd like to contribute ideas, speak, host, sponsor or collaborate on a future DEN meetup or workshop, contact the convenors François Nel FPNel@uclan.ac.uk or
Nick Turner nick.turner@cumbrian-newspapers.co.uk.
If you'd like to contribute ideas, speak, host, sponsor or collaborate on a future DEN meetup or workshop, contact the convenors François Nel FPNel@uclan.ac.uk or
Nick Turner nick.turner@cumbrian-newspapers.co.uk.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
#responsiveDEN Responsive design on the agenda for next DEN meetup on 21 Feb 2013
There’s a lot of talk about Responsive Web Design lately.
And, at first glance, it’s not difficult to see why. With the mantra of gather-once-publish-many ringing in their ears, time-poor digital editors are increasingly considering an approach to web design that intends to provide an optimal viewing experience — easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling — across a wide range of devices from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones.
But what is conceptually straightforward is seldom just that in practice. What are the newsroom implications of following a RWD approach? How are news users responding? And commercial partners?
For an in-depth discussion on the issues, join MNA Digital development manager Mark Cadman and electronic editor Abigail Edge who led team that charted the Express and Star and Shropshire Star’s route to responsive design at the next Digital Editors Network meetup on 21 February 2013 at the Media Factory in Preston. Why don't you book your place here now?
Further speakers to be confirmed. And, as always, suggestions are welcome.[Programme updated 07/01/2013]
The discussions will be chaired by DEN co-founders Nick Turner (@nickincumbria), Head of Digital Content for the CN Group, and François Nel, Director of the Journalism Leaders Programme and the MADE (Media And Digital Enterprise) Project at UCLan.
Since 2007, the Digital Editors Network has worked to link media innovators, whether they work inside, outside or alongside mainstream media organisations. You can connect with DEN by liking our Facebook page, joining our Linkedin group , or following us on Twitter @DENupdates or our blog .
If you'd like to contribute ideas, speak, host , sponsor or collaborate on a future DEN meetup or workshop, contact the convenors Nick Turner nick.turner@cumbrian-newspapers.co.uk or François Nel FPNel@uclan.ac.uk
And, at first glance, it’s not difficult to see why. With the mantra of gather-once-publish-many ringing in their ears, time-poor digital editors are increasingly considering an approach to web design that intends to provide an optimal viewing experience — easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling — across a wide range of devices from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones.
But what is conceptually straightforward is seldom just that in practice. What are the newsroom implications of following a RWD approach? How are news users responding? And commercial partners?
For an in-depth discussion on the issues, join MNA Digital development manager Mark Cadman and electronic editor Abigail Edge who led team that charted the Express and Star and Shropshire Star’s route to responsive design at the next Digital Editors Network meetup on 21 February 2013 at the Media Factory in Preston. Why don't you book your place here now?
Further speakers to be confirmed. And, as always, suggestions are welcome.[Programme updated 07/01/2013]
The discussions will be chaired by DEN co-founders Nick Turner (@nickincumbria), Head of Digital Content for the CN Group, and François Nel, Director of the Journalism Leaders Programme and the MADE (Media And Digital Enterprise) Project at UCLan.
Since 2007, the Digital Editors Network has worked to link media innovators, whether they work inside, outside or alongside mainstream media organisations. You can connect with DEN by liking our Facebook page, joining our Linkedin group , or following us on Twitter @DENupdates or our blog .
If you'd like to contribute ideas, speak, host , sponsor or collaborate on a future DEN meetup or workshop, contact the convenors Nick Turner nick.turner@cumbrian-newspapers.co.uk or François Nel FPNel@uclan.ac.uk
Friday, August 10, 2012
Two linked data journalism workshops for hacks and hackers
Following on from the sold-out Data Journalism Camp in 2011, DEN has combined forces with the MADE project to offer two linked workshops this autumn.
Both DJCAMP2012 and the Scraping Masterclass are being co-sponsored by the MADE Project and the School of Journalism, Media and Communication at UCLan,
More information and registration details are available HERE.
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- DJCAMP2012 with Paul Bradshaw and Megan Knight is aimed journalists who want to turn data into compelling stories and runs from 9:30am on Friday, September 21 to 5pm on Saturday, September 22 in the Media Factory on the University of Central Lancashire's Preston Campus.
- If you want to learn how to build your own data scraper and have at least a basic understanding of software development languages Ruby and / or Python, then there's a four-hour Scraping Masterclass with ScraperWiki founder Julian Todd from 9:30am to 1:30pm on Saturday, September 22, also in the Media Factory.
Both DJCAMP2012 and the Scraping Masterclass are being co-sponsored by the MADE Project and the School of Journalism, Media and Communication at UCLan,
More information and registration details are available HERE.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Diary notes: Next DEN meetup in Autumn 2012 - and lots more besides
With our spring calendar already bulging
(and your co-conveners slightly overwhelmed), we’re decided to push the next
Digital Editors' Network meetup to the autumn – and to flag some of the other events you might
also want to consider in the meantime:
Spring/Summer
- 3 May. Responsive Journalism Architecture Masterclass with Martin Bellam, formerly information architect at The Guardian (Tweet @currybet for discount code)
- 10 May. Society of Editors Regional Conference in Manchester. A great line up and a few more spaces available. Contact Richard Catlow for more details.
- 10 May. WAN-IFRA’s 11th International Newsroom Summit in Hamburg.
- 16-19 May. Future Everything 2012 in Manchester.
- 24 May. BBC's Connecting Communities Conference 2012 in Salford.
- 15-17 June- #uclanMADE: UK Startup Weekend in the Sandbox at the Media Factory, Preston.[Deadline for applications: 18 May 2012].
- 21-22 June. Association of Journalism Educators' Seminar hosted by UCLan, Preston.
- 13 July. News: Rewired in London.
Coming this autumn
- 21-22 September. Data Journalism Camp 2012 in the Media Factory, Preston.[Following on from the very successful #DJCamp2011) with Paul Bradshaw and Megan Knight .
- October / November. DEN Autumn meeting (Agenda & speaker suggestions welcome)
Also: DEN is a network of media innovators powered by its participants since 2007; we don't have ‘memberships’. If you want to contribute, please contact the co-conveners, Nick Turner or Francois Nel.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
CEOs from the World Newsmedia Network and Aetopia join the Winter meeting line-up
The great line-up for the Digital Editors Network Winter
meeting and Media and Digital Enterpriser (MADE) project launch on Thursday, February 23, just got even better.
We are also pleased to confirm that we’ve been able to secure a slightly larger venue at the Digital World Centre at The Lowry (MediaCityUK tram stop, parking at Lowry Outlet Mall), so 20 additional spaces for #SoLoMoDEN can now be booked at here (If you want to know who else has already signed up, scroll down).
The programme of discussions on Social, Local and Mobile Innovations is:
12:45 Registration and lunch
14:25 François Nel on the how local newspapers are doing on the 4Cs of mobile news - content, channels, content and commerce – and why they’re in danger of making some grave errors.
14:55 Sarah Hartley on how news innovators can use the Guardian Media Group’s nOtice.com platform for local content, communities and commerce.
15:25 Aidan McGrath on making money from your digital assets.
15:30 Coffee / Tea break
15:50 Paul Bradshaw ) on opportunities for news enterprises to co-create content through new HelpMeInvestigate initiatives.
16:20 Greg Hadfield on how the rise of open-data cities is giving local media a chance to re-invent themselves – and why it could be their last lifeline.
Wrap up 17:00ish.
Networking reception
17:30ish Launch of the Media And Digital Enterprise (MADE) project, winner of the International Press Institute's News Innovation Contest sponsored by Google.
Reception continues until 19:00.
This event is co-sponsored by Aetopia, which specialises in building scalable software solutions for Digital Asset Management, and the University of Central Lancashire, home to the UK's oldest journalism programme.
Since 2007, the Digital Editors Network has worked to link media innovators, whether they work inside, outside or alongside mainstream media organisations. You can connect with DEN by liking our Facebook page, joining our Linkedin group , or following us on Twitter @DENupdates or our blog.
If you'd like to contribute ideas, speak, host, sponsor or collaborate on a future DEN meetup or workshop, contact the convenors Nick Turner nick.turner@cumbrian-newspapers.co.uk or François Nel FPNel@uclan.ac.uk . #solomoden
World Newsmedia Network CEO Martha Stone will be also be joining us to present key findings
from the just-released World Newsmedia Innovation Study 2012 and Aetopia CEO Aidan McGrath will be
speaking on “Making money from your digital assets”. The updated programme is
below.
We are also pleased to confirm that we’ve been able to secure a slightly larger venue at the Digital World Centre at The Lowry (MediaCityUK tram stop, parking at Lowry Outlet Mall), so 20 additional spaces for #SoLoMoDEN can now be booked at here (If you want to know who else has already signed up, scroll down).
The programme of discussions on Social, Local and Mobile Innovations is:
12:45 Registration and lunch
13:45 Welcome: Nick Turner, Head of Digital Content for the CN Group and a co-founder of DEN.
13:55 MarthaStone on the key findings of the third annual World Newsmedia
Innovation Study (formerly the World News Future & Change Study), conducted in partnership with researchers at the School of Journalism, Media and Communications at UCLan, UK, and the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, US. 14:25 François Nel on the how local newspapers are doing on the 4Cs of mobile news - content, channels, content and commerce – and why they’re in danger of making some grave errors.
14:55 Sarah Hartley on how news innovators can use the Guardian Media Group’s nOtice.com platform for local content, communities and commerce.
15:25 Aidan McGrath on making money from your digital assets.
15:30 Coffee / Tea break
15:50 Paul Bradshaw ) on opportunities for news enterprises to co-create content through new HelpMeInvestigate initiatives.
16:20 Greg Hadfield on how the rise of open-data cities is giving local media a chance to re-invent themselves – and why it could be their last lifeline.
Wrap up 17:00ish.
Networking reception
17:30ish Launch of the Media And Digital Enterprise (MADE) project, winner of the International Press Institute's News Innovation Contest sponsored by Google.
Reception continues until 19:00.
This event is co-sponsored by Aetopia, which specialises in building scalable software solutions for Digital Asset Management, and the University of Central Lancashire, home to the UK's oldest journalism programme. Since 2007, the Digital Editors Network has worked to link media innovators, whether they work inside, outside or alongside mainstream media organisations. You can connect with DEN by liking our Facebook page, joining our Linkedin group , or following us on Twitter @DENupdates or our blog.
If you'd like to contribute ideas, speak, host, sponsor or collaborate on a future DEN meetup or workshop, contact the convenors Nick Turner nick.turner@cumbrian-newspapers.co.uk or François Nel FPNel@uclan.ac.uk . #solomoden
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