Digital Editors' Network

14:00-15:15 SESSION 1: Why is focusing on visual content a strategic imperative for innovative media companies? Chair: Lucia Adams @lucia_adams 14:00 Welcome to DEN & intro to hosts: François Nel @francoisnel 14:05 Introduction to VisualDEN & background: Lisa MacLeod, FT @lisataljard 14:20 David Dinsmore, The Sun @davidins 14:35 Amy Webb, Webb Media @webbmedia 15:50 Q & A 15:15 Comfort Break 15:30-16:45 SESSION 2: How to make compelling visual media? Chair: Nick Turner @nickincumbria 15:35 Adam Westbrook, digital producer on why it's time to rethink visual storytelling from the ground up @AdamWestbrook 15:50 David Ottewell, head of the data journalism unit at Trinity Mirror @davidottewell 16:05 Lulu Pinney, freelance infografista @lulupinney 16:20 Martin Stabe, head of interactive news at the Financial Times @ martinstabe 16:35 Q & A 16:45 Comfort Break   17:00-18:00 SESSION 3: The challenge of implementation: the pe...

 [Update 19/05/2014: Reserve your space at the interactive hookup to JoziHub , South Africa, HERE from 20/05/2014] Visual content is top of mind in newsrooms and boardrooms. And it's also on the agenda for next Digital Editors Network meetup hosted by the Financial Times on 5 June 2014, with a live, interactive hookup to Johannesburg. So, who is doing good things? Who is doing it best? What do we need to know? And what do we need to avoid at all costs?  "The often-repeated claim that visuals are processed 60,000 times faster by the brain than text is probably bollocks ," says DEN co-founder  François Nel . "But there's no doubt visuals are critical to effective communication. As we struggle to navigate a world awash 24/7 with waves of information, perhaps it has never been more important that today." Lisa MacLeod  And if visual media are important to users, its also darn important to those in the business of making media, sai...