Digital Editors' Network

What happened when a traditional daily newspaper opened up their newsroom decision-making to everyone - customers, collaborators, colleagues and competitors - in real time? Hear from Alison Gow, deputy editor and one of the forces behind the Liverpool Daily Post LIVE project, at a Trinity Mirror Merseyside open house for Digital Editors Network on 16 June. You’ll also hear from David Higgerson, new Head of Multimedia for Trinity Mirror Regionals, on his plans for the future, and from Business Development Director Mark Dickinson on why he’s bullish about monetising the web. The afternoon will start with a short walk-about the Merseyside news and will be followed by a (pay-as-you-guzzle) drinks & dinner Net(work)ing event at Piccolino Italian restaurant. Agenda: 1:45 pm Registration at TM Regionals front desk, Old Hall St , Liverpool. (It's the vast glass-fronted building just up the road from Moorfields train station) NB. the Pall Mall NCP car park is the most convenient for mot...

Hi Thanks for your support last week. It's great to see people travelling from far and wide (Ipswich and Dundee!) to take part. I think this list gives some idea of who attended. Sorry if I've missed anyone out. Craig McGinty, freelance Sarah Hartley, MEN Andy Dickinson, UCLan Alison White, Reading Evening News Christian Dunn, Evening Leader Arup Biswas, Johnston Press George Hopkin, Johnston Press Louise Thomas, UCLan Ian Harvey, Express & Star Oliver Luft, Journalism UK Stewart McIntosh Martin Hamer, LEP Rod Kiddell, Sirius Media Richard Rooney, DC Thomson James Griffin, Evening Star David Higgerson, Daily Post Dan Owen, Daily Post Lee Swettenham, GMWN Marin Hamer, LEP Rick Waghorn, myfootballwriter.com Peter Boler, MEN Nick Turner, CN Group Sue Crawford, CN Group

The key question for this month's Digital Editors Network meeting , as well the Journalism Leaders Forum on 29 April, is pretty straightforward: Where's the money? To help us get some answers (and to phrase some more nuanced questions), we've lined up speakers from inside and outside the mainstream media. Here's un update on the programme: Venue : Room 273, Greenbank Building, University of Central Lancashire in Preston. ( Directions ). Parking : Several car parking spaces have been booked on the visitors' car park in front of the Foster Building. Participants who want to make use of these need to report to the attendant and say they are for the Digital Editors Network - he will show them where to park. (Of course, the venue is only a 10-minute walk from the train station.) Agenda: 1-45pm - Registration & buffet lunch. (name tags are being provided following feedback from last meeting) 1:45-2:30pm - Peter Boler , head of digital sales at Manchester Evening New...

The audience for media websites continues to grow, but can we make online revenues growing accordingly? We often hear about the new ideas for increasing audiences and interaction on our sites, but what’s fresh when it comes to increasing the money we earn from those expanding audiences? This month’s Digital Editors’ Network meeting on April 29th takes a detailed look at what media companies are doing to monetise their web offerings and how advertisers’ expectations are changing. Digital editors from a wide range of regional newspapers and other media will contribute to the discussion with their own examples of good practice, but the meeting will also benefit from the contributions from three key speakers, each with their own perspective on the issue. Ruth Spratt , digital and broadcast director for the Manchester Evening News group, will give an insight into how her company’s business model is adapting the challenges and opportunities of digital publishing. Paul Bradshaw , author of th...

The next meeting of the Digital Editors’ Network on January 29th will focus on maximising the potential of sport on media websites and tips for search engine optimisation. Robert Hardie, managing editor of Northcliffe Digital Integrated Media, will kick off the discussion about online sports coverage with an update on his group’s strategy of developing websites for major football and rugby clubs covered by its titles. Websites such as http://www.therams.co.uk/ for Derby County fans (getting 2million pages impressions a month) and http://www.thebluearmy.co.uk/ for Leicester City sit alongside local newspaper sites and will form part of a national network of sports sites aimed at providing a greater appeal to online fans and more advertising opportunities. Simon Wharton, managing director of PushON Ltd, will initiate a discussion on how media websites can best use search engine optimisation. He will use his experience in running an award winning online marketing agency in Manchester to...

Early notice that the next Digital Editors’ Network event will be on January 29th at UCLan in Preston. We hope to cover two topics in reasonable depth: law and online publishing and search engine optimisation. There will also be a short session to exchange ideas and share problems. We expect to meet at 1pm again and finish in time for the Journalism Leaders forum which takes place the same day and will be focusing on sporting journalism. Speakers and further details to follow. If you are thinking of coming along please ping me an email.

Just to report that our meeting on Oct 16th was a great success – both in terms of the turn-out and the content. In attendance were (in no particular order and sorry if I got a job title wrong or missed somebody out): Sarah Hartley, Manchester Evening News Jon Barron, Yorkshire Weekly newspapers Oliver Luft, www.journalism.co.uk Chris Leggett, electronic editor MNA Ian Harvey, assistant electronic editor MNA Arup Biswas, Group Editorial Content manager, Johnston Press David Higgerson, diigial editor, Daily Post Rob Artisan, PR Steve Bennedick, head of SKY news online Nick Turner, CN Group Craig McGinty, freelance journalist and blogger Lee Swettenham, Guardian Media Weekly Newsapapers Shelina Begum, theasiannews.co.uk Mike Hill, Lancashire Evening Post Andy Dickinson, UCLan video journalism Andy Dickinson led a discussion about video journalism that was packed full of useful tips and useful info Craig McGinty then pointed the way for newspapers wishing to connect to the blogosphere Fin...