Digital Editors' Network

Ollie Jones might have had a point, but I think there's a case to be made that in the Digital Age it's data, not love, that makes the world go round. How can news publishers access useful sources of data and how can they put it to use to serve users and to build revenue? That's the theme for the next Digital Editors Network meeting on May 12th at the offices of Northwest Vision & Media at Media City in Salford Quays. Speakers are: Julian Tait , an organiser of the FutureEverything conference who's working to make Manchester the UK's first OpenData City . Paul Bradshaw , author of the Online Journalism Blog and convenor of the HelpMeInvestigate project. Martin Bellam , information architect for the the Guardian.co.uk, the information architect in the Guardian 's web development team. He blogs at Currybetdonet . Propublica reporter Olga Pierce and news application developer Jeff Larson will discuss the process of building layered data stories at the Pu...

As we grapple with how to create revenues with our online brands it's obvious that we must understand more about our audiences than just whether the number of unique users is increasing month on month. How much of our audience are regular visitors or eager participants in our online comemnt forums? How many are based abroad and how many are just dipping in to follow a link to one page? Our Winter 2010 meeting will allow you to compare notes other digital editors and see how your site measures up to industry trends. Editors from four of the UK's leading news organisations will "lift the bonnet" on their strategies to engage audiences – and the metrics they use to measure the success of their efforts – in a Chatham House Rule-discussion in Preston. The programme will run from 1:30-5pm on February 25 th , with registration & lunch from 1pm in the Adelphi Conference Room at the University of Central Lancashire. The session aims to assist you in addressing some linked...

You can visit, revisit or replay the presentations from the #DEN09 Paywalls and Partnerships session in Preston on 29th October 2009 by checking out the liveblog log or following these links to the speakers' slides: - François Nel , director of the Journalism Leaders Programme at UCLan, presented highlights from a study into the online revenue models of news publishers in Britain’s 66 cities, 'Where else is the money?' - Sarah Hartley , Launch Editor of Guardian Local, 'The Hyperlocal Space; or is it hype about local?' (Also see Sarah's great blog post on the whole session). - Tony Johnston , Head of Training, Press Association, 'A new model for public service reporting in Britain' . - Alastair Bruce , Senior Content Manager for Microsoft UK, 'What does MSN Local’s partnership proposal mean for regional publishers?' Diary note: #DEN10A, the first of three Digital Editors Network meetings planned for 2010, is schedule for 25th February 2010 in P...

Digital Editors' Network: Paywalls & Partnerships Twitter #DEN09 This event is hosted by the Lancashire Evening Post, Preston, and sponsored by the School of Journalism, Media & Communication at the University of Central Lancashire with support from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) 13:00 DEN Registration & networking lunch at the Lancashire Evening Post . [Those planning to arrive by train and wanting to share a taxi from the station, please post a comment here with your ETA in Preston] 13:45 Welcome Simon Reynolds , Editorial Director, Lancashire Evening Post, 14:00 Where else is the money? François Nel , director of the Journalism Leaders Programme, presents some highlights from a two-year research project into the online revenue models of news publishers in Britain’s 66 cities. 14:15 Sarah Hartley , Digital Editor, The Guardian, on Guardian Local partnerships for innovation.Break1 14:45 Tony Johnston , Press Association, on teaming...

Speakers from Microsoft, the Press Association, WAN-IFRA, The Guardian and The Journalism Leaders Programme at UCLan will consider paywalls and partnerships at the next meeting of the Digital Editors' Network on 29th October 2009 in Preston. Spaces for this free event, which is hosted by the Lancashire Evening Post, are extremely limited, so please reserve your DEN seat here soonest . [Update 25/09/2009: All spaces for the afternoon sessions have been reserved, but there are still tickets available for the networking reception at 5pm and the Forum that follows. Reserve your Forum seat here . The next DEN sessions are planned for 25 February and 29 April 2010] 13:00 DEN Registration & networking lunch at the Lancashire Evening Post . [Those planning to arrive by train and wanting to share a taxi from the station, please post a comment here with your ETA in Preston] 13:45 Welcome Nick Turner , the CN Group's head of digital content development. 13:50 Where else is the money?...

Digital Editors' Network

If integrating social media and user generated content into your news operation is on your agenda, don't miss the Winter DEN meeting on 12 May in Preston. Robin Goad , research director for the online market intelligence company Hitwise, will present How can online publishers utilize User Generated Content (UGC) . User Generated Content (UGC) is a key growth area online, and social networks now attract 1 in 5 Internet page views in the UK. In this presentation, Robin will describe the digital content landscape in the UK, discuss the popularity of UGC (User Generated Content) brands (e.g Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia) - and compare some of their content strategies to those of top online publishing brands. Patrick Altoft , managing partner at Branded3 , a Leeds-based full service digital agency. Patrick will take a practical look at the role search engine optimisation plays in social media marketing. Nick Turner , head of digital content for the CN Group, on Opening the doors to the...