Gianni Mura circa la sua presenza a #ijf13 “Mi sento come un pezzo di vaso etrusco esposto al museo aerospaziale di Denver”
— Simone Conte (@SimonteCone) 25 aprile 2013
With the single phrase above, we are able to describe the gap between the traditional form of media and the current (storming) impacting evolution, of the channel of communication and the news source.
Gianni Mura’s quote above states how the need for a common language is essential to increase the average level of information, with the focus on the granularity of the sources and the standing of Journalists and analysts.
A standing with new roots in the ability to narrate and create empathy with news and being close to the story.
#ijf13 Doree Shafrir: ” the best journalists have empathy for their stories”. Emotional intelligence is strong currency on the web. — Annalisa Piras (@Annalisap) 25 aprile 2013
For the journalist, it is no longer important to be the first to publish the news, but more important to have the ability to be able to manage multi-media tools and sharing platforms.
“Con giornalismo online, essere primi a pubblicare la notizia sta perdendo importanza” J.Peters, Columbia Journalism Review #ijf13
— Nela Lazarević (@nelalazarevic) 25 aprile 2013
It is now based upon the ability to retrieve information even when facing a reluctant PA.
#foia italiano, 73% PA non risponde alle richieste di accesso agli atti: fanalino di coda i ministeri, più disponibili i comuni #ijf13 — paolabonini (@paolabonini) 25 aprile 2013
As a standing the ability to choose and tackle uncomfortable topics, going if necessary against the editorial policy.
Gavin Rees: “Il #trauma è spesso un evento inenarrabile. Il lavoro del #giornalista è trovare le parole per raccontarlo.” #ijf13 — Gaia Saviotti (@Altrovista) 25 aprile 2013
The second day of the Journalism Festival, confirms the high increase of participation, mainly through Twitter. The real-time analysis performed on the dedicated monitoring platform, prepared by Buzzdetector, shows that there has been a triple amount of contribution with 2.546 tweeters, contributing to the Festival. Last year, there were 1.307 tweeters and so far this year has seen an overall huge outstanding increase of interaction via re-tweets and replies. The peak of tweets on the second day, was reached at 6.12pm with 119 tweets per minute.
The level of engagement is outlined from some key words emerging from the word cloud. Looking closely at the world cloud, it highlights words such as community, social and engagement with a strong commitment towards fact checking.
A key event at the festival was the “Gazebo” event, staring Diego Bianchi aka “Zoro” and Marco Dambrosio aka “Makkox”.
During the day, we will publish the map of the social network analysis to focus on the main points of the conversation.
Analysed by
Angelo Centini, data scientist for Buzzdetector
Aarti C. Thobhani, freelance journalist and festival volunteer
Matteo Di Renzoni, freelance data journalist
Pier Luca Santoro, Communication and Media Expert
Gianandrea Facchini, Founder and Ceo of Buzzdetector
Alessandro Belotti, journalist and festival volunteer