”We have limited attention, chased by unlimited information.” A sequel to last year’s engaging Click Bubble presentation, this session will present a series of thought-provoking stats outlining ...
Jennifer Brandel
co-founder and CEO HearkenEngaged journalism: how do we create news with the audience we have, and with the audiences we have yet to reach?
Journalists can no longer stay at the top of the mountain, broadcasting down the news they choose to a passive audience. We know we must work in the midst of our audience and work with and for the pub...
The mantra of 'move fast and break things' defined the last wave of innovation in media. Fuelled by venture capital and a Silicon Valley ethos, many digital news companies were built for a speed and s...
Funnels. Pipelines. Ladders. Cycles. Once marketing jargon, these terms are now gaining traction within the journalism profession. It’s no secret why. Journalism is rapidly transitioning from ad-bas...
Facebook and Twitter are being blamed for almost every ill of society. Have the tech companies screwed up? Sure. But are journalists justified leaving social platforms and turning their backs on the c...
We definitely need to upgrade the supply of journalism. But we equally need to upgrade *us* -- the "consumers" of media and other information, by also focusing on the demand side of the equation. Jour...
Trust in media across the world is in decline. Fully two-thirds of people surveyed as part of Edelman’s Trust Barometer 2018 believe that media organizations are more interested in attracting big a...
Trust in journalism is the problem it seems everyone’s talking about right now. This panel isn’t about talk; it’s about doing. Practical solutions you can take back do your newsrooms today to he...
Facebook said it is shifting to enabling "meaningful interaction between people." Media companies emphasize conversation as the goal of community? Is that the right definition of community? Let's help...
What if news organizations optimized every part of the operation for trust rather than speed? How would that change our products, our processes -- what, when and how we publish? How would optimizing f...
We know that listening to our audiences, amplifying their voices, and building conversation around our work all make for good journalism. But do these pillars of community engagement also make for goo...
How do we better listen to our audience? How do tell the stories of our community WITH them, not just for them? How do we turn our sources into storytellers? First newsrooms need the will to think abo...