NEWS: REWIRED - THE NOUVEAU NICHE

news:rewired – the nouveau niche will take place on 25 June 2010 at MSN UK's offices in London and is for journalists and communications professionals working within a specialism or covering a niche industry or area.

The day will offer practical advice and case studies from leading journalists and digital media professionals on building online communities around your content, making money, mobile and creating interactive websites and features.

Apologies if you're getting this more than once - it just means we really want you there!

More details of the day are at www.newsrewired.com and you can follow updates from the event on @newsrewired, but here's a basic outline:


Who's it for?

·  Journalists: staffers, freelancers, editors, newsroom executives, trainees and students from all sectors, as well as those looking to get back into the industry.

·  Journalism trainers, tutors and teachers.

·  Anyone in media, journalism and communications with an interest in where our industry is headed.

What's going on?

·  Session 1 - two streams: Mobile - How can mobile devices be better used for newsgathering and publishing?

·  Building Online Buzz - How to promote your title’s brand online and how to build buzz around online stories and campaigns.

·  Session 2 - two streams: User-driven projects - How can you use your audience to produce better reporting and special features? What are the benefits of letting users become part of the editorial process?

·  Paid-for content - Case studies on subscription services and paid access models that are working for online, specialist publishers and at look at the challenges and successes of making money from digital products.

·  Session 3 - two streams: Interactives - How can you use your audience to produce better reporting and special features? What are the benefits of letting users become part of the editorial process?

·  Managing online communities - “If you build it, they will come” doesn’t work online. This session will look at building and managing communities around your content, from blogs and forums, to social media channels, and how best to make use of this specialist audience.

·  Final panel - a discussion to stir the grey matter on what's next for niche?

Tickets are £80 +VAT and sold out for our last event in January, so book online now to avoid disappointment - http://www.journalism.co.uk/195/.

If you'd like to sign-up for more updates about the event, sign up on the event website - http://www.newsrewired.com.