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This is your catch-up guide to Journalism.co.uk's news:rewired , held at City University London on 14 January 2010, supported by the BBC College of Journalism, Press Association, Cision, AudioBoo and BlinkedTV.
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Our aim was to make news:rewired as much an online event as an offline one, so if you missed it - or want to catch up with sessions you couldn't attend - now is your chance. We'll add to this list as more content is uploaded and we get hold of more slides. News:rewired was a high trending topic on Twitter : catch-up with \#newsrw conversation at this link. The BBC College of Journalism filmed parts of the day and City University live-streamed the key sessions. City University journalism students Dina Rickman, Arj Singh, Heather Christie and Alex Walters provided news and commentary for the newsrewired.com site. If we've missed a link please email

[judith [at] journalism.co.uk](mailto:judith@journalism.co.uk)

or tweet @newsrewired / @journalismnews.

Dedicated all-day bloggers:
Professor George Brock

, head of City University London's journalism department, kicked off the day. Quote to remember: Journalism is like

"throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks".
Kevin Marsh, BBC College of Journalism

, on the challenges of learning new multimedia and social media skills. Quote to remember:

"Blogging has done more to change the way journalism works than anything else thus far."
Multimedia journalism

with

Adam Westbrook

, freelance journalist and multimedia producer;

Steven Phillips

, broadcast journalist, BBC London; and

Justin Kings

, radio journalist and media consultant. Bit to remember:

Justin King's 10 essential points for the multimedia journalist.

Social media for journalists with

Kate Day

, head of communities, Telegraph.co.uk;

Mariana Bettio

, search content producer, TimesOnline;

Jessica Reed

, editorial assistant, Comment is Free, Guardian.co.uk;

Robin Hamman

, head of social media, Headshift; and

Mark Rock

, CEO Quote to remember:

"The idea is as old as the day is long in journalism, really, you’ve got to think like your readers"

(audience member)

Troubleshooting panel on online journalism

with

Adam Tinworth

, editorial development, Reed Business Information;

Jon Bernstein

, deputy editor, New Statesman (former Channel 4 multimedia editor);

Robin Goad

, research director, Hitwise; and

Malcolm Coles

, internet consultant and media blogger. Quote to remembe

r: Malcolm Coles - "It amazes me that people with a print background never get into the habit of looking at their stuff online."
Local digital media

with

Sarah Hartley

, launch editor, Guardian Local;

Philip John

, the Lichfield Blog;

Joanna Geary

, web development editor (business), the Times (formerly at the Birmingham Post). Quote to remember: Joanna Geary -

"Local media is about giving voice to communities - engaging with people who don’t have a voice in mainstream media."
Crowdsourcing

with

Kate Day

, head of communities, Telegraph.co.uk;

Andy Heath

, commissioning editor, Demotix;

Ruth Barnett

, multimedia producer, Sky News (UK’s first Twitter correspondent). Bit to remember:

Flying sparks following comments made by the commissioning editor for pro-am photo agency Demotix, Andy Heath, about citizen-sourced material.
Data mashing

with

Tony Hirst

, data expert and lecturer, Open University and

Francis Irving

, senior developer, MySociety.org. Quote to remember: Francis Irving -

"The role of the FOI officer is to be your representative in an organisation, not the organisation’s representative to you."
Video presentation

by

David Dunkley Gyimah

, award-winning videojournalist and Southbank artist-in-residence. Bit to remember:

his energetic demonstration of his kit and audience 'ding dong'

... but watch it for yourself:

Panel discussion

: 'New journalism, new business models: how can journalism support itself online?' with

James Fryer

, deputy editor SoGlos;

Caroline Kean

, partner at media law firm, Wiggin;

Greg Hadfield

, outgoing head of digital media at Telegraph.co.uk and online entrepreneur; and

Ben Heald

, CEO, Sift. Quote to remember: Greg Hadfield -

"The future is individual journalists, not big media."
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