News for Digital Natives
Geneva, 7th and 8th October 2010Topics including
- Political issues, including public value testing and "competition" with other media.
- The USP of radio news
- How to reach younger listeners
- The importance of branding
- The impact of social media on news
- The role of public service media in society
2009: Banksters, Gangsters and the Multimedia Newsroom
Death of the Celtic Tiger
When I was in school in the 1980s Ireland was a miserable place. There were queues of unemployed people, derelict sites and vacant businesses with hoarding over windows. In the North of Ireland there were hunger strikes, riots, shooting and bombs. It was no surprise people did not want to invest.
Eyes Wide Shut - Lessons of the Financial Crisis
When I spent my summer vacation in Chicago last July, my first copy of the Chicago Tribune contained a little surprise. The surprise was not the story on the front page… a consumer watch story about Michael Napientek of Clarendon Hills, whose insurer had refused to pay the bill for a pre–authorized operation.
Newsroom Integration
In February this year, the EBU Strategic Information Service (SIS) launched in collaboration with the Radio News Group a survey on the subject of newsroom integration. The aim was to get an understanding of how far Members have come and to provide an overview of opinions on the benefits and challenges linked to integration.
Banksters, Gangsters and the Multimedia Newsroom
The 2009 Radio News Conference (rNEWS09) has taken place in Turin, during the Prix Italia week, at the kind invitation of RAI. Keynote speakers included the distinguished Italian journalist and RAI president, Paolo Garimberti, and the Italian sociologist and author of books on transnational organized crime, Pino Arlacchi.
