New storytelling formats, workflows and technologies such as VR are explored in case studies during WAN-Ifra's Publish Asia conference this month.
Among speakers at the event in Kuala Lumpur from April 18-20, The Guardian's VR editor Francesca Panetta will present some of the publisher's most innovative content formats, NYT Global editorial director Jodi Rudoren will present findings from the Journalism that Stands Apart report she co-authored, and Die Welt technology editor Torsten Stolzhe will outline digital priorities at explain how Germany's top quality newspaper.
Technology companies such as Google Cloud or Facebook and online-only news media such as Factwire or Malaysiakini will emphasise the role of social media in the news publishing ecosystem and the impact that AI, AR, bots and machine learning will have on journalism.
And with print advertising's decline accelerating in recent months, legacy news publishers such as the Star Media Group, Jawa Pos and NSTP are increasingly exploring alternative revenue streams in order to compensate this loss. New digital media business models heavily rely on the media companies' ability to access and efficiently manage their users' data, and the conference is dedicating a workshop and a full conference session to Big Data, with contributions from NRC Media, Fairfax and SPH.
The event also features speakers from Storyful, Crowdtangle, Tempo, Media Prima, the World Editors Forum and other leading media and tech companies.
Appointed editorial director of The New York Times Global in February, Jodi Rudoren is a veteran national and metro correspondent and editor who was a deputy on the NYT's international desk.
Currently she oversees the NYT's efforts to expand coverage that appeals to non-American readers, collaborating with product and the news desk to make sure the NYT's most powerful and immersive journalism reaches the right audiences.
As VR executive editor at The Guardian, Francesca Panetta leads the Guardian's virtual reality studio, responsible for 6x9: a virtual experience of solitary confinement which has won plaudits from sources as diverse as the Tribeca Film Festival, Robert De Niro and, most recently, the White House. Her work has focussed on innovation and storytelling, including the commissioning and direction of flagship pieces such as Firestorm, The Shirt on Your Back, the View from the Shard, and The First World War.
Torsten Stolz is senior deputy editor (technology) at Axel Springer's Die Welt, where he has worked for more than 30 years in various management roles of IT and technology. He has led major newsroom projects implementing new technology and workflows for print, online and digital and the transformation process of changing the newsroom from a print-focus to a story-centric and digital-first focus.
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Pictured: Francesca Panetta (left) and Jodi Rudoren