​ The Smartphone Revolution: Why You Should Make Mobile and Video Your Top Priority in the Newsroom.

“What is the best way to tell my story? Well, now you’re going to have to realize the best way to tell your story is not by just writing 500 words about it.” Robb Montgomery, the Founder of Smart Film School, has wise words for anyone looking to engage a younger user profile in the newsroom. Creating news content that is captivating, shareable and relevant to your user is becoming a real challenge: are you equipped to handle this change in the newsroom?

Why are news agencies finding it difficult to adapt to a mobile-first audience? When over 66% of Smartphone and tablet users get their news on their device, adapting to mobile content and the different needs of the user base has never been more important. It’s not just the headlines that matter; 11% of people who consume news on their Smartphones regularly, whilst 61% do so at least some of the time, indicating that having relevant content catered for a mobile audience can help keep them on your website.

Creating interesting content to engage and captivate mobile users is not easy. There are many new ways to report and share videos and other multimedia content that can be used to engage new viewers, but with these emerging mobile behaviors comes a need for innovative ways to tackle the challenge. Text-based articles that used to dominate digital news simply does not work anymore, and incorporating multimedia content into the content you create will help to keep news audiences engaged, interested and coming back for more.

At Digital Journalism World 2015, learn the industry secrets to understanding your mobile audience, creating a successful mobile newsroom, and producing a newsroom culture that emphasizes mobile journalism.

Go beyond the core values of digital journalism and learn the insights, the real story and the wise secrets to doing digital journalism successfully.

Digital Journalism World 2015, Asia’s most important news media summit, will feature an impressive panel of presenters from major news media organizations such as CNN Digital, Huffington Post, BBC News, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Cambodia Daily, Google and Yahoo to deliberate the industry’s hottest issues and key trends impacting the way news is gathered and shared.

There has never been a more exciting time than this. With new methodology and technology for news reporting available, the newsroom can be better equipped for exciting coverage of the news by integrating life reporting with video streaming and live blogging.

The summit will cover key themes of:

• -Data driven stories
• -Open source intelligence for covering crises
• -Data visualizations and infographics
• -Social sharing and publishing
• -Strategies for mobile engagements with younger audiences
• -Wearables, bots and virtual reality in news reporting
• -Engaging the community and managing trolls

The summit will feature a top-notch panel of speakers:

• Martin Stabe, Head, Interactive News, Financial Times
• Ethan Klapper, Senior Social Media Editor, The Huffington Post
• Robin Moroney, Communications Manager, Google
• Etan Horowitz, Senior Mobile Editor, CNN Digital
• Adam Najberg, Asia Digital Editor, Wall Street Journal
• Tim Pool, Director of Media Innovation & Senior Correspondent, Fusion
• Ryan O’Connor, Creative Director, News Online, BBC News
• Andy Carvin, Editor-in-Chief, Reported.ly, First Look Media
• Greg Barber, Director Digital News Projects, The Washington Post
• Hille van der Kaa, Professor, Future Media, Fontys School of Applied Sciences
• Joshua Wilwohl, Online Editor, The Cambodia Daily
• James A. Neufeld, Founder & CEO, SAM
• Mar Cabra, Data Journalism Manager, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
• Mark Johnson, South-East Asia correspondent, The Economist
• Robb Montgomery, CEO, Visual Editors, Founder, Smart Film School, Berlin Germany
• Mat Yurow, Associate Director, Audience Development, The New York Times
• Esa Makinen, Data and Interactives Editor, Helsingin Sanomat
• Marc Lourdes, Yahoo News Digest
• Adam Najberg, Asia Digital Editor, The Wall Street Journal
• Jim Roberts, Chief Content Editor, Mashable

Meet Asia’s news media professionals from editorial team, digital editors, news producing and news design teams, social media and mobile strategies teams. Get more information at www.djwsummit.com

Digital Journalism World Summit 2015 is organized by Asher Russell Pte Ltd, the organizer of Native Advertising Summit, Interactive News Design, and the Digital Journalism World series.

For more info to attend the event, please contact us at email: marketing-55@asher-russell.com