New technology is enabling new ways of building stories that aim to meet the expectations of an audience that is increasingly, if not yet solely, online.
But while invention is essential if the mainstream media is to survive in an increasingly competitive landscape, it isn’t enough.
As the Pew Research Centre's latest report on the state of American journalism points out:
The news industry does not know -- and has done less than it could to learn -- how to convert this more active online audience into revenueWhat is required, then, is innovation which has two parts: (1) the generation of an idea or invention, and (2) the conversion of that invention into a business.
That will be the key focus of the Spring 2009 seminar, Innovation and the Market: Understanding Users, Delivering Value, Growing Revenue.
Lead by Jeanne Hill, an international marketing and adverting expert and Principal Lecturer at the Lancashire Business School, the five-day seminar from 11-15 May 2009 plays out in Preston, Liverpool and Manchester and is offered in collaboration with the Experian market intelligence company Hitwise.
Included in the programme is a study visit and applied workshop in Trinity Mirror’s recently integrated Northwest & North Wales newsroom in Liverpool. Facilitated by the Leaders programme director Francois Nel, participants will work with Hitwise The value-packed programme also provides a chance to participate in:
- Digital Editors Network Spring meeting, which features Goad, Patrick Altoft and Nick Turner.
- 12th Journalism Leaders Forum & networking reception, which will mark the opening of an exhibition on the history of journalism in Preston, home to
For more information on the seminar and to register, see the downloabable flyer and registration form on the Journalism Leaders Programme website or email Francois Nel.
Seminar participation is limited to 15.
