Paid content strategies, data intelligence, verification projects, innovation in newsrooms and distribution platforms, are some of the key topics of the sixth edition of Digital Media LATAM, which will be held in Bogotá, Colombia next week, from Wednesday to Friday 14-16 November. The leading conference on the digital transformation of the Latin American journalism industry will focus on the following topics:

Paid content strategies and diversification of income sources:

• DML18 will present a total of seven paid content strategies: The Globe and Mail (Canada), The Denver Post, The Star Tribune, The Buffalo News, Spirited Media (USA), Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden) and RBS Group (Brazil), will share their experience in the development and launch of paywalls and membership models.

• Facebook and Google will present their latest tools for publishers.

• First-hand experiences on the importance of designing new sources of income. Additionally, we will hear how many prominent media houses such as Caracol, El Tiempo (Colombia) and El Debate (Mexico), still focus on scale and aim at increasing their digital audiences as a digital monetization strategy.

Quality content and data journalism:

• The Washington Post and The New York Times will join us in Bogotá to show how data is a key tool for the success of their paywalls.

• La Nación will share the behind the scenes of one of the most relevant journalistic investigations of Argentina in the last decade: how it was planned within the company and the importance of this to the strengthening of the relationship with their audience.

New formats, new narratives, new tools:

• From the BBC to GFR Media, from theSkimm to Efecto Cocuyo, from Quartz to Grupo RPP, from AJ + to O Globo; thinking and investing in the way in which the news is conceived, produced, distributed and delivered is more necessary than ever in order to bolster the relationship between the outlet and the community it serves.

• Newsletters, infographics, video for social media, mobile formats, newsbots, animations, verification teams: there are endless possibilities to differentiate an outlets content from the rest of the information available in the digital world. At DML18, participants will be able to hear first-hand experiences from pioneers that have implemented such tools.

LATAM Digital Media Awards 2018 will reward the digital excellence of the Latin American newspaper industry

Winners of the LATAM Digital Media Awards 2018 will be announced, on Thursday, November 15, 2018. The 115 projects of 64 companies and 15 countries made this fourth edition one of the most competitive and international ever. Meet all the nominees, here.

Digital Media LATAM: Six editions and counting

Organized by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), Digital Media LATAM is the most important conference in the region on the digital transformation of the news media industry. With five previous editions held in Bogotá (2013), Lima (2014), Mexico City (2015), Buenos Aires (2016 and 2017), DML has established itself as the leading event of its kind in the region. This year, Digital Media LATAM has the strategic support of the Colombian Association of News Media (AMI). More than 35 speakers from 13 countries will share their best practices with more than 350 registered participants for this two-and-a-half-day edition designed for senior news executives in Latin America.

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