Dmitry will discuss how he and his team address challenges such as cultural resistance, workflow changes, bringing innovation in, setting measurable targets and using data effectively. He is charge of  driving audience growth, editorial change and digital innovation across BBC's news services across the world.

This session on Facebook for journalists will examine how journalists and social media managers can best use the platform for newsgathering, creating and disseminating content and harnessing the power of video and live.

“most successful organizations fail to look for new things their customers want because they’re afraid to hurt their core businesses” Reed Hastings, ceo, Netflix. 

Disrupting your business may be the only way to ward off the threat of extinction. As a seasoned pioneer and trusted partner, we’ve followed our clients’ journeys of transformation, reallocating resources from old models to the new, and developing new economic engines. Nick Cohen will present the popular ways we’ve seen them experiment to meet emerging realities.

1. Going niche to grow audiences
2. Voice-activated tech, beyond the news briefing
3. Going big on Live
4. Mid-form and long-form video
5. Monetization: from ads to audiences

How much has journalism really changed in the twenty-first century? Are media companies now the slaves of social networks? How long should stories be? What about videos? What are the rules of the game?
Hernando has recently been appointed editor of the Digital Content Hub of the BBC, which provides content – intended primarily for social and mobile consumption - for the 40 languages of the BBC World Service. He previously ran the Americas region and was responsible for the creation and leadership of the editorial strategy of BBCMundo, the most successful site of the World Service which is well-known for its editorial innovation.

A look into WeltN24's  funnel strategy and how to build up communities to increase the engagement.