Digital strategies, storytelling and tools: seminars, workshops and conversations
WAN-IFRA and ADEPA offer participants a chance to start discussion the topics of the conference in practical and participative conversations, workshops and seminars. These activities will take place from 10:00 to 17:00 in the modern premises of the prestigious Catholic University of Argentina in Puerto Madero.
Pick-up: Azcuénaga 2090 at 9:15
No cost: includes transport, lunch and coffee breaks.
Conversation: Digital strategy of two regional media houses
10:00-11:00
La Voz and La Gaceta are the regional media houses with the biggest circulation and audience in Argentina. La Voz has the biggest digital income in percentage of the country thanks to their great web content and their development of innovative advertising solutions.
La Gaceta created a native digital paper in the Salta province and is putting together a satellite digital business that relies on their readers and on their brand.
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Success session: strategies to monetize tabloid journalism on the web
11:00-12:00
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Case Study: Effective live audience engagement
12:00-13:00
Paul Rowland of Trinity Mirror, an advocate for the power of live storytelling, explains how his company gains audience and dwell times with live coverage. The quantity and range of stories they cover this way will surprise you!. Michael will show you how to truly engage your audience with a live blogging platform.
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Lunch
13:00-14:00
Workshop: VR techniques that every newsroom can implement
14:00-15:00
Emblematic Group is one of the world’s leading producers of immersive virtual reality content. Emblematic has collaborated with media partners including The New York Times, Google, the Associated Press, and Al Jazeera America. In 2016 the company was awarded a grant from the Knight Foundation to produce a series of VR documentaries in partnership with Frontline, and to collaborate on crafting and disseminating best practices for virtual reality journalism.The workshop will start with 360 video and then dive more deeply into photogrammetry (image capture for 3D environment construction) and when to use each technique. It would be helpful if attendees brought their own cameras to try some techniques themselves. Regular point and shoots should be good but DSLRs are preferred.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of distributed content of media publishers.
15:00-16:00
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Workshop: Rich Media for Premium Advertising
16:00-17:00
Leveraging the allure of interactivity to raise the value proposition of display advertising
In this workshop, we will be discussing the application of user experience design principles to produce display advertising that engages the audience and delivers concrete value to advertisers. The topics covered include:
- Why rich media matters in online advertising
- What’s needed to get started
- When and where to include interactivity in display ads
- The 3 second rule for engagement
- Lead generation
- Strategic price anchoring
- Sales force training
- Production pitfalls