Dear colleagues,
We have an exciting line-up of activities as part of our Festival of Digital Storytelling next week - and would be delighted to welcome you at any and all of these. See details below. Note that the Digital Media, Journalism and Factual Storytelling Symposium on Thursday, May 19th which has previously been advertised on this list is rapidly filling up, so make sure to register as soon as possible if you're intending to come along.
Festival of digital storytelling
Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies
May 16th-May 19th
Monday May 16th, 11 am-1 pm: Innovation and storytelling in community news
Rm. 0.53, Bute Building, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
During this free, two-hour event we will be discussing the work of the Centre for Community Journalism and how the sector is driving innovation in local news. We will also be joined by journalists from Wrexham.com and Deeside.com who will be sharing best practice examples and discussing their experience of being part of community news start-ups.
There will also be plenty of time for an open Q&A with Wrexham.com and Deeside.com, who are inviting questions on everything from WordPress publishing to social media tips – please bring yours along!
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation-and-storytelling-in-community-news-tickets-25344846117
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Monday, May 16th, 3-5 p.m.: Digital News Roadshow - Google News Lab and Trinity Mirror
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
Google News Lab and Trinity Mirror Group invite you to attend this free workshop session where short, bite size presentations will give you a clear overview of some of the tools, tips and tech that journalists are using around the world to complement their stories. Speakers, including Glyn Mottershead from the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, will provide examples and case studies that could help inspire and engage your audiences.
Journalists from newsrooms small, medium and large are invited as are hyperlocal bloggers, video journalists, students studying a related course or anyone with a background or strong interest in journalism.
Drinks and light refreshments will be provided. This is a free event but we ask for you to register your attendance on this website. We hope you can make it.
Book here: https://events.withgoogle.com/digital-news-roadshow-cardiff/
Tuesday, May 17th, 11 am-1 pm: Digital Stories Screening
Rm 1.20, Bute Building, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
The Citizen Media: Digital Storytelling module explores forms of storytelling utilising digital media by non-professional storytellers. This screening showcases the digital stories produced by MA International Journalism and Digital Media and Society students. Join us as we share and celebrate their work.
NO BOOKING NECESSARY
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Wednesday, May 18th, 4pm: Digital storytelling: exploring patient and family experience of hospitals and medical treatment
Rm 0.05, Bute Building, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
Dr Jenny Kidd, Lisa Heledd Jones and Professor Jenny Kitzinger
This seminar explores how digital stories can help ‘give voice’ to patient and family experience in health care contexts – seeing institutions and practices through different eyes, supporting patient-centred care and bringing research into dialogue with practice.
Bios: Dr Jenny Kidd (author of ‘Challenging History in the Museum’) will introduce
the session with an overview of how digital stories are being used to change our relationship with institutions. Lisa Heledd Jones (Director of Storyworks UK,
http://www.storyworksuk.com/)
will discuss how such stories can bring a different perspective to the landscape of hospitals wards and patient experience. Professor Jenny Kitzinger (who co-produced the online healthtalk.org resource,
http://www.healthtalk.org/peoples-experiences/nerves-brain/family-experiences-vegetative-and-minimally-conscious-states/overview
for families of coma patients) will talk about working with artists and storytellers in 'translating' healthcare research and will present her own digital story about catastrophic
brain injury. The formal session runs from 4pm to 5.30pm, with the opportunity for informal discussion continuing afterwards.
A wine reception will follow this event.
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-storytelling-exploring-patient-and-family-experience-of-hospitals-and-medical-treatment-tickets-25400205699?aff=es2**
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Thursday, May 19th, 9 am-7 pm: Digital Media, Journalism and Factual Storytelling Symposium
Bute Building, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
This symposium, open to the public, will share cutting-edge research and practice, focused on how rapid transformations in digital media have changed journalistic storytelling practices, creating new opportunities and challenges.
The advent of social media, citizen journalism and user-generated content, alongside new platforms such as live blogs, as well as new presentational and investigative techniques associated with data journalism and the use of algorithms have ushered in new opportunities for sharing information and telling stories. At the same time, these processes are also challenging journalistic practices and professional identities.
The symposium features talks by leading Cardiff University scholars and practitioners, as well as international experts. The opening keynote speaker will be Jay Rosen of New York University, a leading writer on journalism in the digital
age (http://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/profile/jay-rosen). The symposium closes with a talk and screening from Daniel Meadows (http://www.photobus.co.uk), a pioneer of the digital storytelling movement. Other speakers include Bolette Blaagaard (University
of Aalborg), Irene Costera Meijer (Free University of Amsterdam), Matt Carlson (St Louis University), Steen Steensen (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences), Neil Thurman (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), as well as Stuart Allan,
Simon Cottle, Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, and Andy Williams of Cardiff University.