Thursday, April 28, 2016
Ryerson Journalism Research Centre
Disruption in the media industry, as reflected in rapidly changing business models and news gathering and distribution practices, has been significantly driven by the breakneck pace of technological advances. Alex Watson (Telegraph Media Group) and Retha Hill (Arizona State University) lead a discussion on how emerging technologies have shaped their work and their organizations’ missions. Hill, who has worked…
After decades of research and development, virtual reality appears to be on the cusp of mainstream adoption. For journalists, the combination of immersive video capture and dissemination via mobile VR players is particularly exciting. It promises to bring audiences closer to a story than any previous platform. Read the Tow Center’s report on how two key…
“Rather than look to large tech platforms to propose the future of news, perhaps there is a great opportunity for news organizations themselves to rethink those assumptions. After all, it is publishers who have the most to gain from innovation around their core products. So what might news look like if we start to rethink…
1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, April 28 Disruption in the media industry, as reflected in rapidly changing business models and news gathering and distribution practices, has been significantly driven by the breakneck pace of technological advances. Alex Watson (Telegraph Media Group) and Retha Hill (Arizona State University) lead a discussion on how emerging technologies have shaped their work and their…