10 Things I learned about working in digital @EsraD
10Things
I learned about working in digital@EsraD
This is nota talk about
1. Must work without sound
2. Mobile friendly (ie square for vertical viewing)
3. Readable text
4. 60-90 seconds
5. Work on multi-platforms (reversionable)
6. Replicable
But it is about tips from Digital people in a digital world
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Who’s who
@carol_olona @Mayousef@BenTavener
@faisalirshaid
@ziadramley
@mghbbc
1. You must have good leadership
2. Build the best teamYou need to have a team that live and breathe digital.
It's going to be difficult to convince people that social/digital really matters
3. If you are site based
http://f.tqn.com/y/top40/1/S/D/C/4/justin-bieber-what-do-you-mean.jpg
4. If everyone is doing it
doesn’t mean you should too
i.e. Don’t try to be Buzzfeed
5. Skip the obviousEveryone is doing food and doing it in the same
way.
“unless you’re cooking drugs or something that is exciting, don’t do it” @carol_olona
6.
Best fr1end
Num8er5 are y0ur
But many people still
don’t care about data
7. Build Bridges
8. Give digital loveIt’s not enough just to publish. Every item needs to be optimized for each platform.
“Produce it for yourself first.
If you’re not interested, your audience won’t be
either. @mghbbc
Techno fearFear of being differentFear of breaking the ‘rules’Fear of experimenting Fear of talking to competitors(or just laziness)
Place your screenshot here
9. There is still a lot of fear
10. Always experimentTry different apps, different formats + get to know
your data.
Digital is no different, apply your journalism skills. It’s just a different format.
It’s still
journalism
ps. No one knows what they’re doing
Special thanks to all the people who made and released these resources for free:■ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival■ Photographs by Unsplash & Death to the Stock Photo (license)
Dance, the old fashioned way
And of course