The next regional Society meetup is being organized for Saturday, May 16 in downtown Chicago. The focus is on the transition to digital media. The afternoon session at the Chicago Tribune building, organized by Chris Courtney at Tribune Interactive, is slated to feature Adrian Holovaty, David Armano, the Colonel Tribune Social Media Roundtable, a look at Revenue 2.0, and a happy hour after. Additional speakers may be added.
The agenda looks like this so far:
Adrian Holovaty, who created and runs EveryBlock, will talk about the power of putting data to work for your news organization. Previously he was editor of editorial innovations at washingtonpost.com. He’s also the co-creator of the Django Web framework for the Python programming language.
Daniel Honigman will be hosting the Colonel Tribune Social Media Roundtable. Daniel has invited experts from across the Chicago media sphere to riff on what’s working and what’s not, as well as what the future holds for getting to the audience in places where it’s already gathered. That should be a lively discussion.
The Society’s president, Matt Mansfield, who teaches at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, will present on news design online and how the advertising/editorial environment can work in better concert to solve some of the vexing issues around how to fund content online. These will be solutions for news organizations that came from the Revenue 2.0 summit.
David Armano most recently of Critical Mass and the author of the popular Logic + Emotion blog, has accepted the invitation to talk about micro-social interactions and what the news industry can learn. He’s best known for his distinct brand of visual thinking, which can be found both on the Web and in presentations all over the world. David just accepted a job in Austin, so we’re checking to see if he can still be at the meetup.
Plus: Design magazine editor Jonathon Berlin, who is design and graphics director at the Tribune, and Chris Courtney will be talking about the sea of changes across the Chicago Tribune, both in print and online.
The Twitter hashtag for the event is #sndchicago and you’ll find lots of updates there as the event gets closer.
For now, mark your calendars to be at the Chicago Tribune from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 16. The meetup is free and you don’t have to be an SND member to attend (but we’re hoping you will want to join the Society).
Please let us know you’re coming by RSVPing to the Facebook event.
Special addition to SNDChicago, Mike Rohde has agreed to lend us his considerable talent and will be sketchnoting the event. what does that mean? Take a peek here: http://alturl.com/oyoz
Hmm. An area event ...