April 27, 2023 — WordPress ha dato a tutti la possibilità di mettere la propria opinione in Rete e raggiungere un gran numero di persone con i blog. Ma quando si passa dalle opinioni al racconto di fatti, quindi a una forma di giornalismo indipendente, le cose si complicano: c’è chi racconta notizie grazie a WordPress, e chi le crea ad arte. In questo talk cercheremo di capire quali sono le potenzialità che WordPress offre al mondo dell’informazione indipendente e i problemi che comporta in termini di qualità e veridicità dell’informazione e di impatto sull’opinione pubblica.

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June 1, 2022 — This talk suggests values and principles for recognizing high-quality free information.

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December 10, 2017 — As members of the WordPress community, we have a unique opportunity to contribute to making the news better. WordPress powers news sites of all shapes and sizes – from small investigative teams, to large national publications. What they share in common is a reliance on open source tools developed in the WordPress community. However you want to improve the news – whether that’s making it more trustworthy, more accessible, more engaging, or something else entirely – the journalism community would love your help!

We’ll take a look at plugins and themes used in journalism and the impact each has on readers. We’ll identify areas for improvement, and simple ways that everyone can get involved – from documentation, to translation, and (of course) development. Everyone has the ability to help build the future of WordPress, and I hope you’ll leave feeling inspired to get involved!

July 8, 2015 — Rautavuori shares his experiences of implementing WordPress from a media company perspective, and how well WP has suited their needs. This talk is in Finnish but the slides are in English.

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March 18, 2015 — Réinventer le journalisme web grâce à WordPress

July 18, 2014 — Ein Fallbeispiel eines lokalem Magazin, das komplett auf WordPress läuft und ein Beispiel für funktionierenden Lokaljournalismus ist.

June 19, 2013 — Learn how community newspapers in California have replaced their proprietary publishing systems with WordPress. Far more than just a website, these newspapers use WordPress to run their brick & mortar businesses. We’ll look at themes and plugins developed by these newspapers, illustrating many outside the box uses of WordPress.

May 4, 2013 — Learn how community newspapers in California have replaced their proprietary publishing systems with WordPress.

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May 1, 2010 — Rinat Tuhvatshin of Kloop tells the incredible story of how WordPress has empowered the people of Kyrgyzstan to write for a worldwide audience about events happening in their country.

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November 15, 2009 — Ted Mann from Gannett talks about using WordPress for “hyperlocal” journalism using injersey.com as an example.

Video courtesy ISOC-NY.