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WORK TIME INTERACTING WITH THE READERS
WHY I ASK MY JOURNALISTS TO SPEND
ESPEN EGI L HANSEN, EXECUT I V E EDI TOR VG. NO, NORWAY
TWITTER: @EGHAN
AUSTIN TEXAS, 2nd OF APRIL 2011
Iceland one year ago
Can we help readers help each other?
TheHitchhiker’sCentralwasbuiltin 7hours
5000 connections were made bringing tens of
thousands of our readers home
WEGAVETHEM
• News
• Information
• Insight
• Meeting
points
THEYGAVEUS
• News
• Information
• Pictures
• Videos
BECAUSE…
HELPING THEM
HELPING EACH OTHER
HELP US BEING RELEVANT
Can readers improve editorial quality?
Readers help us correct mistakes
17 000 typos reported
• Dramatic
improvement in
quality
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reported
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complaints to
the Editor-in-
Chief
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BECAUSE…
THEY IMPROVE
EDITORIAL QUALITY
72hourslivecoveragewithreporters,
newsroom,readersand expertsin dialogue
Whatch live, chat with
journalist
Are you OK?
PICTURES, VIDEOS?
BECAUSE…
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impact than one way
communication
The swine flu - where do I get a shot?
BECAUSE…
Collective intelligens works!
ARENAS
Blog posts
Forums
DIALOG
Strengthen
content
Leads
Corrections
PARTICIPATION
Voice
Comment
Protocol
BUZZ-
Distribution and echo
in the social networks
VG Nett 1.0
Tells YOU
VG Nett 2.0
Create content in
dialog with readers
VG Nett 3.0
Become part of the
digital conversation
VIRALMONOLOGUE DIALOGUE
Traditional
journalism
Social media
JOURNALISM
Journalism has to renew itself to
maintain its relevance
10%
EDITORIAL PRODUCTS MUST BE
A DAILY SUPER BOWL
10% WORK TIME INTERACTING
WITH THE READERS
DOES IT WORK?
76% OF ALL NORWEGIANS
VISITED VG.NO IN FEBRUARY
87% VISITS HOMEPAGE
ONLY 4% FROM GOOGLE
33% AVERAGE PROFIT MARGIN
LAST FIVE YEARS
ESPEN.EGIL.HANSEN@VG.NO
TWITTER: @EGHAN
Day by day
it’s getting harder to
preserve my pessimism……

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