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Webinar On Demand:

A New Approach to Engagement

Learn best practices from GateHouse Media and the Engaging News Project on what’s worked and what hasn’t worked for commenting, engagement, and beyond.

Hear from Penny Riordan, Director of Digital Content Partnerships from GateHouse Media, Katie Steiner, Communication Associate from the Engaging News Project, and Dan Seaman, Product Director from Viafoura.

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Key focus of this session

  • How to leverage the supporting research to build your Business Case for Engagement
  • Tactics and tools to increase engagement and grow your community
  • The motivations behind civil commenters online and how to model their behaviours
  • Strategies to move engagement beyond commenting
  • The future of online engagement and the four Cs of Smart Moderation

Watch it On-Demand

Presented in partnership with ONA

The Speakers

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Katie Steiner

Communication Associate

The Engaging News Project

Katie leads the communications and outreach efforts for The Engaging News Project, based out The University of Texas in Austin. Previously, she’s worked as a reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Bakersfield Californian, and The Daily Nebraskan. She has also experience in corporate communications and public relations.

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Penny Riordan

Director, Digital Content Partnerships

GateHouse Media

Penny manages digital content partnerships for GateHouse Media, based in the Center for News and Design in Austin. Prior to joining the company, she worked at Patch.com for four years, where she led their social media, blogging, and UGC efforts. Penny has also worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Maryland and Connecticut.

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Dan Seaman

Director of Product,

Viafoura

A digital media veteran, Dan has built his digital publishing career over the last 15 years. He’s held key strategy and leadership roles managing consumer products across enterprise divisions for big-name Canadian media groups like St. Joseph Media, Quebecor, TC Media, and The Globe and Mail. In these roles, he quickly established himself as a thought leader on the rise of mobile in media and marketing.

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ONA is a nonprofit membership organization connecting journalism, technology, and innovation for digital journalists through training and networking opportunities.

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GateHouse Media delivers high quality and trusted journalism, products and services that enrich their readers, commercial partners, employees, and investors.

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The Engaging News Project envisions a vibrant American news media that more effectively empowers the public to understand, appreciate, and participate in the democratic exchange of ideas.