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He'll be talking about how the internet and digital technology actually offers journalists a huge opportunity rather than a threat - if they're prepared to think differently. He's writing a new ebook for publication in May which is going to offer 10 new ways to make money as a journalist exploiting the opportunities presented by the digital age, and during the presentation he'll outline some of the new career paths open to journos and what they have to do to get there.

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PROFILE
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Adam Westbrook is a freelance multimedia journalist, blogger and lecturer in journalism based in London. After a year in Hull reporting for Viking FM, Adam now teaches students how to do it, as well as producing multimedia content for a range of clients. He has written two ebooks on practical journalism, with a third due out in May 2010.

You can check out his blog here, and follow him on twitter here.

For the March MeetUp we’re back at Fudge cafe restaurant, and a big thanks for Rosie and the staff for having us.

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Food and drink will be available to buy on the evening.
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So onto our speaker!

I’m delighted that we have the pleasure of the legendary Stephen Lewis
who you can follow on twitter here >> click!

Stephen Lewis, an experienced EE developer, makes the business case for ExpressionEngine, describing why it’s an excellent choice for both web developers and their clients.

ExpressionEngine: Taking Care of Business
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ExpressionEngine is a hugely popular content-management system, used to power an incredible variety of sites; everything from small personal blogs, right up to Barack Obama’s campaign website (http://change.gov/)…, and the BBC’s Top Gear website (http://topgear.com/)….

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Since founding Experience Internet in 2005, Stephen has been busy building award-winning ExpressionEngine websites, and a reputation as one of the world’s best EE developers.

A member of the ExpressionEngine Professionals Network, Stephen has developed over a dozen popular open source EE add-ons.

In 2009, he was nominated in three separate categories in the Devot:ee Awards (as voted for by his EE peers), and was a runner-up in the Developer of the Year category.

Stephen recently released BucketList, his first commercial ExpressionEngine add-on, which seamlessly integrates ExpressionEngine with Amazon S3.

Stephen tweets as @monooso, and blogs about business and EE (sometimes simultaneously) here.

We’ll have the normal great chat and networking before and after Stephen’s talk.

We look forward to seeing you there

Karen Barber bravely stood in for Mark Rock at very short notice and battling illness and told us all about it and the emergence of the mobile platform.

You can follow her on twitter here.

Karen Barber – Audioboo and Mobile Heaven from Hull Digital on Vimeo.

You can follow him on Twitter here >>> click!

(The video captions spell Kai’s surname incorrectly, so a HUGE apology Kai!).

Kai Gates – “It’s not all roses (so you think you’ve got it tough?)” from Hull Digital on Vimeo.

He speaks about making sure your website is effective and you can follow him on Twitter here.

Rob Palmer – Effective over Flashy from Hull Digital on Vimeo.

You can follow Mike on twitter here.

HDLive – Mike Butcher “Time to Start Up” from Hull Digital on Vimeo.

Crunch.co.uk is an award-winning fully integrated accountancy software and accounting practice for freelancers and contractors – helping them to save time, money and hassle.

Not only is it a geeks dream – thanks to two-years hard work in creating the super-smart web-based application which automates numerous back office tasks – but it also has the human touch with a team of qualified chartered accountants just a phone call away.

Within six weeks of launch, Crunch featured on Chris Evans’ BBC Radio 2 drive-time show and has benefited from the financial clout of big-time investors Michael van Swaaij (founder of Skype) and Paul Birch (founder of Bebo).
Crunch is enormously proud to be supporting Hull Digital.

It’s well worth watching the video below and you’ll learn all the benefits of using Crunch:

Stuart is the Sector Manager for Digital and New Media and gave an interesting talk around Digital Britain, and what is happening in the region.

Charles talks about newspapers are changing, how the news is changing, and how to get your story noticed. Always inspiring, and fascinating, Charles went down a storm – don’t miss it! You can follow him on twitter here.

Jaan gives a wonderful talk telling us all about the noded concept and how it works and how you can embrace it…. thanks again Jaan! Check him out over at www.sharpenr.net