Drawnalism at Reuters conference

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Yesterday, Alex Hughes and Matt Buck of Drawnalism attended Amplified 09's £1.40 'curated unconference’, hosted by Reuters at their London base in Canary Wharf.

The event was a mixture of talks and panels loosely set around the themes of the future of news and politics, and the impact which social media services like Twitter are having upon it.

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Although we were there chiefly to participate and listen, we also took the opportunity to draw sketches of the proceedings and try and convey a little of the feel of the event. You can see our sketches as they appeared on the day here.

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The £1.40 of the title refers not only to the 140 character limit in a typical Twitter tweet, but also to the £1.40 suggested minimum donation and entry fee, with all proceeds going to the DEC Disasters Appeal for Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.

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There was a liveblog of the event from Amplified and Reuters, and further coverage on the Guardian's Digital Content blog. You can also follow the continuing discussion on Twitter under the #1pound40 hashtag.

It was a good event with some interesting thinkers and doers taking part, so our thanks to the organisers and hosts for getting us there.

Updated: 9am on November 20th. Mark Jones of Reuters has some interesting reflections on running a social media unconference to read here.