On the panel:
- Robin Pagnamenta – Head of Technology Intelligence
- Harry de Quetteville – Technology Special Correspondent
Telegraph Technology Intelligenge is increasingly transforming the world that we live in. There’s been a growing realisation and recognition that technology and stories about technology are increasingly central to the news agenda. Tech journalism was seen as a niche area, and the idea behind the initiative was to put coverage of technology and the future front and centre of the news room.
Technology Intelligence Team
- Robin Pagnamenta, Head of Tech Intelligence
- Harry de Quetteville, Tech Special Correspondent, contributing across the TMG including his podcast series and the “Long read” column
- Ellie Zolfagharifard, Tech News Editor
- James Cook, Tech Special Correspondent, covering cyber security and investigations
- Hannah Boland, Tech Intelligence Reporter, covering the start-ups and the UK corporate tech sector
- Natasha Bernard, Tech Intelligence Reporter, covering legal affairs
- Joseph Archer, Tech Intelligence Reporter, covering AI, robotics and tech across healthcare and medical world
- Tom Hoggins, Gaming Correspondent, covering video-gaming, business of gaming and leisure in tech
- Hasan Chowdhury, Tech Reporter, covering cryptocurrencies and battery tech
- Olivia Rudgard, Tech Reporter, covering tech and society and its impact across society
- James Titcomb, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, covering Amazon
- Olivia Feld, Senior US Tech Reporter, starting in November
- Margi Murphy, US Tech Reporter, covering Google
- Matthew Field, US Tech Intelligence Reporter, covering consumer tech
- Laurence Dodds, US Tech Reporter, covering Netflix
Key points raised:
Telegraph Technology Intelligence’s focus:
- Their daily newsletter is open for people to sign up, and it boasts a round-up of the day’s stories, in an editorial voice, plus forward-looking elements with the next day’s stories. It is drafted from the US.
- TMG has a new commercial strategy all about investing in journalism. The ultimate goal is to increase engagement, drive more readership within new demographics and to see a rise in subscriptions.
- The UK struggles to build national technology champions. Technology Intelligence looks into why UK tech startups “sell out” and get bought by larger US companies.
- Tech companies are starting to be held accountable in the eye of the consumer public. The industry is changing as the law changes and awareness grows.
- The future of technology will see the value of data vested in the consumer. All companies run on data face an existential threat.
- We are about to see the rise of various types of intelligence, far beyond that of the human mind. Humans are good at a lot of things, but artificial intelligence will allow us to evolve in areas beyond human capacity.
Weekly conference routine:
- Daily team news conference at 8:30 AM
- Daily full morning news conference (desk heads) at 11:30 AM
- Daily afternoon news conference at 4 PM (often earlier on Fridays)
- Sunday Telegraph news meetings on Tuesday mornings for features
- Sunday Telegraph meetings on Thursdays & Fridays to discuss more news-driven stories
Thank you to our panelists and those that joined us.
Alex Northcott, CEO at Roxhill Media
About Alex Northcott
Alex Northcott is the CEO at Roxhill Media. Alex founded Gorkana in 2003 and sold the business to Durrants in 2010, which became the Gorkana Group. In 2015 he set up Roxhill Media, the next generation media database. He has over 18 years’ experience in the PR industry having worked at Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan.
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