Storyful founder Mark Little has joined the roster for the Future Forum in Sydney this August.

The News Corp-owned company – which describes itself as the world’s first social media news agency – provides a news feed to a new Facebook service for journalists.

Little’s Ireland-based team discover and verify content on social media platforms such as YouTube and Twitter. The business was acquired by News Corp last December and plans expansion in the USA and Asia this year.

Organised by The Newspaper Works, the Future Forum is being held on August 20-21.

Other speakers include New York Times senior vice president and chief consumer officer Yasmin Namini, Pit Gottschalk (content management managing director of Axel Springer) and World Newsmedia Research Group managing director Martha Stone.

Australian chief executives Julian Clarke (News Corp Australia), Greg Hywood (Fairfax Media), Michael Miller (APN News & Media) and Chris Wharton (West Australian Newspapers) will again take part in a panel discussion. This year’s moderator is advertising agency and Gruen Transfer personality Russel Howcroft, who is a Channel Ten executive general manager.

More about the Future Forum here.

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