Konstantinos Antonopoulos

Konstantinos Antonopoulos has been a senior producer at Al Jazeera English since 2013. A two-time Webby Award winner, he specialises in editorial explainer social videos and data-driven interactive stories as part of the AJLabs visual storytelling team. Previously, he led Al Jazeera English’s Instagram account, shaping its editorial direction for social audiences. He has also served as Creative Director at Greece’s public broadcaster, ERT.

Presentation Title:
"The Art and Science of Social Video"

Effective social video is a mix of art (storytelling, design, editing) and science (strategy, workflow, analytics). Newsrooms have a playbook for this—they know how to scale production, adapt to algorithms, and keep audiences hooked. But this isn’t just a journalism thing. The same principles apply to anyone trying to cut through the noise and hold attention.

This session breaks down that playbook, showing how the sausage is made—what works, what doesn’t, and how AI is speeding up production without losing the human touch. It’s a dive into the lessons that get people to stop, watch, and remember.