Social media strategy 
Is your publication a 'front door' or 'side door' site?
A look at how audiences arrive at news sites, including advice from Zach Seward, senior editor of 'side door' site Quartz, which focuses on traffic from social
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 17/10/13How journalists can use Facebook Graph Search update
By expanding Graph Search to public status updates, comments and photo captions, Facebook has opened up new sources and methods by which journalists can use the social network
Posted by Alastair Reid on 01/10/13Study charts 'most social' publishers on Facebook in August
BBC is the news outlet with most story shares on Twitter, according to a study of social media shares in August
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 27/09/13How social media helped drive launch of Cake Decorating magazine
Cake Decorating magazine, which is owned by publisher De Agostini, launched in the UK last year, harnesses social networks to engage with readers
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 25/09/13Is there more to hidden traffic than 'dark social'?
Shining a light on 'dark social', 'dark search' and 'dark secure'
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23/09/13NowThis News publishing Instagram video interview series
The video site will publish a new 'instaview' clip each day this week, offering soundbite answers from an interview with Newark mayor Cory Booker
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 16/09/13How Joota puts content at the heart of social networking
The platform lets users create Joota cards for particular pieces of content, where they can host conversations, and curate cards into followable groups
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 12/09/13Storify acquired by social media curation platform Livefyre
Storify will continue to offer a free option and founders Burt Herman and Xavier Damman will join the Livefyre team
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 09/09/13Selected news outlets get a feed of public Facebook posts
In the same way as broadcasters and websites can display tweets to show reaction to a particular news story, seven news organisations now have access to a feed of public Facebook posts
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 09/09/13Guardian's Joanna Geary to join Twitter UK
Joanna Geary, who is currently social and communities editor at the Guardian, will be responsible for Twitter's partnerships with news outlets in the UK
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 06/09/137 insights into social strategy at The Economist
As The Economist celebrates its 170th anniversary this month, we look at how it has adapted in the digital and social age
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 05/09/13#Tip: Search Twitter using Topsy (which now has every tweet since 2006)
Topsy now has every tweet sent since the dawn of Twitter – giving you access to 425 billion pieces of content
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 04/09/13Storyful launches journalist tool for searching social media
The free open-source Chrome browser extension – called Storyful MultiSearch – has been created for use in newsrooms
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 30/08/13Storytelling tool Meograph introduces Facebook tagging
The integration means a user's Facebook friends can be tagged in Meographs, with plans to also introduce Facebook pages and 'custom-defined tags' shortly
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 29/08/13All news sites can now embed Facebook posts
Facebook has rolled out the embed functionality to all users, having tested it with five pilot news outlets
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 22/08/13Channel 4 News 'pops-up' around the UK
Channel 4 News's week-long programme of 'pop-ups' in five locations across the UK started today in Cornwall
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19/08/1310 social media engagement tips from the Financial Times
We speak to communities editor Sarah Laitner to find out how the FT uses social media
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 19/08/13New York Times launches IFTTT channel
IFTTT – or If This Then That – lets you connect different accounts and readers of NYTimes.com can now auto-save stories, auto-post stories and receive email and SMS alerts
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 12/08/13How Washington Post's new online show integrates social
Launching today, WaPo's online TV show On Background will feature interviews on key news subjects, with the social media community helping to fuel the conversation
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Five key courses for journalists in September
We are organising courses in data journalism, iPhone reporting, open data for journalists and creating a buzz on social media
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 31 July 2013Beet.TV: The New York Times, real-time advertising and Twitter trending data
Beet.TV has an interesting video with Michael Zimbalist, vice president for research & development, and operations at the New York Times, in which he discusses a new advertising tool called Spark which utilises the Times’s data on stories trending on social media. According to Beet.TV the tool “serves display advertising into stories as they are [...]
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 February 2013Hurricane Sandy and verification: 4 key takeaways from Storyful Hangout
A look at the four main points which came out of a Google+ Hangout, hosted by Storyful on the subject of verification during Hurricane Sandy
Posted by Rob Grant on 11 December 2012Study: Fewer UK journalists feel social media improves productivity in 2012 than in 2011
An annual study into how UK journalists feel social media impacts on their work was announced this week by Canterbury Christ Church University and public relations and media services outlet Cision. The report’s findings are based on 769 responses from UK journalists. According to a release from the university the study found an “increasing number [...]
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 September 2012#wef12: Why news outlets must embrace a participatory culture
Al Jazeera's Riyaad Minty and Mark Little's Storyful on why news outlets must understand the relationship between news reporting and social media
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 4 September 2012Guardian US, #smarttakes and 'pop-up aggregation'
The Guardian's US operation announces the launch of a new socially-driven aggregation series called #smarttakes
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 July 2012How important are 'tweet' and 'like' buttons to news publishers?
A conversation was sparked on the effect of social media sharing buttons by the designer Oliver Reichenstein on his blog informationArchitects
Posted by Daniel Bentley on 1 June 2012Online news startups need help converting readers into supporters
A report by J-Lab has found that even though online news start-ups have access to a wide range of social media tools, they struggle with how to measure their impact
Posted by Daniel Bentley on 31 May 2012#GEN2012: Interactive graphics case studies from the Guardian
The Guardian's Alastair Dant shares the news outlet's approach to using interactivity to present data and stories to their audience
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 30 May 2012Bitly launches 'bitmark' social bookmarking service
Bitly, the popular link shortener used by lots of news websites, announces its ‘bitmark’ service
Posted by Daniel Bentley on 29 May 2012Guardian's n0tice launches Facebook sharing app
Online noticeboard n0tice launches app to auto-post updates to Facebook
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 1 May 2012Tool of the week for journalists: Muck Rack
Muck Rack is a site that aggregates Twitter and social media feeds for thousands of professional journalists
Posted by James Chapple on 5 April 2012Economist seeks to build relationships with 1m Facebook fans
'It's about building relationships on Facebook and monetizing outside', according to the Economist's global publisher, digital editions
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 29 March 2012Searchmetrics: Financial Times is news outlet with most Google+ followers
Daily Mail and Telegraph stories get most Google +1 recommendations
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 22 March 2012Social predicted to overtake search as Guardian traffic driver
'It's only a matter of time until social overtakes search for the Guardian,' says Tanya Cordrey, director of digital development at Guardian News and Media
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 21 March 2012Digital news editor @fieldproducer leaving Sky News
Sky News's digital news editor Neal Mann, known to 43,000 people on Twitter as @fieldproducer, has announced he has decided to leave the broadcaster.
Posted by Paul McNally on 19 March 2012Sky News Twitter restrictions - where do you stand?
Sky News emails staff telling them not to retweet - a round-up of opinion
Posted by Paul McNally on 8 February 2012Tool of the week for journalists - Rippla, for tracking the social 'ripples' of news stories
A tool for tracking the sharing of news stories on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 20 December 2011Tool of the week for journalists - Playground, to monitor social media analytics
This new platform helps you monitor Facebook, Twitter, blogs and could become a favourite tool of data journalists
Posted by Marianne Bouchart on 29 November 2011Rippla, a site to monitor the social media 'ripples' of news stories, launches
You can now see how stories from the UK's top 10 news sites are shared on social media – and view the social media 'ripples' created by stories on your own news site
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The Stream's new app to offer viewers 'guided social'
The newly-updated iOS app provides a 'second screen' for US viewers to interact with the live TV show and online community of Al Jazeera's The Stream
Posted by Alastair Reid on 25/10/13