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NewsWhip Spike adds real-time trending search

Users for powerful news monitoring tool NewsWhip Spike can now search for topics and see which articles on the subject are gaining the most attention on social media

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 04/10/12

Al Jazeera English uses Reddit for presidential debate

Journalists from Al Jazeera English's The Stream engage with the 2 million-strong Reddit politics community, taking comments made on the social platform and broadcasting them during live coverage of the presidential debate

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 04/10/12

How to: use social media in newsgathering

14 pointers on finding sources and stories using social media

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 01/10/12

How journalists can use Muck Rack as a portfolio platform

Muck Rack, which now has 10,000 journalists on social media in its database, has recently launched a new portfolio feature for journalists to add links to their work

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 28/09/12

How video outlet NowThis News aims to put social first

A look at how the video outlet aims to produce content which is 'designed to live its life and be distributed and shared through social'

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 26/09/12

How to use Spundge to collect, curate and publish digital content

The new platform offers a 'terminal for journalists', including a free service which helps journalists search digital content and collect posts in 'notebooks'

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 24/09/12

100 Twitter accounts every journalism student should follow

A starter list for those beginning journalism university courses, created with the help of the followers of our @journalismnews Twitter account

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 24/09/12

Seven ways NME uses social media to 'harvest ideas' from its audience

Journalism.co.uk speaks to Luke Lewis, editor of NME.com about how the title uses its community of readers to influence editorial

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 19/09/12

Tips and tools for sorting the social media chaos

A podcast on how journalists can find the signal in the social media noise

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 14/09/12

EU research project could help journalists filter the social web

What research has found out so far from journalists across Europe about their needs when it comes to filtering social networks for news

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 14/09/12

NewsWhip Spike: A powerful tool to monitor news sources

Newswhip Spike, a powerful tool for monitoring news shared on social media, invites news outlets and journalists to try it out for free

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 12/09/12

A journalist's guide to App.net

Journalism.co.uk speaks to App.net founder Dalton Caldwell, GigaOm's Mathew Ingram, Martin Bryant from The Next Web and Leo Widrich from Buffer about the new Twitter-like service and platform

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 07/09/12

Lissted launches journalist Twitter lists around key topics

Twitter database Lissted launches useful tool to allow you to follow dynamic Twitter lists of journalists tweeting about key topics

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 07/09/12

News sites can now embed interactive timelines of tweets

Timelines can show tweets from an individual, tweets from people in a Twitter list, a search query, or a hashtag

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 06/09/12

Q&A with Dalton Caldwell: What App.net could mean for journalists and news outlets

Journalism.co.uk speaks to Dalton Caldwell, founder and chief executive of App.net, a Twitter-like service and platform

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 31/08/12

YouTube launches 'US elections hub' with partner news outlets

According to YouTube its news partners, which will provide live and on-demand election coverage to the video platform, include Wall Street Journal and the New York Times

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 22/08/12

Storyful opens @StoryfulPro social news alerts to all

Social news agency Storyful opens up Twitter stream which provides verified global breaking news with context

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 22/08/12

Storify announces integration of App.net updates

Using its own platform, Storify announces that the new 'real-time social feed' App.net has been integrated with its digital storytelling platform

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 22/08/12

Yahoo News launches #HashOut: 'New way to talk about the news'

The programme, which is said to be 'focused on sparking debate', will see daily questions posed to @YahooNews followers

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 14/08/12

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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 2013

Beet.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 2013

Hurricane 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 2012

Study: 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 2012

Guardian 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 2012

How 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 2012

Online 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 2012

Bitly 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 2012

Guardian's n0tice launches Facebook sharing app

Online noticeboard n0tice launches app to auto-post updates to Facebook

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 1 May 2012

Tool 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 2012

Economist 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 2012

Searchmetrics: 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 2012

Social 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 2012

Digital 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 2012

Sky 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 2012

Tool 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 2011

Tool 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 2011

Rippla, 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

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 17 November 2011

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