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Twenty Tumblr tips for news outlets

The Times, NME, New York Times, Guardian and Tumblr share their advice with news outlets thinking of using the blogging platform and social network hybrid

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 13/08/12

Five ways the New York Times is 'getting personal' on social media

Recent innovations on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest and Tumblr from the New York Times

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 07/08/12

Channel 4 News's Faisal Islam's top tips for digital journalists

Be interesting, be social and be yourself on social media says Channel 4 News economics editor Faisal Islam at news:rewired - full stream ahead

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 06/08/12

New York Times launches US election Tumblr

The Agenda is the first Tumblr blog from the New York Times that is not image-driven and is integrated into the news site

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 06/08/12

BBC journalist back from Syria to take part in live Twitter chat

In the live Twitter chat correspondent Ian Pannell will answer questions on his experience of reporting from Syria and the resulting coverage

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 03/08/12

The Reddit Edit offers simplified source for story ideas

Freelance journalist simplifies Reddit with the aim of it being a 'feature generator' for fellow journalists

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 30/07/12

Associated Press updates Twitter and Facebook guidelines

The news agency has updated its social media guidelines to say as long as journalists have informed the newsdesk of big breaking news they are allowed to tweet about it

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 24/07/12

UK Study: Top Twitter stories shared '350 times more' on Facebook than Google+

Rippla assesses how the 100 most tweeted stories from 10 UK news outlets were shared on Google+ and Facebook over three weeks

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 28/06/12

Time magazine hosts its first Google+ Hangout On Air

The journalist behind the cover story on what it means to be an 'undocumented immigrant' hosts Time magazine's first Google+ Hangout

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 21/06/12

Study: 75% of UK journalists source news from known social media contacts

Oriella Digital Journalism Study also found more than half journalists worldwide use social media, such as Twitter, to source and verify stories, from contacts already known to them

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 21/06/12

SignalNoi.se tracks story 'velocity' on social networks

The social analytics tool, one of winners of the first round of the Knight News Challenge 2012, was co-founded by former head of online for Al Jazeera English Mohamed Nanabhay

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 19/06/12

Facebook launches Olympics resource and guide for journalists

Facebook encourages journalists to receive updates from athletes, teams, sports, broadcasters and sponsors by using Explore London 2012 tool

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 19/06/12

Why NYT is bringing BuzzFeed on board for convention coverage

Why the New York Times is partnering with social news outlet BuzzFeed to offer 'expanded' video coverage of the Democratic and Republican national conventions

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 18/06/12

Financial Times clocks up 1m followers on Google+

The FT has more followers on Google+ than the New York Times, Guardian, Independent, Daily Mail, Telegraph and Times combined

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 18/06/12

Twitter rolls out expanded tweets with partner news outlets

Partner websites said to include the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and Der Spiegel Online

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 14/06/12

Twitter appoints @marksluckie to journalism liaison role

The founder of 10,000 Words and current social media editor for the Washington Post will take up the role later this month

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 13/06/12

iWitness tool offers social content search by time and place

The web app, which was one of last year's Knight News Challenge winners, enables users to filter by text, photo or video to find content shared by time and location

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 13/06/12

ProPublica outlines 'frictionless sharing' feature on Facebook

The US investigative journalism non-profit has introduced a new feature which means articles read for 10 seconds or longer will automatically be shared by the reader on Facebook

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 13/06/12

News outlets given 'social front pages' using new RebelMouse platform

RebelMouse, which curates and publishes a user's social media activity and content shared, was set up by former Huffington Post CTO Paul Berry

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 12/06/12

Study: Half of news articles shared on Twitter are BBC News stories

A survey of 150k articles from 10 news outlets finds BBC News accounts for 55.9% of articles shared on Twitter

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 11/06/12

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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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