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Lessons in creating a buzz on social media from BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed UK editor Luke Lewis shared his tips and advice for effective use of social networks as part of news:rewired last week
Posted by Drew Sleep on 30/07/14Why the Oxford Mail is experimenting with WhatsApp
The regional daily has received positive feedback for its WhatsApp service after experimenting with new ways to reach its audience more directly
Posted by Alastair Reid on 16/06/1410 social media tips for local news organisations
Experts in social media for local news share their tips and advice in what works on a regional level
Posted by Alastair Reid on 04/06/14Tool for journalists: Muck Rack social sharing reports
Muck Rack has launched a new tool to enable journalists to see how widely their articles are being shared on social media.
Posted by Abigail Edge on 28/05/14Monitoring the web: practical tips and tools for journalists
Advice for journalists monitoring their patch on social media and elsewhere online
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 23/05/14How to: have a digital 'edge' as a new journalist
Advice on digital skills to stand out from the crowd
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 09/05/14BBC to launch daily infographics shared on social media
Online visual journalism and social media are playing an increasing role in how the BBC is looking to experiment digitally
Posted by Alastair Reid on 08/05/14How sports reporting is responding to digital opportunities
A look at how both traditional media companies and digital-only outlets have responded to digital opportunities, particularly around live engagement, mobile audiences and data
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 02/05/14Facebook Newswire offers UGC verified by Storyful
Facebook Newswire has been sharing information verified by social newswire Storyful since late March, including images, relevant hashtags and breaking news updates
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 24/04/145 ways news brands can take advantage of Linkedin
Speaking on the final day of the Digital Media Europe conference in London, Isabelle Roughol, the LinkedIn editor for France, shared her tips for publishers on the platform
Posted by Alastair Reid on 09/04/148 styles of online video at BBC News
Speaking at the Digital Media Europe, BBC News Online editor Steve Herrmann shared seven different ways of presenting online video that have worked for the broadcaster
Posted by Alastair Reid on 08/04/14BBC using WhatsApp and WeChat at Indian elections
BBC News India are sending messages to users of private mobile messaging services, distributing news and crowdsourcing information
Posted by Alastair Reid on 04/04/14Ask Me Anything? How journalists are using Reddit
From newsgathering to engagement, we look at the different ways in which journalists and newsrooms are using Reddit
Posted by Abigail Edge on 04/04/14#Tip: Remember these guides to online content length
Guidelines to content length for online publishing
Posted by Alastair Reid on 01/04/14#Tip: Learn how to use Weibo to find Chinese stories
A guide to finding sources on Chinese social network Weibo
Posted by Alastair Reid on 31/03/14Buzzfeed: 'Emotional quotient matters more than IQ' on social
In a keynote at today's Rethink Media conference in Birmingham, BuzzFeed's Jonathan Perelman revealed the two main reasons he believes people want to share content
Posted by Abigail Edge on 25/03/14Facebook shares tips for engagement and distribution
Features such as recommended pages and articles help to bring content to Facebook users' attention, while publishers can also make use of further tools and follow practical tips to improve engagement
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 25/03/14NowThis News: 6 lessons in social video innovation
NowThis News's Editor-in-chief Ed O'Keefe shared his thoughts and insights from experimenting with video on the web at the Digital Innovators' Summit in Berlin
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 24/03/14The BuzzFeed 'science': Using data to guide decisions
Scott Lamb, vice president of international at BuzzFeed, outlines how different statistics the site collects can guide editorial and advertising teams
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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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Central data journalism unit used raw data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission to help local newspaper readers find out more about the war-dead from their area
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