Traffic referrals to news sites from social media sites have overtaken referrals from search, according to a recent report by Parse.ly
A look at some of the digital projects being tested by Belgium public service broadcaster VRT's internal 'start-up', to engage a younger audience online, on mobile and on social media
BuzzFeed content received more than 50 million interactions on Facebook in February, while BBC articles were shared almost 25 million times on Twitter, according to data released by Newswhip
It is 25 years since Sir Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea for what became the World Wide Web, so to mark the anniversary we have drawn up 25 journalistic tasks and some online tools for the job
Journalists invited to continue responding to 'one minute' survey, the early results of which suggest 'macho' culture may be hiding effects of online abuse
The series of short videos, filmed by a reporter for BBC Northampton, is said to be a first for BBC local or network radio
Editors from the BBC, Reuters and Associated Press discuss how journalists need to weigh up the 'need for speed' with accuracy and verification
Riding the wave of the recent shareable content trend, this week's podcast offers practical tips for online publishers on how to use quizzes to engage around news events, or simply entertain readers
Writing for the web, print and social media can all be very different, but what should journalists bear in mind when writing headlines?
A look at how a number of news outlets are starting to use Snapchat to share images and short video with the app's community
The new addition to the team will represent more than a five-fold increase on Buzzfeed UK's editorial staff since launch last March
A look at two Instagram-focused projects launched in January, including Instafax at the BBC and GuardianCam, the Guardian's 'first truly global-from-the-start social account'
As the world's biggest social network reaches its tenth birthday, here are 10 ways journalists can use Facebook to reach readers, find sources and better connect with their audience
Social media tips from the Wall Street Journal
WalesOnline article listing '18 things English people won't know unless they've lived in Wales' gets bumper traffic following 'deliberate decision' to create 'shareable, mobile-friendly content'
With the next news:rewired just four weeks away, here are some of the essential skills for journalists we'll be discussing at our 11th digital publishing conference
Launched this week, this social app is described by its founders as "a new way to search"
The new feature on the Forbes Magazine Newsstand app allows users to share clippings of pages to an in-built newsfeed
As we enter a new year we have crowdsourced a checklist of 10 vital skills for journalists to produce digital content in the most effective ways
What were the most popular stories on Facebook last year?
We are organising courses in data journalism, iPhone reporting, open data for journalists and creating a buzz on social media
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
Al Jazeera's Riyaad Minty and Mark Little's Storyful on why news outlets must understand the relationship between news reporting and social media
The Guardian's US operation announces the launch of a new socially-driven aggregation series called #smarttakes
A conversation was sparked on the effect of social media sharing buttons by the designer Oliver Reichenstein on his blog informationArchitects
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
The Guardian's Alastair Dant shares the news outlet's approach to using interactivity to present data and stories to their audience
Bitly, the popular link shortener used by lots of news websites, announces its ‘bitmark’ service
Online noticeboard n0tice launches app to auto-post updates to Facebook
Muck Rack is a site that aggregates Twitter and social media feeds for thousands of professional journalists
'It's about building relationships on Facebook and monetizing outside', according to the Economist's global publisher, digital editions
Daily Mail and Telegraph stories get most Google +1 recommendations
'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
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.
Sky News emails staff telling them not to retweet - a round-up of opinion
A tool for tracking the sharing of news stories on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter
This new platform helps you monitor Facebook, Twitter, blogs and could become a favourite tool of data journalists
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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New digital journal covering inflation and rate setting seeks a talented writer with experience as a financial journalist to use data to produce specialist content
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Personal trainer James Hilton has launched a podcast 'Jim's Gym - Inspiring Movement'. James, a specialist in biomechanics and injury recovery from the Cotswolds, runs Jim's Gym, a virtual online space supporting people over 55 to be more active
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If you find your social feeds a tad too heavy on men's voices, follow and connect with these fantastic women experts on indie media
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