Facebook: Most Shared Articles on Facebook in 2011
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 17:41
“We recently looked at the most shared articles in the US on Facebook over the past year. The stories range from cute to thought provoking and represent the type of news people have been sharing and discovering with friends in 2011.”
Polis: The continuing digital transformation of the New York Times
Monday, 7 November 2011, 10:50
Arthur Sulzberger talk at LSE Polis, with some interesting points about innovations in how New York Times journalists use social media.
David Higgerson: Cage-fighting kids: A handy reminder of the value of YouTube for journalists
Thursday, 29 September 2011, 10:06
“[As] we’re seeing with Twitter, the real value of [social media] sites emerges when the story stops being about the fact the platform is being used to share information and starts being just about the information again.”
Mashable: Why Burberry Is Now as Much a Media Company as a Fashion Company
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 11:31
"Burberry staged a 'Tweetwalk' earlier this week during which the London-based fashion house premiered every look on Twitter moments before the models hit the runway. … Part of the initiative’s success was driven by a series of “Tw…
The Editors: How has social media changed the way newsrooms work?
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 14:41
Kevin Bakhurst: "For BBC News, social media currently has three key, highly valuable roles in our journalism: newsgathering … audience engagement … [and as] a platform for our content …"
paidContent: What Publishers Can Learn From Online Retailers
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 18:37
FT panel looks at what online retailers and online publishers can learn from each other. Social media still trumped by other referral sources; email personalisation is vital; testing small UI changes can have huge benefits for conversions …
Ragan.com: Study: LinkedIn top social media site for journalists
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 11:50
"While more journalists are on LinkedIn than any other social network, they have increased their presence on other networks, too. The [Arketi Group] survey found that 85 percent of journalists are on Facebook and 84 percent use Twitter. Only 55 pe…
Joanna Geary: Privacy and social media investigation: how I tracked down an entire family from one tweet
Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 22:48
"It’s easy to say it’s incumbent on the individual to protect their own privacy, but it’s hard to see how we can always stop this type of jigsaw identification of people online. Sometimes people are mentioned online without them even knowing…
ProPublica: How You Can Use Our ‘Opportunity Gap’ Project in Your Reporting
Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 11:16
"Our news application makes it easy to point readers to profiles of specific schools or districts. Here’s our guide on how to use it, including instructions on how to share your findings from within the app and how to embed a special link to it …
BBC Internet Blog: 5 Most Interesting Stories from the Fortnight
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 17:27
"BBC News announced new social media guidance on Friday 15th, drawing a clear line around offical BBC twitter accounts (which are prefixed with "BBC" and stick to a journalist's beat ). "
The Wall Blog: How the BBC lost 60,000 Twitter followers to ITV
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 10:55
"On Thursday 21 July, the BBC lost 60,000 Twitter followers when Laura Kuenssberg renamed her @BBCLauraK account to @ITVLauraK."
Propublica: The Opportunity Gap
Friday, 1 July 2011, 11:57
An amazing project: ProPublica's investigation into access to advanced courses in US secondary education includes a database of schools allows users to log in with Facebook to look up their school. There are individual pages for each state, distri…
Online Journalism Blog: What I learned from the Facebook Page experiment – and what happens next
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 08:16
"It suits emotive material … With most blogging it’s quite easy to ‘just do it’ and then figure out the bells and whistles later. With a Facebook Page I think a bit of preparation goes a long way – especially to avoid problems later on. …
Twitter Media: Twitter for Newsrooms
Monday, 27 June 2011, 21:17
@Welcome to #TfN. Inside, you’ll find resources to help you and your organization at every step of the reporting and publishing process. We want to make our tools easier to use so you can focus on your job: finding sources, verifying facts, publishin…
