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6 ways to battle against the Instagram algorithm
With Instagram's algorithms filtering our feed, here are 6 tips in order for your profile to still shine brightly and be seen by your followers.
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5 things to know if you’re a growing food blogger in our hungry Instagram community
Looking to join or already part of the bandwagon of food bloggers on Instagram? Here's everything you need to know!
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Landed your first social/audience role? Here's what you need to know.
Starting your first social media role? Here's some top tips on how to navigate the industry like a pro.
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How local news organisations engage communities with social media
Social media is often viewed as the enemy of local news and for good reason: sites such as Facebook benefit enormously from being able to share journalism for free on their platform, sucking up advertising money that would previously have gone to news organisations themselves. Yet while the internet has
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The essential guide to sharing your story on social media
Social media is all about visibility, but the key for digital journalists is realising that each app promises a different kind of visibility because they reach different communities and content is presented to them in different ways. This guide will break down how content should be shared on Facebook, Twitter
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How to live-tweet so your audience doesn’t miss a thing
I spent a weekend covering huge environmental protests, and these are the 13 things I learnt about how to live-tweet. Want more followers? Want to reach whole new audiences in a matter of hours? People look to Twitter when they are engaged and in need of real-time information,
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Everything you need to know about Instagram's latest changes
It's been a long couple of weeks for Instagram. Recently, the team at Instagram have introduced a few changes to their platform. Some changes have been praised as improvements, while some haven’t been as welcomed by users. What do you think? Instagram will ban graphic self-harm
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Anatomy of a Twitter thread: is long-form tweeting great for journalism?
Twitter is often linked to journalism for two reasons. Firstly, its real-time nature makes it a perfect place to discover breaking news. Secondly, well, it is full of journalists. However, Twitter has been trying for a while to go over real-time and quick conversations. One of its biggest
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What is Douban and why should journalists use it? 什么是豆瓣？
As a journalist, it is a good idea to get familiar with Douban, otherwise known as the ‘Chinese Reddit’ to see how can you use it to find news, comments, and opinions from the country of 1.3 billion people. Get your Google Translate ready and let’s take a
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Are Voice Assistants the future of news?
Voice assistants are being forced on us at every opportunity, and news organisations are scrambling to take advantage. But is voice just shifting social media's problems onto a new platform?
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Why news organisations should take newsletters seriously.
David Hieatt, founder of Hiut Jeans, was stuck in a rut. The launch of his Welsh-made jeans had gone well but, after an initial soar in sales, the orders stopped coming in. Just stopped. What did he do? He started a newsletter, and his business grew and grew and
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What Snapchat's Map update means for journalism
Snapchat has made Maps available on the web, so is this another masterstroke or are journalists being given a tool that users didn’t respond to?