Audience & Social
Introducing: three social media tools you may not have tried yet
Exploring and experimenting with three tools, their pros and their cons.
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Crowdsourcing data-driven journalism resources: it's simpler than you think
Crowdsourcing can be less complicated than people think and it is an asset very few newsrooms think about now. That is the experience of Marcelo Träsel, a journalist and lecturer on Digital Journalism at Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. His experience in data
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Community Journalism: Meet the Managers liveblog
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Community Editor of the Economist shares some tips
In its news coverage, the Economist takes a step back from the grind of the 24 hour cycle to survey the landscape and reflect. So too with digital strategy. Resisting the temptation to jump on the latest bandwagon, the Economist has thought carefully how online communities and social media can
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Journalism and social media: professional platform or personal playground?
This afternoon, we talked to Sarah Marshall, Technology Editor at Journalism.co.uk, Adam Tinworth, journalist and consultant and Nick Petrie, Social Media and Campaigns Editor at the Times about journalism and social media in a Google+ Hangout. We discussed whether there should be a line between using social media
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A day in the life of the Telegraph's Social Media Editor
Kate Day, social media editor at the Telegraph, talks her through her very busy day.
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Can a Facebook ‘like’ Make You a Criminal?
The Supreme Court of the Philippines has been debating whether ‘liking’ a defamatory comment on Facebook makes you guilty of libel. To date, no one has been prosecuted specifically for ‘liking’ a statement, link or photograph posted by someone else. Last year, a judge in Virginia ruled that ‘liking’ was
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Inside the mind of a Deputy Social Media Editor
Matthew Keys, Deputy Social Media Editor at Reuters in New York kindly responded to my Twitter request for a chat. Here he shares some musings on emerging social media tools, audience engagement and the ever-changing face of journalism.
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Meeting Up – a sitcom for the social media age. Episode One.
“Every great journey begins with a single step.” Anon. In years to come, a blue plaque will probably stand outside the C300, an otherwise anonymous classroom on the third floor of the Tait building. For it was here that initial plans were drawn up by the interhacktive ‘Real Lifers’ (not
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How to liveblog: The Infographic
By Beth Ashton
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Exclusivity and age in social networks
As the social media market becomes saturated, networks have realised that they need to change to remain viable. What might the future hold for our online communities?
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Social media users in emerging countries want more than just flashy visuals
Brazil and India don’t share much common ground. But, along with the United States, they are the top three markets for Facebook in the world. While more than 156 million Americans have already adopted Mark Zuckerberg’s creation, only recently did almost 100 million Brazilians and Indians migrate from