Audience & Social
How South Asian women are using Instagram to amplify their voices
Anushka Suharu speaks to the founders of Pardesi, Boss Betis and British Bindi about how South Asian women are using Instagram to amplify their voices
community
Audience & Social
The Coral Project's Sydette Harry: ‘People feel that journalism doesn't seem to listen’
We love the Internet because it’s a treasure chest of information, and a place where we can join groups to communicate with people who share our interests, no matter how niche the subject or how scattered about the world we might be. As journalists, social media and online communities
Audience & Social
The Wild West of Social Media: 7 Takeaways
Pioneers from the frontiers of social media newsgathering and user-generated content (UGC) shared their wisdom at News:rewired's 'in focus' event last week. Below are my seven takeaways from "The Wild West of Social Media" panel event, featuring Aine Kerr, managing editor of
Audience & Social
What's on Reddit's front page?
We go behind data scraped from the front page of Reddit - what does it tell us about the online super-community?
Audience & Social
Two hours of Interhacktivity: #hackshangout
Our tutorial on data journalism will start at 6pm today (Monday 24th March) – click here for the link. To see last week's tutorial on social media verification, click here. The time for our first hour of Interhacktivity is almost upon us. The tutorials will be held via a
Audience & Social
Interview with George Berridge, Wannabe Hacks’ social, communities and campaigns editor
Wannabe Hacks is the foremost community for people looking to enter the world of journalism. Especially in my pre-Interhacktive days, I found it very useful to read the community’s articles and comments on work experience and journalism courses. George Berridge is the current social, communities and campaigns editor
Audience & Social
Top tips for building digital loyalty from Kate Day, Mark Johnson and Christian Broughton
Over the course of the year we have been privileged to hear insights from many working journalists, community managers and social media editors. Here are some of the best...
Interviews
Hacks/Hackers London: Innovation in Storytelling
Interhacktives report live from the February Hacks/Hackers London meetup on all things digital storytelling...
Events
Interhacktives launch Community Journalism: Meet the Managers
Come one, come all, to the first Interhacktives meet-up, where we ask: * How can online communities assist and enhance traditional journalism? * What does a community manager actually do? * Which are the most useful social media and online tools? At this meet-up four experienced industry panellists will talk about
News
Is Social Media the answer to solving crimes?
This morning the Boston Police Force accredited social media for their increase in crime solving. The Boston Police Department has seen a rise in crime solving tips thanks to social media and the department’s large Twitter following. The Boston Police Force has more than 39,200 followers on Twitter.
News
365 storytellers take on a Year
3hundredand65 is a collaborative online storytelling project that's raising money to support the Teenage Cancer Trust by inviting contributors to "crowdauthor a graphic novel". Each day, a new writer progresses the story via a single Tweet to the organizers. Their tweet is then illustrated and added
Audience & Social
“A mass of voices from the community”
Download 598042-city-interhacktives-talk-to-people-s-voice-media.mp3 Antonia Kanczula Using social media as a tool for empowerment, People’s Voice Media have helped to train a legion of community reporters in the UK and abroad. I talked to their community manager Teresa Wilson about their aims