Audience & Social
There is one clear fact about journalism and social media, i.e. Twitter is the ‘Holy Grail’ for journalists.The 140 characters in a tweet are used by a majority of journalists for breaking news and microblogging. Almost every journalist has a twitter account. Facebook on the other hand is
Data
In 2008, Nicolas Kayser-Bril, a young graduate in media economics, fell into data journalism by chance because he could code simple stuff. He began his career by publishing stories with Le Monde and The Post ( the previous version of the Huffington Post in France). In 2010, he was part
Audience & Social
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
News
In a post entitled ‘2014 Was Our Favourite Year Yet’, BuzzFeed brags about its metrics. It has every right to - they’re pretty impressive. Just look at the numbers for yourself: * People spent 58,655 years on BuzzFeed * Traffic doubled from 100m to 200m monthly UVs * BuzzFeed posts received over
Audience & Social
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
Events
This afternoon from 5 PM, Interhacktives will live blog from the Online News Association discussion and networking event of 2014. Journalists and guest speakers will discuss how digital journalists and editors juggle the need for speed and the need for accurate reporting and verification. In this hour-long session and
Audience & Social
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
How-To
Managing your email requires a time investment that can be difficult to reconcile with being truly productive; these tools should hopefully help you find a happy balance.
Data
Import.io aims to make extracting data from the internet incredibly simple. This demo on import.io’s website shows it is as easy as highlighting an example of the bits of data you want from the website and the algorithm sorting out the rest. It launched last October at
News
The Guardian’s open news TV advert shows how The Three Little Pigs story would be covered in print and online. The video charts the news story after the little pigs hit the headlines for boiling the wolf alive. Conversation moves from print to the web as the issue is
Data
Abby Young-Powell 1. ACCOUNTABILITY – We will correct mistakes and amend them transparently. We will verify sources and link to them where appropriate. 2. TONE/STYLE –We will always write clearly, but will be open to different styles and voices. We will write names correctly and take special care with