Free Post Twitter Social & Digital coffee break: 3 stories in 3 sentences Because your time is precious, and I respect it, dammit.
Free Post substack Matt Yglesias leaves Vox for Substack: is he doing a Newton or a Sullivan? Another writer mired in controversy leaves a Vox Media publication to start his own newsletter. What’s happening here?
Free Post newsletters The two reasons why most newsletters will fail Like any good gold rush, people aren't paying enough attention to the details of what makes newsletters work. And that will lead to many flaming out. Here's why.
Free Post independent publishing 17 years as a media artisan Isabella Roughol has come up with the perfect name for what I’ve been doing for nearly two decades.
Free Post quartz Social & Digital coffee break: Quartz's future crystallises Quartz goes private, newsroom product management is the future, and more essential reads for today.
Free Post training Should you turn your video cam on in online training? The pandemic has turned everything into a video call — but could we be making smarter decisions about when to turn on the camera?
Free Post facebook Social & Digital coffee break: escaping the Facebook shadow It’s not really a surprise that Facebook can’t be trusted — but are we really taking the steps we need to end our additions to it? This, and many other useful topics in today’s digest.
Free Post aggregation Social & Digital Coffee Break: Google tools, social media stats and free money A round up of news you can use in your social media and digital publishing work. Just don't click on the last link, unless you want to despair of men.
Free Post journalism Poor story construction can spread COVID-19 misinformation Why poor story structure is going to make some people scared of bank notes.
Free Post YouTube Members only: more on YouTube and news, and other reader feedback Reader feedback on recent posts, and some plans for the future of this site.
Free Post niche Metamorphosis of the Journalist In today’s round-up of good internet reading, we learn to love the niche, look (again( at newsletters, and get attention hacking
Free Post newsletters Understanding Editorial Newsletters: a brief guide The hype around the "star journalist" newsletter is in danger of obscuring a deeper and more important truth about the role of newsletters in journalism.
Free Post comments The need for intelligent skepticism, proved through links Can you trust your commenters? Can you trust your transcription service? In the digital world, here be dragons…
Free Post news impact summit News Impact: TikTok trends and new formats for journalism What TikTok can — and can’t — do for your publication, and a pathway to new forms of journalism storytelling.
Free Post polarisation Twitter, death threats and civility: rethinking journalism on social media The platforms undoubtedly need to do more to deal with the toxic environment on social media. But it's worth considering our own role in stoking that febrile atmosphere.
