SEO
SEO Update #4: Search 2020
New year, new algorithm update. Plus some clarity on subheadings, and predictions for the year ahead.
engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: Content is collapsing, TikTok is toxifying and a secret(ish) tool
Another week, and more news from around the web for engaged journalists…
rbi
The end of an era at RBI (nearly)
With the disposal of Farmers Weekly, my former employer is all but out of the journalism business.
newsletters
Engaged Reading Digest: the subscriptions edition
Five reads on subscriptions and membership models, to give you some hope about the future of journalism.
The Social Diary: reads from the feeds
Capturing the most interesting bits of social media - and putting them on the web
engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: image verification, cops on TikTok — and why celebs are using a social platform you've never heard of
It's easy to get sucked into the idea that social media is mainly a promotional tool. Today's digest is a reminder that it's much more than that — for good and ill
Politics
Dominic Cummings’ blogpost, direct dialogue and its threat to mainstream political journalism
The Prime Minster's Chief Special Advisor outlined a new vision for the civil service in a blogpost — and with it, a new way of communicating policy, in way we need to pay attention to.
audience engagement
Engaged Reading Digest: constructive journalism, news moments, TikTok and trolls
Moving on from just reporting the problems, exposing new times for engaging with readers and more, in this selection of fine, artisanal links.
engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: Radicalisation, Copyright and Piers
Get ready for another week at the journalism coalface with some essential weekend reading…