Free Post Coronavirus Are readers really seeking "good news"? Or are they actually after something else? The novel coronavirus traffic bump is declining. Should we seek positive news, instead? Or is there another option?
Free Post Coronavirus Why we need more than just good coronavirus reporting right now There is only one story right now: Covid-19. That's not good enough. People need to escape from it, as well as being informed about it.
Free Post content Your work is better than "content" Anything truly creative is more than just content.
Free Post archives Beyond news: understanding the role of archives in journalism businesses Most news publishers are terrible at maintaining their archives. But their are solid business and journalistic reasons for doing so.
Free Post digital journalism The Basics of Digital Journalism: Attention and Atomisation There are two fundamental concepts needed to understand digital journalism. Here's a primer.
Free Post social media “Spray and Pray” is not a viable social media strategy for newsrooms There are too many social platforms now, so you need to have intelligent focus to make the most of them.
Free Post content strategy Word counts for viral stories in late 2017 There’s some interesting figures from Newswhip as to the most engaging content on Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest in late 2017: (You can see the top 20 in detail.
Free Post archives Tom Petty, from News UK's archives This is lovely: R.I.P Tom Petty, scanning negs from archive today from a London visit in the 1990's…#TomPetty #TomPettyRIP #travelingwilburys pic.twitter.com/N69EZHTQmN — News UK Archives
Free Post business models How realistic are these pivots to video? The phrase “pivot to video” has become a common “strategic” explanation for newsroom layoffs over the last couple of years. It’s, on the surface, convincing, because the rise of
Free Post Amedia: how to turn local news readers into subscribers Another set of liveblogged notes from Digital Media Europe 2017. Typos, inaccuracy and howling crimes against grammar and syntax probable. Pål Nedregotten, Executive Vice President, Amedia AS, Norway Ameida is
Free Post aggregation Techmeme, and the opportunity in connecting the conversation Has our lust for innovation made us move on from ideas too quickly? I’ve been mulling that over for most of the day, since I read Charlie Wurzel’s
Free Post content strategy What happens to your traffic if you stop publishing - and update old articles? What happens when you stop publishing new material and take a hard, professional look at your archives? The Buffer team decided to find out: Having not published original content on
Free Post content strategy 8 questions about shareable content Paul Bradshaw does an interesting thing in sharing his answers to student questionnaires on his site. It’s interesting, because sometimes the questions are as indicative of the mindset amongst
Free Post content strategy The website is diffusing to death Simon Owens’ reason for cross-posting to his blog, Medium and LinkedIn: The harsh reality is that only a tiny fraction of your social media followers will click on a link to an outside website, and most prefer to interact and consume content that’s
Free Post content strategy Going native with social media content MG Siegler: True power is when media creates content explicitly for a network, rather than simply repackaging it. A useful insight. A lot of work has been done over the last decade on workflows and tech for pushing the same content through multiple channels.
