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.
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.
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.
audio
Get some audio in your engagement strategy
Why audio is critical to your audience engagement thinking, why hashtags are back on Facebook, and more to spark your imagination this week…
membership models
Journalism needs members, not readers
Members and subscribers are not the same thing. We're at a moment of inflection in journalism, and understanding the difference might be crucial.
analytics
On engagement metrics and Facebook malignancy
Today's thesis: engagement metrics are unfairly maligned, but Facebook deserves every piece of criticism thrown at it.
censorship
Engagement in an age of declining press freedom
Attacks on the independence of the press are underway in the UK and the US. Twitter is stripping context from thoughtful debates. The only antidote is thoughtful engagement work.
newsletters
The future of newsletters lies in exploring their versatility
Newsletters are climbing up the hype curve, just as podcasts did a couple of years ago. Making the most of them requires exploring different formats. Some publishers have started that process.
newsletters
Newsletters: Rise of the Blogletter
Why today's newsletter actually take a lot from blogging and why The Economist is on Instagram: answered.
Social Media
Abuse, arrogant tech VCs and hypocrisy everywhere. It's time for the weekend, folks.
The tech VC community shows its true face, social media gets toxic and… Oh, can we just have a break, please?
social media journalism
Journalists on social media: there's no easy answers on how they should behave
Yes, there are problems with how journalists behave on social media. But the solutions are unlikely to be straightforward.
social media journalism
Social & Digital lunchbreak: rethinking, well, everything…
From the challenges of being a journalist on social media, to the shifting face of podcasts, there's plenty to be thinking about today.