Morning Conference emails
Morning Conference: asking the right questions
How to ask better questions as a journalist, some changes to Substack — and the changes Twitter needs to make.
X (Twitter)
(267)Insight about X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The former news social media mainstay once described as "microblogging", and now better known as "that hell site", is in the midst of some dramatic changes. .
trust
Social & Digital Coffee Break: let's amplify the experts
When two trade publications hit the headlines, and some worrying insight into the experience of female journalists online.
social networks
Attack of the clones: all social networks are NOT becoming the same
Yes, all social networks are developing the same feature set. No, that doesn’t mean they’re all becoming the same. Here’s why.
X (Twitter)
Social & Digital coffee break: 3 stories in 3 sentences
Because your time is precious, and I respect it, dammit.
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
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.
X (Twitter)
Twitter's faceless accelerants
Social media mobs do what mobs have always done: give the masses the feeling of power.
X (Twitter)
Five Morning Links #3: investigative podcasts, Twitter metrics and newsletter strategy secrets
More useful reads to make your morning coffee feel really useful — as well as tasty.
explainer journalism
Time, TikTok, teams and toxic tweets: journalism in 2020
From storytelling on TikTok to explainer journalism, there's plenty to make you think today…