July 16, 2019 •
Digital News, Newsroom Management, Recent, Technology •
by Destiny Alvarez and Damian Radcliffe
Social media is swimming with journalists and non-journalists alike, but too often engagement between the two is scant. That’s the view of Mandy Jenkins, general manager for McClatchy’s local news initiative The Compass Experiment and...
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September 12, 2018 •
Digital News, Research •
by Felix Simon
As users turn away from Facebook for sharing and discussing news, other social media platforms such as instant messaging apps and Instagram are becoming more relevant, a new study has found. But is this bad news for Facebook? Not...
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May 20, 2015 •
Digital News, Latest stories •
by Thomas Schmidt
Hyperbole is never far away when Facebook introduces innovations. Typically it involves some talk about saving the planet, creating the future or some iteration of “this will forever change the way how we read/write/communicate.” Not...
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April 1, 2014 •
Media Economics, Research •
by Thomas Schmidt
New developments in the American news industry show promising signs of energy and excitement, according to the “State of the News Media 2014” report by the Pew Research Center. Even though the ground for traditional journalism is still...
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January 30, 2014 •
Digital News, Research •
by Jenny Dean
A study from Journalism Practice looks at how effective social media is in reaching audiences for news. It compares Facebook and Twitter and suggests that Twitter might just have the advantage. Researchers believe this is the case because...
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December 27, 2013 •
Photography and Video •
by Helen Caple
Having just spent a semester at the Reuters Institute, Oxford, thinking about the journalism profession, three ideas have dominated my thoughts: Could online picture galleries save the press photographer? Why did I write a book...
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March 22, 2013 •
Media Economics •
by Michael Wise
The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) 10th annual State of the News Media 2013 was released this month, and once again the mammoth report offers a large collection of interesting and important data. Among...
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March 11, 2013 •
Media Economics •
by Bianca Soldani
A new study by the Pew Research Center tracks how four regional newspapers in the United States have been able to boost online revenue and record overall growth despite industry-wide trends to the contrary. Mark Jurkowitz and Amy Mitchell...
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August 14, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Michael Wise
As the third most-viewed site on the Internet, news agencies must decide how best to utilize YouTube’s burgeoning success as a news source. In a lengthy report published by The Pew Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)...
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