Twitter Yields Uneven ROI for News Organizations Using Automation, Curation,...
Journalists and news organizations are all atwitter these days, but they are seeing different returns on investment from their uses of Twitter. Conventional wisdom says that to be good at using social...
View ArticleWashington Post Develops Visual, Web-like Commenting System
Washingtonpost.com has developed a new commenting interface dubbed “WebCom” that arranges comments in a web based on which ones are most-liked by readers and spur the most discussion. It’s the latest...
View ArticleNASA’s Spacebook Offers Lessons for Newsroom Collaboration
NASA launched its own social network, Spacebook, earlier this year in an attempt to increase interaction among employees and foster more group collaboration. The network, which I describe in detail...
View ArticleKnight Foundation to Fund Plug-and-Play Version of EveryBlock
The Knight Foundation is assembling a new team to further develop the code behind the hyperlocal, geo-coded EveryBlock project and to develop plug-and-play architecture to make it easier for news...
View ArticlePlain Dealer Creates New Comment Policy, Encourages Staffers to Interact
The Plain Dealer rolled out a new commenting policy this week that aims to end bigoted comments and trolling, while also encouraging staff members to engage users in meaningful discussions. Editors and...
View ArticleHow journalists are using metrics to track the success of tweets
When I first started on the BeatBlogging.org project almost three years ago, very few journalists and news organizations were using social media. In fact, you were considered kind of strange if you...
View ArticleiPad news apps lack accessibility and usability
Apple’s iPad and iOS come with several built-in accessibility features that make the iPad relatively easy for disabled people to use. Unfortunately, many news applications were not built to take...
View ArticleHow Siri, if opened up to third-party apps, could enhance news consumption
Apple’s Siri voice technology is one of the must-have features of the iPhone 4S, and has become one of the phone’s biggest selling points. Voice technology is not new. What makes Siri and similar...
View ArticleiPad 3′s Retina display will make news apps stand out, present new challenges...
Apple announced its latest iPad today, which features a much higher resolution display that’s perfect for reading and for news apps. The new iPad could finally elevate the text reading experience on a...
View ArticleHow news organizations are taking advantage of the latest iPad’s features
The newest iPad has ushered in a new high-resolution Retina Display that renders text that’s similar to the quality you see in print. The core of most news apps is the printed word. The coarse...
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