Snapchat is broadening its appeal beyond its original fanatical teen base. The Wall Street Journal reported last week 14 percent of U.S. smartphone users over age 35 now are on Snapchat. With critical mass achieved and a rapidly...
Social media can reveal a lot about a person. But, is it OK to publish what you find?
Social media may have changed the way news gets reported, but some old school rules still apply. Namely, if you’re at a meeting and you hear a scoop and no other journalists are in...
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. The Rise of the Publishing Platform Specialist (The Wall Street Journal) It appears publications now are hiring a...
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Will the First Amendment Survive the Information Age? (Poynter) The First Amendment has survived plenty of change...
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. The Wall Street Journal Tests Closing the Google Paywall Loophole (Digiday) The Wall Street Journal has long had...
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets (Re/code) It appears longer tweets are in the works. Re/code reports Twitter...
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Futures Lab Update #124: How to Tailor News for Each Social Media Platform (PBS MediaShift) This Future Labs...
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Push it: How The Wall Street Journal Plans to Make its Push Alerts More Personal (Nieman Journalism Lab)...
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Two Out of Two News Organizations Recommend User Research (Nieman Journalism Lab) Two prominent (but very different) news...
In a digital-first news landscape, journalists are providing instant content on social media while simultaneously producing in-depth coverage. It may seem impossible to balance the need for expediency with the desire for enterprise storytelling, but these...
Facebook recently made changes that could alter the way people consume news, driving a lot of think-piece fodder about the implications it has on journalism. But it’s possible the social media tool’s latest iterations could, in fact,...
So you’ve gotten into the rhythm of blogging. That’s great! However, since you’re still new in the scene, chances are you’re unaware of things that may irk your viewers. This blog post today will...
Live tweeting requires skill, strategy, and social savvy in order to be really effective.
From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to create a mommy blog – I just didn’t know anything else. I mean, first of all, what on earth was I going to call this...
Social media has revolutionized how people receive and share news and information. Because of this change with how people around the world consume news, journalists – and the media landscape – have had to quickly...
Depending on your demographic, Facebook could be a major way to boost traffic to your blog.
Though the anonymity of the Internet makes self-expression much easier, it can also spur hateful rhetoric that is generally met with little repercussion. Many overlook the fact that journalists are often on the receiving...
Any time I go to research news outlets, publications, bloggers or writers (or anyone really), the first social media account I look up is their Twitter account. I hop right on to Google and search...
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Social Media-Based Reported.ly Launches a Website But its Social-First Approach Remains Central (World Editors Forum Blog) Reported.ly is...
