Credit: Image by Thinkstock News Building an open-source tool for embedding comments The WordPress plugin from business site CFO, called Response Stack, lets users embed comments from around their site into new posts as part of a continued exploration of community engagement techniques By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Benson Kua on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How news outlets can make native ads work for them A native advertising session at Digital Media Strategies shared best practice tips for media outlets, and highlighted what mainstream media newsrooms in particular can bring to the table By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Image by michael clarke stuff on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Guardian CEO: The paywall 'horse has bolted' for us Andrew Miller, chief executive of Guardian Media Group tells Digital Media Strategies the time has passed for the news outlet to launch a paywall, but indicated that 'membership' could be a way of 'adding value' By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: Financial Times on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Financial Times 'can learn a lot from new players out there' Speaking at the Digital Media Strategies conference, FT chief executive John Ridding also shared engagement statistics for its recent digital launch, FastFT, of '8 to 10 minutes per session' By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By Jon Olav on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Newsrooms should not give legacy thinking 'upper hand' Torry Pedersen, editor-in-chief of Norwegian tabloid VG, discusses how the outlet is responding to the challenge of innovating in digital space while maintaining print business By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Image courtesy of Vice Media News Vice launches news channel for 'young, global audience' Vice News launches today as an 'evolution' of the current affairs films that have driven the organisation's recent successes By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: Image by Images_of_Money on Flickr. Some rights reserved News New York Times to add 'new products' for digital subscribers Research by the New York Times has identified opportunities to target both non-subscribers and 'devoted Times readers' with a lower priced product and premium offering By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Economist launches immersive digital-first 'Essays' The first of the Essays series includes two interactive features and a full-screen design, breaking 'constraints of print' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Image by BeauGiles on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Radio reporter films 'mini-documentary' using iPhone The series of short videos, filmed by a reporter for BBC Northampton, is said to be a first for BBC local or network radio By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: By Cezary Borysiuk on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Former journalist launches platform to 'share and save' news Newspeg, a free platform for content curation and aggregation, offers journalists a visual way to collect and display content By Hannah Lawrence • 2 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News How journalists juggle speedy reporting with verification Editors from the BBC, Reuters and Associated Press discuss how journalists need to weigh up the 'need for speed' with accuracy and verification By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
Credit: By gruenenrw on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News ProPublica opens Data Store with free and 'premium' data ProPublica is looking to data as a possible revenue stream as it launches an online Data Store as 'a bit of an experiment' to test demand By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
