TikTok can be a place where reporters, newsrooms and consumers can all benefit from influencer-style content. But too few newsrooms embrace the opportunity, finds a report by Polis at LSE
The LGBTQ+ publication has carved out 4m social media followers, catering to audiences who have been historically let down by the press. But being online also makes them a target of abuse and trolling
The social audio feature has given news organisations like The New Statesman and Tortoise a way to chat with their audience about the stories they are keeping a close eye on. But the possibilities do not end there
Most UK news outlets have flocked to the platform bustling with young viewers, but it took a war in Ukraine for the public broadcaster to follow suit
As 16-24s seldom follow legacy media brands, here is how one show is reinventing the news for the social media generation
Chandni Sembhi shares her best tips for journalists publishing their work on Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter
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Although media outlets are trying to attract younger audiences, very few venture onto the short video platform with more than 1 billion users worldwide, nearly half of whom are under 24
The visual search platform that has more active users than Twitter created new tools to help businesses build loyal social audiences and explore untapped revenue streams
It is perfectly possible to combine short social videos with sea shanties and solid journalism
The platform looks to reward positive posts with more visibility and punish those who spread clickbait and low-quality journalism. What does this mean for traffic-hungry media organisations?
Give your social media posts a touch more pizzazz by using the graphic design platform
The UK public broadcaster gained more than 150m views in one month across social media platforms through essential knowledge and exclusive videos on the Taliban
Drive up your followers on the platform best-known for professional networking
The vlogger behind the Nas Daily brand with 40m followers urges news outlets to change the way they tell stories before opinionated content creators scoop up the audience's attention
Use these simple and effective tricks to get closer to your audience
The pandemic made the use of audio-based social apps popular among publishers and the public. Use them more creatively to grow your following
Use these 12 universal lessons to up your followers on any platform: Instagram, Twitter or TikTok
Clubhouse, TikTok, Twitter Spaces and Instagram Reels are amongst the shiny new social platforms and features launched recently. Do they really matter to journalism or are they a passing fad?
The live-audio app is useful for finding new topics and contributors but it has its downsides
We are organising courses in data journalism, iPhone reporting, open data for journalists and creating a buzz on social media
Beet.TV has an interesting video with Michael Zimbalist, vice president for research & development, and operations at the New York Times, in which he discusses a new advertising tool called Spark which utilises the Times’s data on stories trending on social media. According to Beet.TV the tool “serves display advertising into stories as they are [...]
A look at the four main points which came out of a Google+ Hangout, hosted by Storyful on the subject of verification during Hurricane Sandy
An annual study into how UK journalists feel social media impacts on their work was announced this week by Canterbury Christ Church University and public relations and media services outlet Cision. The report’s findings are based on 769 responses from UK journalists. According to a release from the university the study found an “increasing number [...]
Al Jazeera's Riyaad Minty and Mark Little's Storyful on why news outlets must understand the relationship between news reporting and social media
The Guardian's US operation announces the launch of a new socially-driven aggregation series called #smarttakes
A conversation was sparked on the effect of social media sharing buttons by the designer Oliver Reichenstein on his blog informationArchitects
A report by J-Lab has found that even though online news start-ups have access to a wide range of social media tools, they struggle with how to measure their impact
The Guardian's Alastair Dant shares the news outlet's approach to using interactivity to present data and stories to their audience
Bitly, the popular link shortener used by lots of news websites, announces its ‘bitmark’ service
Online noticeboard n0tice launches app to auto-post updates to Facebook
Muck Rack is a site that aggregates Twitter and social media feeds for thousands of professional journalists
'It's about building relationships on Facebook and monetizing outside', according to the Economist's global publisher, digital editions
Daily Mail and Telegraph stories get most Google +1 recommendations
'It's only a matter of time until social overtakes search for the Guardian,' says Tanya Cordrey, director of digital development at Guardian News and Media
Sky News's digital news editor Neal Mann, known to 43,000 people on Twitter as @fieldproducer, has announced he has decided to leave the broadcaster.
Sky News emails staff telling them not to retweet - a round-up of opinion
A tool for tracking the sharing of news stories on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter
This new platform helps you monitor Facebook, Twitter, blogs and could become a favourite tool of data journalists
You can now see how stories from the UK's top 10 news sites are shared on social media – and view the social media 'ripples' created by stories on your own news site
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