Credit: Image by Janitors on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Advice on Facebook Messenger bots from The Wall Street Journal Two of the people behind the WSJ Messenger bot, which launched earlier this year, share how other outlets can create bots to communicate with audiences 'in an authentic way' By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
Credit: By pedrosimoes7 on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How lifestyle publisher POPSUGAR is engaging with its younger audience Christine Maitland, director of business development and strategy, POPSUGAR, explains her team's strategies to engage 18-34 year-olds By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
Credit: Image from BuzzFeed.com News Distributed news: How BuzzFeed curates stories for social platforms BuzzFeed uses a one to 13 ranking system to prioritise between platforms and decide where a story should be published By Mădălina Ciobanu • 5 min read
Credit: Image from 'Ghosts of Aleppo', Vice News. News Getting young audiences to watch longer videos online: The Vice News way Most news outlets have turned their focus to short video on platforms like Facebook and Snapchat, so how does Vice News get young people to watch longform documentaries online? By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image from Thinkstock . News Shareable, concise and authentic: The BBC's approach to mobile video Video views on smartphones are skyrocketing – but how is mobile video different from other digital videos, and what does it take to make it work? By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
Credit: Michael Bruntonspall on Flickr. Some rights reserved News 'Follow the reader': Digital advice from the Guardian Tony Danker, international director Guardian News and Media, highlights his key considerations about the future of legacy media in the digital space By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image by TapiF on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Best practice tips for eyewitness media from #NX14 At the News Xchange conference in Prague, experts in eyewitness media from GuardianWitness, CNN and Storyful discussed advice for newsrooms managing user generated content around breaking news events By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
Credit: Image from BuzzFeed.com News Why BuzzFeed is expanding with new Distributed division BuzzFeed plans to expand in the social web and build an audience in a space where content and social networking meet By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Images_of_money on Flickr. Some rights reserved News How Vice is helping brands to connect with Generation Y Vice Media engages Generation Y with its own content, and this is opening up opportunities to help brands reach the same audience By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Image by jsawkins on Flickr. Some rights reserved News New milestones for freelance video journalism platform Storyhunter lets video journalists pitch content, and those accepted are offered editorial support and feedback before the final package is submitted to media outlets By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
News Using Instagram to show 'natural fabric' of community How journalists at the Globe embedded themselves both in the physical neighbourhood of Bowdoin-Geneva, to uncover the stories within, as well as the virtual neighbourhood using Instagram By Rachel McAthy • 4 min read
News Arab Spring report: BBC could improve sharing of UGC vetting details The BBC Trust's impartiality review praised the BBC's Arab Spring coverage, but concluded it should consider how to 'more effectively' flag up the user-generated content vetting process to audiences By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
