Nieman Lab
Habit formation: How The Wall Street Journal turned user-level data into a strategy to keep subscribers coming back » Nieman…
4 min · · The Journal went on a quest to identify the user actions — an app download, an article share, repeat reading of a particular reporter’s stories — that can turn a new subscriber into a loyal one. Then… · Shared by 56, including Martijn, Niklaus Gerber, Vincenzo Tremonte, Elena Neira, Nieman Reports, Anita Zielina, Robert Rose, Pieter van Diggele
Digiday
How publishers are using TikTok, the latest hot app
3 min · · TikTok, like Snapchat in its early days, is a new way for publishers to reach young consumers. · Shared by 56, including Nieman Reports, Mark Kaigwa, Klaus Eck, Vincenzo Tremonte, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Matt Navarra, Gerrit Eicker, Thomas Pleil, Edney Souza 🧙♂️, Liliane Ferrari ™, Ste Davies
digitalnewsreport.org
Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2020
20+ min · · Annual report from the Reuters Institute, based on survey of leading journalists and media executives, looks at the year ahead in the news industry · Shared by 55, including Vincenzo Tremonte, Katja Evertz, luis antónio santos, Nieman Reports, Jonathan Kogan, Stephanie A Kowalski, Anita Zielina, Mark Little
Nieman Lab
Quartz, built on free distribution, has put its articles behind a paywall » Nieman Journalism Lab
6 min · · Being a Quartz Member ($100/year) will now be required for access to all of its stories — one more case of a quality publisher finding that advertising revenue isn't enough to allow a readership… · Shared by 55, including Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Vincenzo Tremonte, Mathew Ingram, Ste Davies, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Benedict Evans, Nieman Reports, Charles Baldwin
CJR
You may hate metrics. But they’re making journalism better.
4 min · · For as long as I can remember, journalism metrics in general, and particularly reach metrics—like pageviews and unique users—have been the subject of profound suspicion within the news industry. In… · Shared by 53, including Vincenzo Tremonte, kp, Nieman Reports, Mark Kaigwa, Adam Tinworth, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Chris Moran, Oscar MacDonald
Frederic Filloux
What will a post-COVID-19 media look like? I asked my students.
6 min · · Shared by 52, including Mathew Ingram, Brian Stelter, Vincenzo Tremonte, Jacqui Lough
American Press Institute
How to build a metrics-savvy newsroom
20+ min · · Journalists have a reputation for dismissing data about their stories. But it’s undeserved. After all, the axiom “if it bleeds, it leads” describes a newsroom practice driven by the metrics of newsstand sales and broadcast ratings. Pulitzers and Emmys are qualitative data that indicates a reporter’s work is respected by her peers. Journalists don’t hate … · Shared by 51, including Sébastien Bonset, Oscar MacDonald, Mark Kaigwa, Vincenzo Tremonte, Konrad Weber, Beni Buess, Delaney McCaffrey
CJR
Here’s what happened inside The Markup
6 min · · The Markup was one of the most highly anticipated media startups in recent memory. Julia Angwin, a former Wall Street Journal investigative reporter, teamed up with her ProPublica writing partner,… · Shared by 50, including Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Bjorn Larsen, Vincenzo Tremonte, Oliver Reichenstein, Mathew Ingram, David Cohn
Poynter
How journalists can ward off burnout
4 min · · From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their… · Shared by 48, including Vincenzo Tremonte, Marie-José Kolly, Nieman Reports
journaliststudio.google.com
Journalist Studio
1 min · · A collection of tools to empower journalists to do their work more efficiently, creatively, and securely · Shared by 48, including Nicholas Diakopoulos, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Oscar MacDonald, Jonathan Kogan, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Ann Smarty, luis antónio santos, Mike Taylor, Stef Walter, Vincenzo Tremonte
meedia.de
LinkedIn ändert seinen Algorithmus: Das müssen Publisher jetzt wissen
1 min · · Die Netzwerkplattform LinkedIn hat ihren Algorithmus angepasst. Ähnlich wie Facebook setzt das Portal fortan weniger auf virale Inhalte und will mehr „meaningful“ Content ins Umfeld der Menschen… · Shared by 48, including Daniel Schwarz, Vincenzo Tremonte, Katja Evertz, Klaus Eck, Marie-Christine Schindler, Adrienne Fichter, Martina Bürge, Anna-Lena Müller, Clemens M. Schuster, { Monah } 💡, Michael Kroker
Nieman Lab
Micropayments-for-news pioneer Blendle is pivoting from micropayments » Nieman Journalism Lab
4 min · · Shared by 47, including Nieman Reports, Christopher Lauer™, Wolfgang Blau, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🦋, Vincenzo Tremonte, Jay Rosen
Nieman Lab
Here’s what we know so far about the upcoming Facebook News tab » Nieman Journalism Lab
2 min · · Facebook's News Tab is supposed to launch this fall; the company will pay some news publishers to syndicate their headlines and article previews. · Shared by 46, including Madalyn Sklar Digital Marketing since 1996, Builtvisible, Lluís Codina, Matt Navarra, Thomas Power, Vincenzo Tremonte, Talkwalker, Mari Smith, Nieman Reports
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Bei «20 Minuten» zählen nur Klicks: So funktioniert das Medium
9 min · · Nichts beeinflusst die Meinung der Menschen in der Schweiz mehr als «20 Minuten» – sagt eine Studie des Bundes. Doch auf der Redaktion zählen krachende Schlagzeilen und künstliche Empörung mehr als… · Shared by 45, including Boas Ruh, Oliver Raduner, Daniel Schwarz, Marcel Hänggi, Vincenzo Tremonte, Konrad Weber, Martin Steiger 🦈, hansi_voigt, Roland Wyss-Aerni 😷
Nieman Lab
Publishers will soon no longer be able to detect when you’re in Chrome’s incognito mode, weakening paywalls everywhere » Nieman…
3 min · · A growing number of news sites block incognito readers, figuring they're probably trying to get around a paywall. But a change from Google will again let people reset their meter with a keystroke. · Shared by 44, including Nieman Reports, luis antónio santos, Bjorn Larsen, RebelMouse, Thomas Knüwer, Mathew Ingram, Vincenzo Tremonte, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social
Nieman Lab
That “$4.7 billion” number for how much money Google makes off the news industry? It’s imaginary » Nieman Journalism Lab
7 min · · It's based on math reasoning that would be embarrassing from a bright middle schooler. · Shared by 44, including Konrad Weber, Vincenzo Tremonte, Mathew Ingram, Benedict Evans, Andreas Von Gunten, Christopher Lauer™, Joshua Benton