News publishers have to understand the contours of the shift or risk mobile becoming “digital hesitation 2.0.” The market research firm comScore recently released its annual major mobile report. A dive into the data distills lessons for journalism right now, some of them counterintuitive. Move aggressively to mobile immediately — don’t wait for revenue to … Continue reading
Facebook overhauls news feed to give more space to music, games and ads. The new design will be gradually made available over the coming weeks, with users able to sign up to a waiting list for early access. Zuckerberg said the Facebook news feed aimed to create a “personalised newspaper” for the site. Facebook … Continue reading
By Amy Mitchell & Tom Rosenstiel of PEJ, and Leah Christian of the Pew Research Center Perhaps no topic in technology attracted more attention in 2011 than the rise of social media and its potential impact on news. “If searching for news was the most important development of the last decade, sharing news may be … Continue reading
When Joplin, Mo., was hit with a massive tornado, I knew my community would react. Even though we’re nearly 250 miles away, many people in Columbia and mid-Missouri are either Joplin natives or have family there. My newsroom’s normally local-focused Facebook page quickly became a clearinghouse for updates about how mid-Missouri could help the tornado-ravaged … Continue reading