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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
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Didn’t make it to SRCCON this year in Portland? Here’s a list of session notes and other resourcesFrom giffable audio to pair programming, from big data to open source, from evergreen content to web VR. By Shan Wang. |
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European publishers are teaming together to translate the news to reach broader audiencesFrom large national newspapers to small independent websites, outlets are working together to cover news across the continent in many languages. By Joseph Lichterman. |
What We’re Reading
Mashable / Kerry Flynn
Why Snapchat shouldn’t be afraid of Instagram stories →
“The ghost logo is the logo for a generation.”
RJIOnline / Jacqueline Marino, Susan Jacobson, and Robert Gutsche Jr.
A new study looks at how long-form journalism is consumed on mobile devices →
“Three Reynolds Journalism Institute Research Scholars spent the past year studying the effectiveness and sustainability of long-form digital journalism. This five-part series is based on 53 interviews with millennials to gauge this audience's reception to long-form journalism delivered on mobile platforms.”
The Wall Street Journal / Steven Perlberg
Tech Insider to be folded back into Business Insider →
“Tech Insider, which launched last July, was part of a diversification strategy at Business Insider that also included the creation of Insider, a lifestyle brand focused on distributing video on platforms like Facebook, which will still remain separate.”
The New York Times
You can now read Spanish stories in The New York Times’ Android app →
The paper launched The New York Times en Español earlier this year as part of an effort to grow its international audience.
Recode / Peter Kafka
Local news startup Ripple is buying the local news startup Hoodline →
We profiled Hoodline last year.
Poynter / Rick Edmonds
Early bet on ‘other’ revenue is paying off at The Dallas Morning News →
“Those have become standard industry practices since. But Moroney’s early start was vindicated today as A.H. Belo reported those activities covered print losses in the second quarter and kept revenues level with the same period a year ago.”
Digiday / Jessica Davies
Six months in: What Sky has learned from VR →
“The telecom company set up Sky VR Studio in February, a 10-person unit dedicated to creating VR experiences for entertainment, news and sports.”
Quartz / Jillian York
How Twitter’s verification system became a media “kingmaker” →
“While Twitter long ago realized that its monetization is dependent on drawing big names to its platform, the company has more recently come to the realization that allowing abusive celebrities to use its platform as a vehicle is bad for business, too.”
Wired / Caitlin Roper
How The New York Times’ Rukmini Callimachi uses social media to report on ISIS →
“Social media enables Callimachi to access what she calls the "inner world of jihadists"; she lurks in Telegram chat rooms, navigates an endless flood of tips on Twitter, and carefully tracks sources and subjects all over the Internet.”
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas / Teresa Mioli and Heloisa Aruth Sturm
Glenn Greenwald launches The Intercept Brasil in Portuguese to cover Brazilian social and political news →
"Our articles about Brazil — both in English and Portuguese — have consistently been among The Intercept's most-read stories, and our Brazilian readership has grown rapidly," wrote Greenwald, now based in Rio de Janeiro. "It quickly became apparent to us that there is a hunger among Brazilians for alternative forms of reporting."
Digiday / Lucia Moses
How NPR marketed the second season of Invisibilia →
"'Invisibilia' is kind of like our 'Game of Thrones'," said Mathilde Piard, programming operations and project manager at NPR. "The challenge is, we only have seven episodes, so we have to come out of the gate full speed."
The Wall Street Journal / Bill Power
The Wall Street Journal now allows most vulgarities if they’re in a quote →
Exceptions: The ones that start with F and C, plus racial epithets.