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Thursday, August 18, 2016
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What it takes to manage a daily popup Snapchat channel from the 2016 Olympic Games in RioA dozen producers from BuzzFeed are working around the clock to curate the channel, with access to NBC footage. By Shan Wang. |
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“It’s a little bit of a crazy concept”: Three women’s newsletters on the decline of the glossy magazineHow the perceived lack of authenticity in women’s magazines is leading readers (and writers) to personal newsletters. By Taylyn Washington-Harmon. |
What We’re Reading
Twitter / Emil Leong
Twitter is rolling out its anti-harassment tool to all users →
The quality filter tool takes into account a variety of signals, such as “account origin and behavior.”
Reuters
Reuters now offers its clients captioned videos aimed at users watching on mobile →
“Captioned videos in English and Spanish – with Portuguese and additional languages to follow – cover the top news and human interest stories around the world, allowing publishers to offer a visually compelling, personal user experience that doesn't require audio.”
Variety / Todd Spangler
Why Univision wants Gawker’s network of snarky sites →
Univision is investing in digital businesses to improve its financial profile, ahead of its anticipated fall IPO.
Poynter / Alexios Mantzarlis
Report: Automated fact-checking is coming (and soon) →
“We are months — and relatively small amounts of money — away from putting practical automated tools in fact-checkers’ and journalists hands. This is not the horizon of artificial intelligence; it is simply the application of existing technology to fact-checking.”
Washington Post / Julia Carpenter
Instagram has a secret Facebook group – just to talk to teens →
“We get feedback from our teen communities in a ton of different ways — both online and IRL. The question I'm always asking is, 'How can we make your life on Instagram easier? More fun? More creative?' For Stories especially, we're keeping a close eye on what different teen communities are asking for and how they align with our product road map."
MediaShift / Tim Cigelske
Five strategies for reporting metrics in your newsroom →
“It's not enough to collect data. You need to communicate the information in a way that's efficient, clear and helpful in order for it to be effective.”
The Wall Street Journal / Liz Hoffman and Dana Cimilluca
Gannett sweetens bid for Tronc →
“Details of the new overture, which comes after Tronc rejected a prior bid of $15 a share, couldn't be learned. Tronc is expected to respond by the end of the week, some of the people said, indicating that Gannett's long pursuit of the storied newspaper chain may soon come to a head.”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
How The Sun’s fantasy soccer site plans to make money on platforms →
"Monetization on social is not something we've been fantastic about as a business," said Greg Halfacre, head of platforms and social at Dream Team. "Now we're starting to shape Facebook Live around business objectives."
Online News Association / Jennifer Mizgata
A Dow Jones Foundation grant kick-starts ONA’s new Women’s Leadership Accelerator →
The grant will help ONA to expand its recent training efforts for women journalists, such as its much-loved leadership academy held in partnership with the Poynter Institute.