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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
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Vertical video is becoming more popular, but there’s no consensus on the best way to make itSome outlets are turning their cameras sideways. Others are cropping horizontally shot video to fit a vertical screen. By Joseph Lichterman. |
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The Christian Science Monitor has a new project to provide more positive takes on global newsAn “antidote approach to news.” By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
The Guardian / Roy Greenslade
BBC websites dominate the market in online news views in the U.K. →
BBC.co.uk and BBC.com secured 18.9bn page views, more than three times the traffic of its nearest competitor, msn.com, with 5.6bn, according to a study conducted by SimilarWeb.
Shorenstein Center
The Boston Globe’s Walter V. Robinson on the future of investigative reporting →
"The prevailing view among editors is 'investigative reporting is a luxury we can no longer afford'…The fact is, investigative reporting is a necessity that we cannot afford to do without," Robinson said.
International Business Times / Kerry Flynn
Facebook adds easy captioning to video ads in the latest push for TV ad dollars →
Facebook's new ad creation tool will generate captions which advertisers can choose to add to their videos.
Adage / George Slefo
Google is launching AMP, its version of Instant Articles, this month →
“Google will favor AMP sites over others with the same search score in the results it shows consumers, said Richard Gingras, senior director, news and social products at Google.”
AdAge / Jeremy Barr
Newsweek is dropping its paywall →
There was previously a cap of five free articles per month. Some content, however, will still be only for subscribers.
Journalism.co.uk / Mădălina Ciobanu
How BuzzFeed curates stories for social platforms →
BuzzFeed uses a 1 to 13 ranking system to prioritize between platforms and decide where a story should be published
First Look Media
Cartoonist Matt Bors is relaunching The Nib with First Look Media →
The Nib was formerly published in partnership with Medium. At First Look Media, it will be “an independent daily publication and online newsletter.”
WWD / Alexandra Steigrad
A show about Rolling Stone is coming to Showtime →
Showtime confirmed it ordered a half-hour pilot for a "pop-culture focused docu-series in the vein of Rolling Stone magazine." The magazine, like its rivals, is in the process of trying to ramp up its digital and live events business under heir apparent Gus Wenner, but insiders said that drumming up new advertisers has been a challenge in light of recent controversies.
Digiday / Jessica Davies
Micropayments aren’t the antidote to adblocking, U.K. publishers argue →
“The fact is, consumers dislike micropayments…They dislike the cognitive load of having to decide whether to click and pay, and they dislike being nickel-and-dimed.”
Digiday / Sahil Patel
How Fusion and Vox are using Facebook live video →
Jorge Ramos, for instance, reported from the Iowa Caucuses, and his results that night were streamed on his Facebook page, where one hourlong stream attracted about 7,000 concurrent viewers and nearly 3.6 million views since Feb. 1.
Financial Times / Henry Mance
A broad look at how UK newspapers are grappling with failed digital initiatives →
“What is new is the disappointing results of once-vaunted online experiments.”
Storyful / Aine Kerr
Storyful’s managing editor, Aine Kerr, becomes Facebook’s manager of journalism partnerships →
“I leave so excited about the possibilities for journalism, for the role Facebook plays as a source of valuable, newsworthy content, but also as a destination with the largest online audience in the world and advertising revenue models to match.”
The New York Times / Mike Isaac
Twitter will offer selected Tweets to keep users coming back →
"This is really about helping all these people get caught up.”
Pew Research Center / Jeffrey Gottfried and Michael Barthel
Young Democrats are more likely to learn about the election from social media than young Republicans →
74% of Dem-leaning millennials vs. 50% of GOP-leaning millennials. That’s a gap that doesn’t exist for Gen Xers or baby boomers.
From Fuego
Never miss important Tweets from people you follow | Twitter Blogs —blog.twitter.com
Political Reporters Know Nothing —gawker.com
Twitter’s new timeline is here, and it’s all about the algorithm —mashable.com
Donald Trump to MSNBC hosts: ‘You guys have been supporters’ —money.cnn.com
Twitter Confirms: Algorithm Coming To Your Timeline —www.buzzfeed.com
Fuego is our heat-seeking Twitter bot, tracking the stories the future-of-journalism crowd is talking about most. Usually those are about journalism and technology, although sometimes they get distracted by politics, sports, or GIFs. (No humans were involved in this listing, and linking is not endorsing.) Check out Fuego on the web to get up-to-the-minute news.
