by NewsWhip | May 25, 2018 | Digital Journalism
Last weekend, the world watched Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s royal wedding. Which publishers drove the most social buzz for their coverage? Since November, the social media buzz has slowly been growing ahead of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s...
by Benedict Nicholson | May 24, 2018 | Digital Journalism
There has been lots of noise about ideologically motivated censorship of politicians on Facebook this year. We looked at the data to determine the facts of the matter. At the beginning of 2018, there’s been a good deal of controversy about unfairly censored voices...
by Benedict Nicholson | May 23, 2018 | Digital Journalism, Brands
Facebook videos are one of the key aspects of the platform, and Facebook has repeatedly committed to the format going into 2018. We look at the data to see what’s working in video so far this year. We’ve talked about Facebook videos before, but it’s an ever...
by NewsWhip | May 21, 2018 | Brands, Communications & PR, Digital Journalism
How can you create the best headlines? We look at how the top food publisher on social makes audiences hungry for more. Headlines are notoriously difficult. How do you write something that is attention-grabbing, without adding to the wasteland of digital noise, or...
by Benedict Nicholson | May 18, 2018 | Digital Journalism, Brands
Memorial Day is principally about remembering the sacrifice of those who fought for their country, but in recent years it has evolved into much more than that. We looked at the data to determine what works on social for the holiday. Memorial Day, beyond its...
by NewsWhip | May 17, 2018 | Communications & PR, Digital Journalism
With Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s royal wedding buzzing on social, we take a look at which stories are royally share-worthy. Do you have royals on the brain? Have you watched “The Crown” several times over? Did you watch the Christmas Prince...
by Benedict Nicholson | May 16, 2018 | Digital Journalism
We looked at the data to determine how the Financial Times changes its content tactics between Facebook and Instagram, and how emoji fit into that. The Financial Times is one of the most respected and well-known brands in journalism. Ever since its first issue way...
by NewsWhip | May 10, 2018 | Communications & PR, Digital Journalism
We look at the data to see what types of websites saw the most engagement on Facebook in April 2018, and contrast that with the stories that tend to go viral on the platform. In our recent analysis of the sites that are seeing the most attention on Facebook in April...
by Benedict Nicholson | May 9, 2018 | Digital Journalism, Brands
Social Media Week New York was held recently. We went along and picked out the best insights from the sessions we attended. We recently attended Social Media Week NYC, and had our fill of great talks and panels. We attended on the Thursday of the event and attended...