by NewsWhip | Dec 28, 2016 | Digital Journalism
Humanizing a breaking news story can create bigger and better engagement. Here’s how to master the ways to do it. When there’s breaking news, nearly every publisher attempts to cover it. So how can you stand out to your audience and still deliver valuable...
by NewsWhip | Dec 22, 2016 | Digital Journalism
Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms seem to push out changes every other day. We round up the ones you need to know before 2016’s over. Though 2017 is around the corner, social media platforms are rolling out an impressive amount of new features and...
by NewsWhip | Dec 21, 2016 | Digital Journalism
As 2016 draws to a close, we look at the top teams and moments in sports on Facebook, across soccer, football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. Amid a year of algorithmic changes on social, emerging formats, and blank, this has been a tumultuous year for content...
by NewsWhip | Dec 20, 2016 | Digital Journalism
Our new report on what publishers should expect from social media platforms in 2017 gathers the views of social media editors, audience development experts and others from leading newsrooms across the US and Europe. As newsrooms and content creators turn their...
by NewsWhip | Dec 15, 2016 | Digital Journalism
There’s no doubt it’s been the year of Facebook Live for many publishers on social media. We look at three pages that raised the bar for the format in 2016. For publishers, there’s been one new social media format in particular that really grabbed...
by NewsWhip | Dec 14, 2016 | Digital Journalism
After yesterday’s look at the best brands on social media, we rank the best publishers on Facebook and Instagram in 2016. As we noted on the blog last week, 2016 has been a fairly turbulent year for publishers on Facebook. While engagement and use of social media...
by NewsWhip | Dec 6, 2016 | Digital Journalism
As 2016 draws to a close, we look at how the relationship between publishers and platforms evolved this year, and what lies ahead for audience development. At NewsWhip, we’ve keenly observed changing engagement patterns for publishers on their content throughout...
by NewsWhip | Dec 5, 2016 | Digital Journalism, Brands
What are the top holiday content trends on Instagram? We look at how your photos and videos can drive maximum engagement and reach this December. The holidays make us ponder the big questions. Like, does Santa have an Instagram? The answer is yes, but @Santa has sadly...
by NewsWhip | Nov 30, 2016 | Digital Journalism
We look at three simple ways that video publishers can appeal to more of their mobile viewers on social media. We now know that there’s been high growth in engagement with video on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram this year, as platforms adapt their preferred...
Flipping the Script: How Brands Can Reclaim the Narrative in a Crisis
Facebook dominates news engagement again in Q3
Instagram’s Q3 engagement drop led by lack of sports
Political coverage drives engagement growth on X in Q3
TikTok turns to the US for engagement in Q3
Fall Social Publishing Index: Facebook’s continued rise
