by NewsWhip | Feb 9, 2015 | Digital Journalism
We’re back with the first Facebook rankings of 2015, and the data remains as essential and fascinating as ever. Read on for the full top 25 sites, with full data and analysis. At the end of 2014, we saw the hierarchy of Facebook publishers slowly in transition....
by NewsWhip | Feb 5, 2015 | Interviews, Digital Journalism
We talk to a social media strategist at one of Canada’s best-known media outlets about their social strategy, and how they use Spike to stay on top of the stories that matter in real time. Last month, we named broadcaster Global News the biggest Canadian...
by NewsWhip | Jan 19, 2015 | Interviews, Digital Journalism
We spoke to the Mirror’s Head of Social, Heather Bowen, about the role of social media in reaching new readers at mirror.co.uk. The UK-based Mirror became one of the first ‘legacy media’ outlets to break into NewsWhip’s Facebook rankings a few...
by NewsWhip | Jan 8, 2015 | Brands, Digital Journalism
We list some practical tips to help get your social strategy off to a strong start in 2015, from creating content for social, to making subscribers out of new readers. Throughout 2014, we kept close tabs on the way that publishers were reaching new readers on social...
by NewsWhip | Nov 26, 2014 | Digital Journalism
We list some ways of making the most of mobile traffic, and encouraging readers to share your content from their phone. Earlier this week, BuzzFeed released a report looking at media and technology trends during 2014, based on what they’ve noticed from their...
by NewsWhip | Nov 5, 2014 | Digital Journalism
On the second day of Web Summit 2014, digital native players from Business Insider, Vox Media and Contently gave their thoughts on future models of journalism, media revenue, and more. The importance of carving out a loyal core audience from the internet’s...
by NewsWhip | Nov 4, 2014 | Digital Journalism
Experts from the Huffington Post, Flipboard and MIT Tech Review discuss the future of media at Web Summit 2014. NewsWhip are at the Web Summit in Dublin this week. We’ll be posting reports from media panels and experts on our blog over the coming days. Mobile, native...
by NewsWhip | Oct 30, 2014 | Digital Journalism
We look at five ways that different news sites are using social media to tell, explain, and promote stories on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks. Video is eating the media world. We see it in the social data that we constantly collect in our monthly...
by NewsWhip | Oct 22, 2014 | Digital Journalism
 We look at the importance of ‘selling’ your stories when posting to social media, in order to boost sharing. In our guide to making a story go viral from last week, we touched on the idea of the ‘social lede’ as an important factor in...
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
