by NewsWhip | Jul 23, 2015 | Digital Journalism
NewsWhip CEO Paul Quigley explains why use of social signals in the newsroom has become an essential part of newsrooms’ toolsets. Normally, any journalist would jump at the chance to be interviewed for the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR). As the pre-eminent...
by NewsWhip | Jul 2, 2015 | Interviews
We talk to the editor of Mpora.com, an action sports site that sees 75% of referrals from social media. We frequently talk to media professionals about how they’re using social media to reach readers, and what they’re learning in the process. This week, we...
by NewsWhip | May 26, 2015 | Interviews
Huffington Post Canada’s Social Media Editor, Ron Nurwisah, tells us about his workflow, and how the site is approaching audience development and social media. What’s your role at Huffington Post Canada? Can you describe a typical day’s work for you?...
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 | 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 | Sep 4, 2014 | Digital Journalism
We list six digital newsroom tools that are worth experimenting with. At the start of the New Year, we listed the top 10 journalism tools that we thought every newsroom should be experimenting with in 2014. Because it’s always a good idea to refresh the range...
by Glossary Author | May 28, 2014 | Digital Journalism
With online media moving faster than ever before, it can be hard for digital newsrooms to figure out what their audience cares about on any particular day. We look at five great tools to help stay focussed on the day’s big stories. One of the things on our mind...
by NewsWhip | Mar 27, 2014 | Digital Journalism
We look at how journalists can cleverly use Twitter to enhance their reporting. In a piece for Wired last year, journalist Mat Honan argued that Twitter has become too big to fail. By that, he meant fail technically, by disappearing behind the cartoon ‘fail...
by NewsWhip | Mar 25, 2014 | Digital Journalism
Performance based pay for journalists will grant serious market power to influential reporters. Reading David Carr’s piece on a trend toward performance-based pay for journalists, my first reaction was to worry about the poor souls who won’t make rent unless their...