Number of clicks. Number of comments. Number of shares on social media. Number of seconds (hopefully minutes) spent on the article. It’s all being tracked. In this digital age where every click or tap is recorded, publishers and editorial staff can easily see what the most trending topic is and/or what article is performing the… Continue reading Creative Minds Trump Data
Cat videos. Quizzes. Dating advice. The listicles go on. But, several BuzzFeed posts have been suspiciously removed — the likely culprit, pressure from its advertising partners. In 2015, over 1,000 posts were suddenly removed, according to Gawker. Two of the most popular deleted posts criticized the board game Monopoly and a Dove soap ad campaign.… Continue reading Buzzfeed Advertising Ethics Come Into Question
Photo by Getty Images Journalism today is all about getting the news out faster than the competitors. Fast, accurate and updated is what gets the first and most viewers. For writers who like to record their interviews (let’s face it, most of us) transcribing them is the l o n g e s t, most… Continue reading Convert to Converting … Recorded Interviews to Transcribed Notes
Although Podcasting has seen a recent surge, it’s a platform that’s been around for quite a while — in tech years that is. In fact, it’s been around since the ‘dark ages’ of 2004. Unlike other forms of journalism, podcasting hasn’t had to deal with any pesky government regulations. Podcasters don’t need to buy a… Continue reading Podcasts Saving Grace — Cars
By Erin Gray Studies show that many millennials get their news from Facebook or other social media platforms before getting news from the paper or from the local television station. Back in the day when my parents were young adults, they did not have cell phones (or the ones that they did have certainly were… Continue reading Times have changed and technology has changed
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