Kantar Media’s “Dimension 2018” report contains statistics that help demonstrate that news media has never been stronger. Here we present these statistics in infographics that you can use for presentations, pitches and promotion.
Just as most companies have employee codes of conduct and standards, many are now crafting similar codes for employees’ online behavior. Coming up with the right strategy for your newsroom isn’t easy, however, and there are many factors to consider.
Facebook’s plan to group quality publishers alongside political advocacy, which its ad archive will do, is a fundamental mischaracterization of journalism.
For centuries, consumers got their news solely via printed newspapers. In the past 30 years, however, the media landscape has changed. To keep up, local news outlets must innovate and offer their readers new products that meet their unique needs. That’s where Open Matter comes in.
Over the past few years, Instagram has been growing faster than ever. The popular photo-sharing app has added hundreds of millions of users each year since 2014, and that includes news outlets and journalists. But how should the news media be using the platform that truly believes a picture is worth a thousand words?
The News Media Alliance is partnering with Google News Initiative and Matter to teach local newsrooms a new way of innovating to help them find new ways to increase their audience and revenue shares. Here’s what other newsrooms can expect when they attend future bootcamps.
Around the world, journalists put themselves in danger every day to deliver the news and inform the public. Some of those reporters work in deadly war zones, while others are under attack from tyrannical leaders and under political pressure to keep quiet about the truth they see. Yet, every single day, journalists around the world go to work to report the news and tell the people in their communities what they need to know. Tragically, many journalists never make it home to see the impact their work has had.
According to Pew Research Center, approximately 67 percent of American adults get at least some of their news from social media. So if you want your news to be what people are looking at, you need to find them where they are. That means, yes, tweeting.
The News Media Alliance has elected Terry Kroeger, President and CEO of BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, as its Chairman of the Board of Directors. Kroeger, who previously served as Vice Chairman, succeeds Michael Klingensmith, Publisher and CEO of Star Tribune. Klingensmith will serve as Past Chair.
As simple as Twitter may seem, it’s not entirely intuitive how journalists should use it. Should it be used as a self-promotion tool? A way to crowdsource stories? A way to engage with readers? A way to have fun? The journalists who are most successful on Twitter use it for all of those things, and move seamlessly between those modes of engagement. We look at those journalists and what you can learn from their use of the social media platform.
