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To update an old saying for the Twitter era: A picture is worth a thousand characters.
Research by Twitter shows that tweets that include a photo or video receive 3 to 4 times more engagement (retweets, replies, etc.) than those … Read more
Two of the news organizations that led the push into social reader Facebook apps are retooling their products, and Facebook itself is signaling that it’s time to leave behind the “frictionless sharing” experiment.
The Washington Post has extended its Social … Read more
Reuters | Nieman Lab
Ben Walsh writes that his unfiltered Twitter stream “was basically unusable as an information source” during the Newtown school shooting.
Because he follows so many journalists and news organizations, his timeline repeated the same facts … Read more
Any journalist who’s had to ask grieving loved ones for an interview in the wake of a tragedy will tell you, it’s one of the hardest parts of her job.
It’s also one of the most difficult requests for non-journalists … Read more
Reporters and producers around the country, frantically searching for information online about the alleged school shooter, found what seemed like a match. Ryan Lanza, 24, was believed responsible for the deaths of 27 people in Newtown, Conn., at the Sandy … Read more
In the past year, American cell phone owners became more likely to use the Internet on their phones (51 percent, up from 43 percent in 2011) and capture pictures or videos (67 percent, up from 57 percent).
That’s one insight … Read more
The photo-sharing turf war is escalating, with Twitter copying Instagram-like features and Instagram (owned by Facebook) no longer making its photos viewable within tweets.
No matter which company wins, users will lose.
It seems time to just accept that Facebook … Read more
Almost six months after RebelMouse launched, the service is finding a home in the digital journalist’s toolbox.
If you haven’t heard of it before, here’s what RebelMouse does: You connect your social accounts (Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, etc.) and it … Read more
There’s plenty of grist available today for social networking cynics.
This storm proved, again, that Twitter is the place to turn for real-time information and analysis during major news events. Journalists and eyewitnesses were posting developments seconds after they happened. … Read more
comScore
The number of people watching Facebook videos has fallen sharply in the last couple months, according to the latest comScore estimates.
Google, thanks to YouTube, remains far ahead in the No. 1 slot with 150 million viewers in … Read more