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A journalist’s guide to using Tumblr

Taylor Miller Thomas — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:57:34 +0000

This morning I wrote about how some newsrooms use Tumblr, but getting to know the site can take awhile. So here’s a quick guide to using Tumblr, with Poynter’s Tumblr page as a reference.

This is the Tumblr Dashboard, … Read more

How some news orgs use Tumblr

Taylor Miller Thomas — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:30 +0000

What do you do with a blog service full of cat GIFs and memes? If you’re Yahoo, you buy it for $1.1 billion. If you’re a media outlet, you use Tumblr as an extension of your brand.

: Yahoo CEO

Yahoo buys Tumblr, DOJ targeted another reporter: Morning links

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:24:40 +0000

• YAHOO WILL BUY TUMBLR “Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business,” a Yahoo announcement this morning says. The acquisition cost Yahoo $1.1 billion, “substantially … Read more

Report: Yahoo in talks with Tumblr

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:23:46 +0000

All Things D | Adweek | GigaOm | TechCrunch

Yahoo is discussing “strategic alliance and investment in or outright buy of” Tumblr, Peter Kafka and Kara Swisher reported Thursday evening.

Any such deal “could certainly bring Yahoo a … Read more

Tumblr dissolves its editorial team

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:32:41 +0000

Tumblr | Betabeat | AllThingsD | TechCrunch

“A year ago, Tumblr did something unprecedented,” Tumblr founder David Karp writes about the editorial team the blogging service assembled, which fed its “Storyboard” project.

Tuesday night Tumblr did something not … Read more

Meet the lady behind the ‘Said to Lady Journos’ Tumblr

Mallary Jean Tenore — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:33:00 +0000

The woman who created the new “Said to Lady Journos” Tumblr was taken aback when a male labor union representative recently told her: “You’re pretty smart for a young lady.”

“It knocked me sideways,” said the creator, a … Read more

‘Said to Lady Journos’ Tumblr is ‘depressingly relatable,’ female journalists say

Mallary Jean Tenore — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:54:35 +0000

A new Tumblr, Said to Lady Journos, highlights comments (mostly sexist) that female journalists hear on the job.

Here’s a sampling:

“Are you sure you know the game well enough to keep score?” — a father at a high school

Ben Lowy photographs Libya with his new iPhone Hipstamatic Lens

Steve Myers — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:54:57 +0000

Storyboard | iSee
Conflict photographer Ben Lowy is relying on his iPhone and his soon-to-be-released Hipstamatic lens, which applies minimal processing to the images, to document his latest trip to Libya. For the next week, Tumblr’s Storyboard will publish his … Read more

Newsweek’s ‘Picture Dept.’ Tumblr: a second stage for photography

Steve Myers — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:36:24 +0000

: Photo editors will curate the best photography from around the Web and point out worthwhile photo exhibits and books.

Newsweek has added another Tumblr to its collection with Picture Dept., a photo blog that provides a second stage for … Read more

Bitly data shows the best times to post links to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr

Jeff Sonderman — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:51:57 +0000

Bitly, the URL shortener of choice for most people, has analyzed its click-tracking data to find the optimal days and times for posting links to social media. The results show interesting, distinct patterns among Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.

On Twitter, … Read more