Archives: 2016

Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 29, 2016
WNYC’s Note to Self sent 300,000 texts to 15,000 people; here’s how they did it and what they learned
It was for an experiment measuring information overload: “There’s a conversation going on between me and my listeners, but I want to make it as frictionless as possible for them to get their thoughts and worries to us.”
Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 26, 2016
While AdBlock Plus (sort of) explains its business model, New York Times might block adblocker users
Joseph LichtermanFebruary 26, 2016
Inside ESPN’s mobile strategy: “If we’re thinking about anything else, we’re failing the audience”
“Mobile is everything,” says Chad Millman, ESPN’s vice president and editorial director for domestic digital content.
Shan WangFebruary 25, 2016
A Q&A with Google’s head of news Richard Gingras on its vision for the Accelerated Mobile Pages project
“There’s a lot more we can do in evolving the format. AMP is not just about news and not just about articles.”
Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 25, 2016
Nearly half of Reddit users go there for 2016 election info
Matt WaiteFebruary 25, 2016
Why journalists interested in drones should be watching an FAA reauthorization bill
An amendment would make newsrooms’ use of small drones legal in most circumstances, opening up a field that has been wrapped in red tape.
Joseph LichtermanFebruary 24, 2016
Former L.A. Times publisher: Local news orgs need to take advantage of their “unique geography”
Austin Beutner was fired as the Times’ publisher last year after he clashed with its parent company over strategy.
Shan WangFebruary 24, 2016
Diving all in or dipping a toe? How publishers are approaching Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages initiative
“Everything we know about building a webpage, we have to relearn. But we’re relearning it from the premise of converting a current product over, not creating a product from scratch.”
Shan WangFebruary 23, 2016
The good, bad, and ugly of the world of bots, and the journalistic implications of using them
Shan WangFebruary 23, 2016
Radiotopia, two years old with 13 shows in the fold, will be going on a (Pod)quest for a new show in April
“It’s not just about the idea, it’s about how you develop the sustainability of something as well.”
Nicholas QuahFebruary 23, 2016
Hot Pod: Not enough advertisers for podcasts, or not enough podcasts worth advertising on?
Plus: Strong early numbers for Modern Love, NPR emphasizes being live, and why there aren’t more podcasts for kids.
Joseph LichtermanFebruary 23, 2016
A tool to make audio easier to share, and 10 other media projects the Knight Foundation just funded
Federica Cherubini and Rasmus Kleis NielsenFebruary 22, 2016
The next step: Moving from generic analytics to editorial analytics
A new report finds wide gaps in how different news outlets are using analytics to drive their editorial strategy: “Analytics can be about more than having a big screen with numbers that go up and down.”
Joseph LichtermanFebruary 22, 2016
With a new anonymous tumblr, NBC News wants to know what you really think about the election
Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 22, 2016
The Longest Shortest Time shutters its huge, unruly Facebook moms group to focus on the podcast
The private Facebook group hit 18,000 members, with many threads devolving into fights over touchy parenting topics.
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