Shan Wang | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by Shan Wang

Shan Wang is a staff writer at the Lab. She previously worked in editorial at Harvard University Press, and has reported for Boston.com and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. One of the first news stories she ever wrote was about Muggle Quidditch for The Harvard Crimson. She grew up in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and is a Ray Allen devotee.

@shansquared

Also see results from other Nieman sites

Nieman Foundation 1

Nieman Reports 0

Nieman Storyboard 0

July 9, 2018

More than 11,000 people are paying (yes, paying) for email newsletters on Substack’s platform

On average, they’re paying just under $80 per year. About 40 or so indie publishers with paid offerings are making what Substack calls “meaningful money.”

July 3, 2018

Thanks to California, a news site (or other business) now has to let you cancel your subscription online

Power to the people (who hate talking on phones).

July 2, 2018

As The New York Times extends its reach across countries (and languages and cultures), it looks to locals for guidance

“What I’m trying to figure out is, what are the proxies for deeper engagement — what are the proxies for repeated use and habituation in a place like this?…Readers are not going to read 100 Australia stories. So what’s the right mix?”

With a light jab at Facebook, Apple News launches a 2018 midterm elections section that’ll “steer clear of rumor and propaganda”

June 25, 2018

When it comes to launching serious, sustainable membership programs for journalism, ask for more, more often, and aim higher

“The best predictor of membership loyalty is whether an organization has been talking to their audiences already about their need to raise money. The other predictor is how many subscribers you have on your list, and how engaged those subscribers on your list are.”

Despite concerns about control, news publishers are still pushing a lot of content to third-party platforms

June 13, 2018

For the World Cup, livestreamed online video is threatening to score the equalizer on traditional TV

In both the U.S. and China, more people say they’ll watch matches via live video online than via terrestrial, cable, or satellite television.

June 12, 2018

Canada’s The Logic is a new subscription news outlet focused on the innovation economy, à la The Information

“Is it a tech story? Is it a business and tech or policy and politics story, is it a cultural story? Well, it’s actually all the above: The impact of technology on the cognitive, economic, and political ways we live is quite transformative.”

June 7, 2018

Here are some of the ways you might be doing email newsletters inefficiently (and how to do them better)

Yellow Brim wants to tackle the pain points in newsletter production — and there are plenty.

Facebook is shutting down its Trending Topics for news module. Will any of its new features for publishers last?

« Older articles

Newer articles »