Why the US elections is not the death of data journalism
On Tuesday night, newsrooms around the world got a pretty rude reminder that good data is very important. Before polls opened for the U.S. presidential…
The importance of evidence in COI stories
Last week The Times was forced to publish an apology for a set of articles and a leader about a group of scientists and their…
Publishers re-purpose videos for multiple platforms
When National Geographic launched “Wild Life with Bertie Gregory,” a new digital series on Vancouver Island’s predators, for its Nat Geo Wild channel, there were…
Harry Potter’s moving newspapers are now real
The cover of the latest issue of Empire magazine, the UK title covering all things movie-related, is pretty cool. The special issue of the magazine, preceding the…
The 4 types of live video experiments at The Associated Press
Livestreaming can give audiences a front row seat for watching stories develop over a longer period of time, not just when news breaks. At the…
Early morning is the sweet spot for video advertising
YuMe, Inc., the global audience technology company powered by data-driven insights and multi-screen expertise, today released its Publisher’s Guide, which highlights consumer survey results focused…
The inevitable burst of the video bubble
The V-word was on everyone’s lips at our Monetising Media conference last week. Debates raged about production, distribution and of course, monetisation of video, but…
Google launches YouTube Player for Publishers
A group of news outlets have been testing the product since December, and the player is now open to all European publishers. The YouTube Player…
How The Independent is expanding internationally
It’s not often a newspaper sends its chief sports correspondent to a restaurant to cover an Italian chef cooking up a feast for the homeless,…
Washington Post sees opportunities on Facebook Live
Some production strategies are common – most, if not all, news organisations have staff members dedicated to monitoring and replying to comments in real-time and…
Facebook confirms trials of mid-roll ads on Facebook Live
A source familiar with the matter, who has discussed the ads with Facebook, said the new format will appear five minutes into real-time broadcasts on…
UK and US publishers agree: Video is where the money is
Most U.K. and U.S. respondents picked video as the No. 1 revenue driver for 2017. More than half of U.K. publishers and 56 percent of American…
