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As we prepare to stuff ourselves silly with Thanksgiving dinner, we’d like to take a moment to think about a few things social media managers in newsrooms can really give thanks for. People who read the articles. Nothing warms a social media manager’s heart like commenters who have actually read the content and given a thoughtful response….
We all know that videos on Facebook perform extremely well. Over the past year the number of video views per day has skyrocketed. Facebook now reports more than 4 billion video views happen on Facebook daily. But what about the times when you have really good video and you want the traffic going to your…
As my colleague Derek Drake likes to say, “News breaks on Twitter, and people talk about it on Facebook.” 2016 promises to be as busy as ever in the news business, with campaigning already in full swing for a large slate of presidential candidates. And that’s not even taking into consideration a regular day in…
Think you’ve got the secret to success in social? Think again. Chances are some other newsroom has been there, done that. This fast-paced session is focused on the strategies that are paying off at some of the most notable, local newsrooms in the US and beyond. Go behind the curtain to see what tricks are…
Nothing is ever written in stone at Facebook headquarters. The company prides itself on innovating and changing quickly. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to keep up. And as Facebook begins to exceed Google in referral traffic to news sites, this is a race you definitely want to be in. First, there are no…