How news organizations are taking advantage of the latest iPad’s features
The newest iPad has ushered in a new high-resolution Retina Display that renders text that's…
August 31, 2012
Patrick Thornton
iPad 3’s Retina display will make news apps stand out, present new challenges for news orgs
Apple announced its latest iPad today, which features a much higher resolution display that's perfect…
March 7, 2012
How Siri, if opened up to third-party apps, could enhance news consumption
Apple's Siri voice technology is one of the must-have features of the iPhone 4S, and…
February 6, 2012
iPad news apps lack accessibility and usability
Apple’s iPad and iOS come with several built-in accessibility features that make the iPad relatively…
May 5, 2011
How journalists are using metrics to track the success of tweets
When I first started on the BeatBlogging.org project almost three years ago, very few journalists…
February 21, 2011
Plain Dealer Creates New Comment Policy, Encourages Staffers to Interact
The Plain Dealer rolled out a new commenting policy this week that aims to end…
October 13, 2009
Knight Foundation to Fund Plug-and-Play Version of EveryBlock
The Knight Foundation is assembling a new team to further develop the code behind the…
October 5, 2009
NASA’s Spacebook Offers Lessons for Newsroom Collaboration
NASA launched its own social network, Spacebook, earlier this year in an attempt to increase…
September 9, 2009
Washington Post Develops Visual, Web-like Commenting System
Washingtonpost.com has developed a new commenting interface dubbed "WebCom" that arranges comments in a web…
August 26, 2009
Twitter Yields Uneven ROI for News Organizations Using Automation, Curation, Interaction
Journalists and news organizations are all atwitter these days, but they are seeing different returns…
August 20, 2009
Expel Trolls, Racists and Promote Good User Comments on News Sites
I don't believe that the majority of people on the Internet are racist, vulgar or…
August 11, 2009
Bloggers, Reporters Handle User Comments Differently on News Sites
More news organizations are encouraging their reporters and bloggers to interact with users on social…
July 23, 2009
Racism, Attacks Lead News Sites to Disable Story Comments
It took years for most news organizations to allow users to comment on news stories,…
July 23, 2009