Why we’ll never stop struggling over comment sections
Digiday | CNN | Digital Test Kitchen | Winnipeg Free Press If ever there were…
March 26, 2012
Online communities
Rockville Central drops website for Facebook, offers eight lessons on Facebook news publishing
A little over 100 days ago, a community news blog in Rockville, Md., took a…
June 14, 2011
Holovaty: EveryBlock’s new community focus will ‘help you make your block a better place’
Monday afternoon, EveryBlock announced a major shift in focus, from a geographically-based, hyperlocal news site…
March 21, 2011
What 12 journalists learned about community engagement and human interaction at SXSW
I spent time on both sides of the digital divide during my five days in…
March 17, 2011
In move toward online civility, Bakersfield, Yuma, Lewiston shift commenting strategies
In the days since President Obama called for “a more civil and honest public discourse,”…
January 25, 2011
5 Ways to Get People to Contribute Good Content for Your Site
As news organizations experiment with user-generated content, they're learning that users are capable of creating…
November 9, 2010
Philly.com creates “reader engagement index” to track site performance
Nieman Journalism Lab For the past two months, Philly.com has been using a seven-part formula…
October 27, 2010
Do community managers serve the community or the business?
Social Media Explorer As media companies create new titles like "community manager," "social media editor"…
October 26, 2010
Kommons Founder Sees Q&A Site as Way to Hold the Powerful Accountable
Social networking services have no doubt opened the lines of communication between citizens and public…
October 25, 2010
Comments return to the Portland Press Herald
Less than 48 hours after comments were removed from the Portland (Maine) Press Herald's website,…
October 21, 2010
Post-Gazette’s Premium PG+ Service Profitable But No ‘Holy Grail’
A year into its subscription-based PG+ service, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has learned a few things…
September 22, 2010
‘Intersect’ Provides New Way to Share Life Stories Based on Time & Place
Often, the stories we tell -- as journalists and as citizens -- are part of…
September 8, 2010
4chan Disrupts the Internet
This is one of those articles I am writing not so much because I think…
August 10, 2010
7 Ways to Use Facebook to Merge News with the Social Web
Although many news organizations know they should incorporate Facebook into their social media strategies, so…
July 29, 2010
‘Media Evangelist’ Explains How Tumblr Fits into News Organizations’ Publishing Options
Mark Coatney, also known as "Newsweek Tumblr guy," announced Monday that he had accepted a…
July 6, 2010
More Articles