Reuters launches Polling Explorer
The Reuters Polling Explorer, an interactive tool for exploring our poll results across business, politics, current affairs and lifestyle topics, launched on Thursday. The editor-in-charge of data and computational journalism, Maurice Tamman, explains the new tool: In January 2012, Reuters embarked on a polling project that flipped mainstream polling on its head. Instead of using […]
Quartz to allow readers to contribute to articles
Quartz, the financial news site from The Atlantic, has launched a new service that allows readers to contribute to articles on the site. Readers can now annotate Quartz stories on the level of individual paragraphs, in a new spin on commenting that is intended to encourage thoughtful contributions and feature them prominently alongside the original […]
Thomson Reuters Twitter account is hacked
The main Twitter account of news outlet Thomson Reuters was taken over Monday, apparently by the Syrian Electronic Army group that has hacked other news organizations, reported Shira Ovide of The Wall Street Journal. Ovide writes, “‘Earlier today @thomsonreuters was hacked,’ a spokesman for the news organization said in an email late Monday. ‘In this […]
The WSJ approach to interactive video
Journalism.co.uk’s Sarah Marshall spoke to Neal Mann, multimedia innovations editor at The Wall Street Journal, and Jarrard Cole, a multimedia producer, about why they decided to take a unique approach in interactive storytelling. Their latest video allows users to click and explore different aspects of the story, such as related graphics, articles and videos. Marshall writes, “Mann’s view […]
Seeking Alpha making push into apps
Jeff John Roberts of PaidContent.org reports that Seeking Alpha is preparing to roll out a series of applications. Roberts writes, “The apps, which cover verticals like tech, ETF’s and energy, provide on-the-go news for the growing number of people who use their smartphone to catch up on the bus or in a Starbucks line. “While […]
A real estate reporter who uses social media in her reporting
Jennifer Brice writes about San Diego Union-Tribune real estate reporter Lily Leung and how she does her job. Brice writes, “She is an avid Twitter, Facebook and Instagram user who often posts links to her stories online. “‘It’s given me great access to a lot of different people,’ said Leung, who has more than 5,000 […]
Ex-NYTimes auto writer starts Kickstarter for new book
Micheline Maynard, a former New York Times automotive writer, has started a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new book about why people are driving less. The journalism project is called “Curbing Cars: Rethinking How We Get Around.” “Curbing Cars” will be an ebook that will look at bike sharing (think Citibikes and Divvy), car sharing […]
What it means for the FT to be digital first
Dean Starkman of Columbia Journalism Review interviewed Financial Times editor Lionel Barber about the business newspaper’s digital-first strategy. Here is an excerpt: DS: Is the main sort of attraction of the print paper going to be longer, in-depth things that will be able to stay fresh for… LB: Not necessarily, no. That’s one of the […]
Forbes acting like a 96-year-old startup
Mark Glaser of PBS MediaShift writes about Forbes magazine and how it is trying to change its publishing model. Glaser writes, “Nowadays, Forbes Media remains a private company, but has reinvented itself with: an online platform at Forbes.com with 1,300+ contributors; a native ad platform with BrandVoice; brand extensions including conferences and international editions; and […]
Biz journalist use of social media increases
The proportion of business and financial journalists sourcing stories through social media has leapt in the past year, according to research from Broadgate Mainland. Alec Mattinson of PRWeek writes, “Broadgate Mainland’s 2013 Digital Trends Survey found twice as many journalists now use digital means, such as Twitter or LinkedIn, to find story ideas or news […]
