How the five journalists with the greatest online influence use social media | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Ben Goldacre, whose Bad Science blog and column in the Guardian keeps journalists writing about health in check; Hilary Alexander, fashion director of the Telegraph; Jemima Kiss, technology writer at the Guardian; Robert Peston, business editor for the BBC and Mike Butcher, editor of TechCrunch UK have all been ranked by PeerIndex as the five UK journalists with the greatest online influence. PeerIndex measures social capital using a method very similar to that which Google uses to calculate its page rank. It automatically ranks those with a Twitter account but users can also add LinkedIn, Facebook, Tumblr and Quora accounts. Here is a snapshot of stats on how the top five people in the list of the UK’s 100 most influential journalists online use social media. 1. In his own words: “Nerd cheerleader, Bad Science person, stats geek, research fellow in epidemiology, procrastinator.” 2. In her own words: “Fashion and style news from the @Telegraph” All her own tweets? 3. 4.
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How Journalists Are Using Pinterest Pinterest is quickly finding its way into the social strategies of media organizations large and small, even as the company itself is still figuring out its business model. Here's how they're using the virtual scrapbooking service. (Part 2 of a 4-part series on how journalists are using social networks beyond Facebook and Twitter.) For a publisher, Pinterest's chief advantages are twofold. See also: How Journalists Are Using Instagram Like more established social networks, Pinterest is used to share links to articles, photos, and other content. Pinterest has been flooded with recipes and other food-related images. Contrary to its early reputation, Pinterest is about much more than dessert porn and wedding plans. Al Jazeera eschews such broad strokes in favor of granular, topic-specific boards. In addition to promoting and crowdsourcing stories, newsroom use Pinterest to hold contests. Part 1: How Journaists Are Using Instagram Part 2: How Journalists Are Using Pinterest
SEO and Journalism Search engine optimization (SEO) makes journalists groan. They bristle at the idea of ‘stuffing keywords’ into their copy while managers who often don’t understand SEO are desperate for the extra traffic good search rankings could bring. But the truth is that there are many parallels between SEO and journalistic writing and that SEO really can be a journalist’s best friend. Rachelle Money explains. I was working in a newsroom in Scotland when a very senior journalist asked me what all this SEO stuff was about? Journalists by their very nature demand information at rapid gun-fire speed. Rachelle Money: “It's about creating keyword rich content,” I said feebly. Senior Hack: “What?” RM: “You know, like when you're writing your top line you make sure all the most important words are in it, well, it's the same kind of thing.” Senior Hack: “Right, so all this crap about writing content for websites, what they really mean is writing stories, which is what I've bee doing my entire career?”
A 5-minute framework for fostering better conversations in comments sections Last week, my news organization announced we were evolving our online commenting practices a bit to improve the quality of discourse on NPR.org. Our comment threads drew some attention recently when a comment thread about the brutal assault on CBS Correspondent Lara Logan in Egypt went awry, prompting the removal of dozens of comments and an editor’s note reiterating the discussion guidelines. Meanwhile in another corner of the Web, a related discussion of sexual harrassment of women in Egypt unfolded with civility, thoughtfulness, and occasionally even erudition (and also – fair warning — some profanity here and there). What gives? Why are these two online conversations so different? I spoke with community managers at both sites — NPR’s Eyder Peralta and MetaFilter’s Jessamyn West — to put together a framework for how to think about online comments. Five key principles of online conversations Don’t blame (or credit) “The Internet.” For better outcomes, use better filters. Be accountable.
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Four reasons why an open-source newsroom is harder than it looks: Lessons from Al Jazeera Editor’s Note: Nikki Usher and Seth C. Lewis are academic researchers studying the intersection of journalists and technologists, or “hacks and hackers.” The latest part of their work included Usher’s two-week visit to Doha, Qatar, in June to study how this phenomenon is playing out at Al Jazeera English. DOHA, Qatar — Open-source software might at first seem easy for a news organization to get behind: It’s owned by no one, improved by everyone, and costs nothing to acquire. At Al Jazeera, the network’s top voices have advocated open-source for years. But after visiting the AJE newsroom this summer, it became apparent the much-heralded open-source movement was a lot more complicated, despite Al Jazeera’s advances. 1. As Moeed Ahmad, head of new media for the network, explained to me, open-source is often equated with “hackable” — and not in the good way. Ahmad and others pointed to the fact that Windows has a long history of hacker malfeasance. 2. 3. We did but didn’t find very many. 4.