How
digital news consumption is growing, news outlets reaching new audiences via
chat apps, and more are found in this week's Digital Media Mash Up, produced by the Center for International Media
Assistance.
Here
are IJNet's picks from this week's stories:
Global
digital news audience increased by 23 percent in 2013
According
to the World Press Trends report, more people are reading the news than ever
before - but news outlets need to improve audience engagement to make their
businesses sustainable. (journalism.co.uk, 6/10)
Around
the world, media outlets and journalists are using chat apps to spread the news
The
BBC is on WhatsApp, WeChat, BBM, and Mxit, doing reporting and reaching new
audiences. Can news organizations scale chat apps up from one-to-one to
one-to-many? (Nieman Journalism Lab, 6/10)
Digital
news study reveals the power of star journalists
The
power of key journalists in helping drive traffic to online news brands has
been revealed in a new study published by the University of Oxford. (Phys.org, 6/12)
Six
social search tools to help journalists find and analyze trends on Twitter
Social
media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are bursting with information
thanks to people and organizations the world over ready and willing to share.
For journalists these platforms can make for invaluable resources – that is if
they know how to use them. (Northwestern University Knight Lab, 6/9)
2014
trends in newsrooms: the 10 trends that the news business can’t afford to
ignore
The
need to urgently shield investigative journalism in the post-Edward Snowden era
is the burning issue in newsrooms globally, according to the World Editors
Forum‘s Trends in Newsrooms 2014 report, launched this week. (PBS Mediashift, 6/11)
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Source: Ijnet.org
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