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    The best practices for reaching a Millennial audience

    The long-term viability of media companies today depends on understanding Millennials — a massive, influential demographic that grew up connected to the Internet, social platforms, [...]

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    Step up your visual journalism skills to stand out in social media

    In our study of Millennial news habits, we found that, while there are many pathways to news for young news consumers, social media plays a [...]

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    Engage your Millennial audience on the platforms they’re populating

    “Any time there is a reporter on Periscope that goes live, I will tune in. It’s raw and unedited and unscripted and usually has a [...]

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    Give readers content they can consume on the go

    “People read the news beyond just wanting to know what’s going on in the world; [it also] has to do with keeping up with their [...]

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    Interact with a Millennial audience offline through events

    “If I get [news] through [peers and social media], it’s more personal and I’m more inclined to follow up about it and prioritize that over [...]

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    To reach Millennials, publishers have to employ some and listen to them

    There aren’t special code words — like sprinkling a few emojis or ICYMIs — that unlock a Millennial readership. The investment in reaching this demographic [...]

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    Make your news relevant to Millennials by developing an approachable writing voice

    “Sometimes with longer news events that have a larger scope, I’ll learn about them through The Daily Show or some other outlet that I use more [...]

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    Make room for new products and startup units within your legacy organization to reach Millennials and other new audiences

    From Gannett to The Charlotte-Observer, The Chicago Tribune, and The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, legacy media companies are seeing value in creating lightweight, startup-style spinoffs that approach [...]

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    How automated Twitter bots try to spread the news

    When I hear about bots, or software designed to act like humans on social networks, the first thing that pops into my mind is automated [...]

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    How Millennials Get News: Paying for content

    This research was conducted by the Media Insight Project, an initiative of the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. [...]

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